BY BEN BRACHFELD
The fi rst phase of Boerum
Hill’s 80 Flatbush development
is set to begin construction this
summer, with a new school and
the city’s “fi rst all-electric residential
tower” expected to be
complete by 2024.
Phase one of 80 Flatbush,
which has been renamed “The
Alloy Block” after the project’s
developer, will include a 480-
foot, 44-story mixed-use building,
and the construction of
two schools, the Khalil Gibran
International Academy high
school and a public elementary
school. The second part of the
project will include an 840-foot
tower that would be among the
tallest structures in Brooklyn.
Alloy’s CEO and founder,
Jared Della Valle, said the project
is even more pertinent as
the fi ve boroughs continue to
recover from COVID-19.
“We are committed to making
Brooklyn beautiful, sustainable
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and equitable and
as the city recovers from the
pandemic, we hope the Alloy
Block will set the standard for
progressive, thoughtful development,”
Della Valle said in
a statement. “When it comes
to taking the environmental
impact of buildings seriously,
building truly affordable housing
in wealthy, transit-rich
neighborhoods, and creating
healthier school environments,
we are proud to play a leading
role as we begin construction
on the Alloy Block.”
The building, with a residential
address of 505 State
St. and a retail address at 100
Flatbush Ave., will include
441 residences, including 396
market-rate apartments and 45
apartments marked affordable
with rents as low as $750 per
month, developed with the nonprofi
t Fifth Avenue Committee.
The building will include a
fi tness center, workspace, and
a rooftop pool.
The State Street building is
being fi nanced by a $240 million
investment by Goldman
Sachs, the Related Companies,
and Ares Management Corporation,
and Alloy is working
in partnership with the Educational
Construction Fund,
a “fi nancing and development
vehicle” of the city’s Department
of Education that helps
fund combined occupancy
structures including school facilities,
according to the agency’s
website.
The Khalil Gibran International
Academy, a dual English-
Arabic language school, will
move into the new building at
380 Schermerhorn St. from its
current 101-year-old building
on the same block, allowing
the school to expand. The new
elementary school will be built
at 489 State St. and will include
a gym and auditorium accessible
to the community.
Alloy says that the building
will be the “fi rst all-electric residential
tower” in the city, with
functions normally using natural
gas being conducted with
electricity, such as stovetops,
hot water heating, and HVAC.
A spokesperson for Alloy said
that by eliminating gas and going
all-electric, the building
can be “set up to purchase renewable
energy sources from
the grid and be carbon neutral
upon opening.”
The proposed tower. Alloy
An aerial view of Boerum Hill, which will soon be home to the new 80
Flatbush developmet. Alloy
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