Franklin Lofts

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Franklin Lofts

945 Bergen Street, Brooklyn, NY

size: 96,024 SF

type: Artist Loft Co-op

Franklin IsometricIn 2005 the non-profit developer Artopolis, in partnership with Community Preservation Corporation (CPC), purchased this site containing five interconnected industrial buildings with two single homes from the 1800’s. Ā The buildings, which were used mostĀ recently as warehousing and manufacturing facilities, are originally thought to haveĀ been part of the circa-1900 Nassau Brewery complex, and later during WWII the site of a Tank and/or armored car assembly complex. Ā The existing buildings vary from two to six stories in height. Ā The design was to increase a number of the smaller buildings to four stories in height, with an interior courtyard. Ā The expanded building of 96,024 SF would houseĀ 80 live/work artist units, with ownership in an affordable co-operative structure. Ā While the site facesĀ Franklin Avenue betweenĀ Bergen and Dean Streets in the Crown Heights area of Brooklyn, NY, the primary entrance is at 945 Bergen Street. Ā Glenn Erikson was one of threeĀ Board Members of Artopolis responsible for acquisition, design and financing the project