Almost six years and a global pandemic after the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission approved the unexpected design for Williamsburg’s Domino Sugar Refinery, construction is wrapping on the iconic building and the office portion was expected to be finished on Sept. 27, according to developer Two Trees.
While no certificate of occupancy has been issued, nor tenants confirmed for the space, a Two Trees spokesperson said so-far unnamed retailers have signed leases for the ground floor and tenants from Two Trees’ other Domino commercial building, Ten Grand, are looking to expand into the refinery.
The controversial adaptive reuse project at 292 Kent Ave. that kicked off in 2019 has seen the circa-1882 brick factory building – still sticky with sugar remnants after its 2004 closure – gutted and turned into the casing for an entirely separate 460,000-square-foot glass building with a barrel vault top that holds 15 stories of office, retail, and events space.
Ahead of the building’s completion, Two Trees showed off the 15th floor penthouse, and the 14th and the seventh floors of the Refinery at Domino, as the building is now called. Project architect Vishaan Chakrabarti of Practice for Architecture and Urbanism said it is “the jewel in the crown” of Two Trees’ Domino development.
From the glass-domed penthouse, 360-degree views span Brooklyn, Long Island, Manhattan, and even as far as the Hudson River. Part of the penthouse will be used for events and managed by venue development group Skylight, while some of it will be reserved as an amenity space for tenants. It has already debuted as a runway for Hermès just after New York Fashion Week earlier this month.
The 14th floor sits above the shell of the old factory and has similar views as the penthouse, albeit with an opaque roof. As in the penthouse, the view between the 14th floor’s western glass walls and the world outside is intercepted by the Domino Sugar sign, along with the…
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