The Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn Bridge bark! New dog spa opens at Pier 6 condo.

Multi-Housing News

Every Dog Has its Day with Opening of Wag Club.

Brooklyn Daily Eagle

One Brooklyn Bridge Park Opens Wag Club for Pets.

The New York Times

Creating Spaces For Tweens and Teens.

The New York Times Homes

On the waterfront trends in residential landscape design.

House of the Day: Religion's Printing Plant Gets Converted

Re-purposing is the buzzword for 2011, and the real-estate version of this trend is of course conversions. One of the more unique conversions to come down the pike is this one in Brooklyn Heights: a 3,500-square-foot townhome that was once a printing facility for Jehovah's Witness literature.

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Two-time Top Chef'testant Angelo Sosa served up his creative delicacies while waxing lyrical about why he loved living at the luxury Brooklyn condo during his soiree held in an available three bedroom home with a terrace...

Spotlight on Brooklyn

Few Brooklyn condo conversions have made the impact that One Brooklyn Bridge Park has already made on the Brooklyn waterfront.

New retail - dogs, wine! - comes to Brooklyn Bridge Park

Two new shops, a wine store and a doggy day care center, are moving into One Brooklyn Bridge Park at the gateway to the residential, commercial and open space development along the Brooklyn Heights waterfront.

Park Life gets a Boost as Two Retailers Arrive

Brooklyn Bridge Bark, a pet boutique that provides daycare, overnight boarding, grooming, training and the latest specialty products promoting canine wellness, leased a 1,706 s/f ground floor space on Park drive.

Pet, Wine Boutiques Lease Retail Spaces at One Brooklyn Bridge Park

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS - Two retail spaces have been filled - by a pet boutique and a wine store - at One Brooklyn Bridge Park, the massive 438-unit residential development on the waterfront at Pier 6 in Brooklyn Heights.

Two Retail Spaces Leased at One Brooklyn Bridge Park

Two new retail concepts have leased space at One Brooklyn Bridge Park, the waterfront complex that has brought 438 residences and approximately 72,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space to Brooklyn Heights.

Lease of the Week

Brooklyn's little waterfront condo conversion that could has signed it's first two retail Leases.

Brooklyn Bridge Park Gets First Retail: Doggy Spa and Wine Store

Despite the sweeping harbor views, sales at 1 Brooklyn Bridge Park were initially sluggish, until a triplex penthouse in the building smashed the modest Brooklyn condo price record with an $8.495 million sale. With so many captive BroBos, the only question remained: What to do with that 72,000 square feet of retail space?

Photo Gallery: One Brooklyn Bridge Park

Prices in the building range from $450,000 for studios to $7 million for the penthouses, according to Rachel Poggi of the Developers Group, the director of sales. The development�s massive inventory contrasts with its brownstone surroundings, making it more comparable to waterfront developments in Williamsburg and DUMBO, said Poggi.

The kids are alright

At One Brooklyn Bridge Park, a waterfront condominium complex in Brooklyn Heights that frequently recieves visits from families, "the kids get wowed by the space" in the building's two- and three-bedroom apartments, said Rachel Poggi, director of sales at the 14 story building, which is currently 56% sold.

Moving On Up

This 14-story, 438-unit building, housing everything from spacious loft apartments to townhouses to penthouses, overlooks the East River and is situated within Brooklyn Bridge Park. "Lovely Brooklyn Heights is already well known for being a great family neighborhood," says Highlyann Krasnow, executive vice president at The Developers Group.

New Developments Rolling Out Fitness-Based Amenities

"In a lot of buildings, people are excited because there's a fitness center and it turns out to be a few pieces of cardio equipment and a couple of weight machines," said Rachel Poggi, the director of sales for One Brooklyn Bridge Park, a condo conversion in Brooklyn Heights, which has a 3,000-square-foot gym with dance and yoga studios, a golf simulator and a billiards room.

The Best-Selling Building of 2010 Was Actually a Zombie

One Brooklyn Bridge Park also stayed near the top with a third-place 101 sales. Of course, the list skews in favor of buildings with lots of unsold inventory, so the top ten buildings aren't exactly shockers.

Starchitects on the Waterfront: Couture and Rashid Buy One Brooklyn Bridge Park Duplex

All 23 units on the second floor of One Brooklyn Bridge Park are duplex residences like the one purchased by the architects. Their unit boasts two bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and grand harbor views of their former borough.

The Eighth Season of Top Chef is back in New York

"One Brooklyn Bridge Park was the ideal location for Top Chef," said Robert Levine, CEO of RAL Companies, the project's developer. "The luxurious penthouse provided a nice escape for the cast, on the other side of the river, and gave the chef'testants the perferct place to rest and recharge."

The Day: Santa Claus, Monologues and Pickles

And lastly, some reality show stars are moving in not too far away. Upcoming contestants of "Top Chef" will be living in One Brooklyn Bridge Park during the show's eighth season.

