Most New Yorkers probably think of the Brooklyn Navy Yard as the decrepit out-of-the-way spot you have to schlep to when your car gets towed. But that is beginning to change. The nonprofit Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation and developer Douglas Steiner have put together a proposal to turn the Yard’s abandoned 300-acre Naval Annex Historic Campus into a media, film, and technology complex, which would connect to the already existing 15-acre site of the developer’s Steiner Studios production facility. The complex would cost nearly $400 million and take 12 years to build, and would use the nine historical buildings on the Historic Campus, while creating five new structures. There would be 328,000 square feet devoted to media companies and academic programs, while 100,000 square feet would be used for new stages for film and TV, including the first underwater stage in the country and the first back lot on the East Coast to feature a New York City streetscape.
Steiner has committed nearly $346 million for the new complex. He is seeking $35 million to build out the site’s infrastructure, including water, sewers and electricity: $17.5 million from the Empire State Development Corporation’s Regional Council and an equal amount from the city. (As Steiner sits on the Regional Council, he has reclused himself from the matter.) Feedback on the proposal is expected this fall.
The 60,000-square-foot Greek Revival hospital, built in 1838 from Tuckahoe marble, would be the campus’s centerpiece. “My dream is to have an anchor tenant like Google or Apple,” Steiner told The New York Times. He is also hoping to build a Hollywood-style back lot, where filmmakers could recreate New York locations. Steiner thinks the lot could also become a draw for tourists.
The developers estimate that the project would create thousands of jobs during its development and construction, and when completed, the 50-acre media campus would employ approximately 6,000 New Yorkers.
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http://production2blog.com/2012/08/21/brooklyn-navy-yard-may-become-site-of-new-media-and-film-campus/
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