Work underway on Amazon warehouse
Construction begins site of old Revere Sugar Factory in Red Hook
BY CRAIG HUBERT
Construction has started
at the future Red Hook warehouse
that will soon be home
to an Amazon distribution
center.
Located at the former site
of the Revere Sugar Factory
at 280 Richards St., on a pier
sandwiched between IKEA
and the former location of
Fairway, it was long planned
to be the home of a Norman
Foster-designed waterfront
offi ce complex. The developer,
Thor Equities, scrapped
those plans in 2019.
Permits fi led in September
2019 call for a one-story manufacturing
facility covering
310,967 square feet. Renderings
show a standard warehouse
with a mix of white and
olive on the facade. A long vehicle
ramp at the side of the
building leads to parking on
the roof. More parking will
exist along the sides and back
of the building.
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a recent visit to the site,
it appeared that ground had
been broken and construction
had begun. A foundation
appears to be in place and
walls are starting to rise at
the site.
Ware Malcomb, who is
also behind the design of a
warehouse down the street,
is listed as the applicant of record.
It’s been a long wait for
something to arrive on the
waterfront property, which
has long been various piles
of dirt.
Thor Equities purchased
the site in 2005 for $40.52 million.
It was previously home
to the Revere Sugar Factory,
which Thor demolished in
2009. At one time, he intended
to build a mall on the site.
In February 2018, local
residents voiced concerns
at a community board meeting
about possible hazards
of the dirt piles on the site
and the possibility that Thor
would fl ip the property, according
to Bklyner. Fox Rothschild
land-use attorney Eric
Knowles, who was present at
the meeting, denied it.
Amazon, which signed a
lease agreement in November
2020, is planning a “lastmile
distribution center” on
the site, which comes at the
same time local residents are
pushing to have fewer delivery
trucks on the neighborhood’s
streets.
The site of the coming Red Hook Amazon warehouse in June 2021. Photo by Craig Hubert
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