This weekTishman Speyerunveiled plans for a 10-story office building—nay, a “creative hub”—above the Macy’s on Fulton Street in downtown Brooklyn.
When it opens mid-2019, the tower will hold offices with 16-foot ceilings, plus an acre of outdoor space spread out over terraces and a roof deck. The structure will be built atop two others: Macy’s four-story home, a department store from the 1870s, and a nine-story art deco building from 1930.
“ForTishmanSpeyer’s first-ever project in Brooklyn, we are creating an environment that is every bit as innovative, energetic and dynamic as the borough itself,” said the company’s president andCEO RobSpeyer, in a statement.“The Wheeler will celebrate its special location at the epicenter of Brooklyn and feed off the vitality of the iconic brownstone neighborhoods, open spaces, cultural venues and creative communities that surround it on all sides.”
The founder of Los Angeles–basedShimoda Design Group,Joey Shimoda, is collaborating with New York’sPerkins Eastmanto design the project, which will add 620,000 square feet 0f Class-A office space to the neighborhood. In a nod to Brooklyn history, the developers are calling is projectThe Wheeler after Arthur Wheeler, the guy who built the Macy’s that grounds the new building.
The department store will continue to own the first four floors for use as retail, plus the lower level of the two connected buildings. Meanwhile, The Wheeler will have its main entrance on Livingston Street between Hoyt Street and Gallatin Place.
