What's going on next to Soda Bar on Vanderbilt?

capa1010 · October 2015

Does anyone know what's opening next to Soda Bar? The place has been under renovation for a while, I peeked inside today and it looks like retail. I asked a group of people standing outside if they knew something and they said "something very exciting".

whynot_31 · October 2015

631 Vanderbilt

It has been under renovation for a while.

Yes, I've heard retail.

http://www.loopnet.com/Listing/17111649/631-Vanderbilt-Avenue-Brooklyn-NY/

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pechanga · October 2015

Its going to be the Sales Center for the condo development of 280 Saint Marks Ave.

whynot_31 · October 2015

That would make sense: http://www.brooklynian.com/discussion/44700/big-garage-on-st-marks-between-underhill-and-vanderbilt-will-become-a-5-story-condo-building

...but isn't "something very exciting" or "retail".

capa1010 · October 2015

I don't know, the people visiting the site didn't look like developers or brokers, they looked like high fashion people.

whynot_31 · October 2015

I just wandered around the DOB applications that were filed in April, and they seem consistent with something pretty high end, such as a name brand fancy retail (jewelry store?). A Sales Center for for a condo (such as 280 St. Marks) also makes sense.

http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/JobsQueryByLocationServlet?requestid=1&allbin=3028484&allstrt=VANDERBILT AVENUE&allnumbhous=631

...A few high end architect firms are involved in renovating what is basically a storefront.

Whoever is building this is spending some significant money, and has kept their names off the permits by using lawyers and LLCs as the applicants.

Vanderbilly · October 2015

Slipped into the doorway to snap this. It looks like an oversized mock up of a kitchen in a fancy new development.

Ugh, more wasted space on Vanderbilt.

capa1010 · October 2015

Nice work Vanderbilly. The only good news I guess is that they're only going to be there for about a year. I think the building will be done in Winter 2017. Some of the apartments are already on Streeteasy.

whynot_31 · October 2015

real estate sales people with laptops in 5-4-3-2-

Vanderbilly · October 2015

Oh! That's great news, Capa. I guess there's still hope for exciting retail in this space at some point

whynot_31 · October 2015

This appears to be a model kitchen/living room. Isn't that a sink?

...a sample unit for 280 St. Marks seems on point.

smw380 · November 2015

We bought a place in Clinton Hill based on a visit to a showroom in Ft. Greene. That space has been empty for over a year now. So this doesn't necessarily bode well.

whynot_31 · November 2015

As a result of being a single story building in this location, I expect it to be torn down by 2018.

What's going on next to Soda Bar on Vanderbilt?

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