Live/Work Not Happening Here

 
Hey, to the many folks who call about live/work space, know that is is never happening at Industry City. Residential is incompatible with the many different commercial uses we have and will continue to have. It is also not legal. Residential use pushes out jobs, the opposite of what we are achieving here.
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Isabela Mexican Restaurant

I read in now defunct (seems to be anyway) Sunset Park Rocks blog about this “unsung” restaurant so I thought I’d go for a bite and sing about it. I went in with a couple of friends after going to Tabla Rasa’s new opening on November 12. We walk in a seat ourselves [...]

Definition: Rentable Square Feet

Rentable Square Feet
Usable square feet plus a percentage (the core factor) of the common areas on the floor, including hallways, bathrooms and telephone closets, and some main lobbies. Rentable square footage is the number on which a tenant’s rent is usually based.

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Top Five Favorite Food Spots (so far)

Okee dokee folks. So here I am checking out Sunset Park, trying out different restaurants and bars, dragging friends from places like Clinton Hill and Chelsea (”Why can’t we just make some tacos and drink here?”, “Because it’s better, we’re not talking Old El Paso taco mix here, dumbass”). Anyway, this is what [...]

220 36th Street - The first Creative Workspace Building

220 36th Street, located 1 and 1/2 blocks directly down the street from the 36th/4th Avenue Express subway stop, is an early twentieth-century manufacturing building being upgraded a section at a time for 21st century production workers.

Meet 11 of Brooklyn’s Top Furniture Designers

Over the last several years, I’ve met some of Brooklyn’s top furniture designers at BKLYN DESIGNS, the annual design fair in DUMBO. These folks design and create some of the best furniture in America, right here in Brooklyn.