Top Chef All-Stars Live Among Ikea in $7.25M Brooklyn Apartment

Yesterday news broke that the Top Chef All-Stars contestants would be living in the penthouse of luxury building One Brooklyn Bridge Park. Well, the season premiered last night, and we watched with a curious eye. How would Bravo's set designers dress the borough's second most apartment, on the market for $7.25M?

New season of 'Top Chef' filmed in $7M penthouse in One Brooklyn Bridge Park

Location: the waterfront penthouse suite at One Brooklyn Bridge Park, which is priced at a whopping $7.25 million.

The Brooklyn Heights apartment has hardwood floors, 13-foot ceilings, and massive window displays featuring views of Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Statue of Liberty and the Brooklyn Bridge, according to the One Brooklyn Bridge Park website

'Top Chef' Penthouse Lists for $7.25M

When "Top Chef: All-Stars" premieres on Bravo TV tonight, viewers will get a peek inside the show's Brooklyn, N.Y. penthouse, now up for sale for $7.25 million, making it the second most expensive apartment on the market in Brooklyn.

"Top Chef" showcases $7M Brooklyn condo

The eighth season of reality TV show "Top Chef" -- premiering tomorrow on Bravo -- will feature 18 contestants living at One Brooklyn Bridge Park's 438-unit "Sky House" condominium located within the 85-acre park. The chefs lived in a 4,638-square-foot, four-bedroom waterfront triplex penthouse which features views of Manhattan and Brooklyn, including the Statue of Liberty and the Brooklyn Bridge.

Top Chef: Top Chef Takes Brooklyn

The eighth season of "Top Chef" will be back in New York to the budding borough of Brooklyn. It's definitely not the same Brooklyn that rapper Jay-Z is famous for rapping about, Instead this Brooklyn, that is home to the new cast of "Top Chef", provides a little more luxurious lifestyle.

4 B'klyn towers top list of city's best sellers

Similarly, massive condo conversion One Brooklyn Bridge Park in Brooklyn Heights-a former Jehovah's Witness warehouse-also went through a price correction. There, the cuts varied from just a few percent to as much as a 30% discount, depending on the location of the apartment in the 438-unit building. Prices for the apartments, which range from humble studios to three-bed, three-bath penthouses, range from $425,000 to $7 million. The opening of two portions of the Brooklyn Bridge Park, which is basically the building's backyard, also helped lift sales, noted Rachel Poggi, director of sales for One Brooklyn Bridge Park.

To Sell Apartments, Furnishing Is No Afterthought

It wasn't just the swinging chair, strung from the ceiling, that was distracting. When apartment hunters stepped into the third-floor studio for sale at 650 Avenue of the Americas, they found a white leather circular bed with red pillows and a hanging L.E.D. lamp with colors shifting from green to blue. Some said it reminded them of the film "2001: A Space Odyssey."

Marketing Campaign Seeks Retailers for 'The Shops at One Brooklyn Bridge Park'

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS - "The Shops at One Brooklyn Bridge Park" is how the retail spaces at the new residential condominium at 360 Furman St. (aka 1 Brooklyn Bridge Park) are being marketed.

Brooklyn Bridge Park Readies For Next Phase

The new Brooklyn Bridge Park has fared well this hot summer season. Only Piers 1 and 6 have opened to the public so far but they're enough to draw the crowds.

"We've had a great amount of attendance. Almost 10,000 people each day coming here on the weekends to visit Pier 1 and 6. And during the week we have 5,000 people a day," said Brooklyn Bridge Park President Regina Meyer.

Brooklyn Heights First 'Burb'

With its new parks and playgrounds, a promenade offering sweeping views and Greek Revival and Italianate row houses that date to the 19th century, Brooklyn Heights is a homey haven in the middle of busy New York

HGTV- One Brooklyn Bridge Park to be Featured on HGTV

One Brooklyn Bridge Park has been chosen as a feature property on a brand new show on the popular network, HGTV. The series, Selling New York, which is set to air this spring 2010, will showcase the stunning apartments and location of this one of a kind home. Keep watching this space for the exact air dates and times.

The Stars Flock to One Brooklyn Bridge Park

With its incomparable location, superior apartments, and spectacular amenities, celebrities are choosing to reside One Brooklyn Bridge Park. The property will be home to superstars Michelle Williams of Destiny's Child, during her tenure on Broadway, and football legend and former New York Jet, John Dockery.

Residents of One Brooklyn Bridge Park Receive a Complimentary One-Year Greenway Membership, Courtesy of One Brooklyn Bridge Park

Residents of One Brooklyn Bridge Park are invited to help our planet and make a difference to its well-being. With our property's emphasis on green living and our unique location in what will be one of the city's most expansive parks, we believe that it is only natural to work with the Brooklyn Greenway Initiative. Therefore, it is our pleasure to offer complimentary one-year membership to all of our residents. By purchasing this membership for residents, we hope that each person will take the opportunity to learn more about the Greenway and discover what's happening in Brooklyn.

Brooklyn Greenway Initiative is the 501(c) 3 non-profit organization responsible for conceiving, planning and coordinating the development of the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway. For complete details and information on the Brooklyn Greenway Initiative, please visit: http://www.brooklyngreenway.org/