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Union Channel
Brooklyn, Kings County, NY, United States
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Union Channel
Brooklyn, Kings County, NY, United States
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Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2025
SIZE
100,000 sqft - 300,000 sqft
Union Channel is a 240,000-sf, nine-story, mixed-income residential building that is located two blocks from Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal. Angular bay windows give the building a contemporary appearance and create a syncopated rhythm along the street; rivet-detailed metal panels recall the industry that dominated the neighborhood in the early 20th century. Located in a flood zone, the building incorporates resilient features that lower energy use and protect the building against climate change. Along with ground-floor retail, Union Channel incorporates a range of amenities to support a vibrant community, including a rooftop terrace with a swimming pool and unmatched urban views.
The developers aligned the project with community development goals and included larger apartments that encourage residents to stay in the neighborhood as they start raising families. By incorporating affordable housing and ground-floor retail spaces, as well as supporting the area’s zoning incentives for arts and light manufacturing, Union Channel has become seamlessly integrated into the Gowanus community.
Union Channel transforms a previously developed urban site into ecologically productive space supporting people and local wildlife through integrated strategies addressing habitat, stormwater, climate adaptation, and resource conservation that merge environmental responsibility and resident well-being. This is especially significant on this site near the Gowanus Canal, a Superfund site that is currently undergoing environmental remediation to transform the industrial district into a 21st-century mixed-use community for a growing city.
The building shares amenities with the adjacent development, Douglass Port, consolidating facilities across two buildings rather than duplicating the swimming pool, basketball court, fitness facilities, and co-working spaces. This reduced construction costs while delivering an exceptionally wide range of amenities. Further, the spaces were designed for flexibility: they can be reorganized to accommodate different uses, if desired, in the future. These modifications can take place without costly reconfigurations, extending building usefulness as resident needs evolve.
The developers aligned the project with community development goals and included larger apartments that encourage residents to stay in the neighborhood as they start raising families. By incorporating affordable housing and ground-floor retail spaces, as well as supporting the area’s zoning incentives for arts and light manufacturing, Union Channel has become seamlessly integrated into the Gowanus community.
Union Channel transforms a previously developed urban site into ecologically productive space supporting people and local wildlife through integrated strategies addressing habitat, stormwater, climate adaptation, and resource conservation that merge environmental responsibility and resident well-being. This is especially significant on this site near the Gowanus Canal, a Superfund site that is currently undergoing environmental remediation to transform the industrial district into a 21st-century mixed-use community for a growing city.
The building shares amenities with the adjacent development, Douglass Port, consolidating facilities across two buildings rather than duplicating the swimming pool, basketball court, fitness facilities, and co-working spaces. This reduced construction costs while delivering an exceptionally wide range of amenities. Further, the spaces were designed for flexibility: they can be reorganized to accommodate different uses, if desired, in the future. These modifications can take place without costly reconfigurations, extending building usefulness as resident needs evolve.
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