NEW YORK | 175 3rd St | 281 FT | 27 FLOORS

[NYguy]

https://nypost.com/2025/06/01/busine...up-in-gowanus/

$1B residential project kicks off in Gowanus — as ‘starchitect’ reveals vision for 1,000-unit rental tower



By Steve Cuozzo
June 1, 2025

BIG is back – and better — in Gowanus.

The developers of 175 Third St. tapped Bjarke Ingels’ much-in-demand architectural firm to design their planned, 1,000-unit, rental apartment tower – and it’s nothing like BIG’s earlier concept for previous site-owner Aby Rosen’s RFR Realty.

The new 175 Third St. in the burgeoning residential neighborhood from Charney Companies and Tavros will stand 27 stories encompassing over 1 million square feet – the fifth building by the partners on four different sites on the Gowanus Canal’s eastern side.

The images on this page reveal Ingels’ new vision for the first time, which the architect described as “stacked blocks of cascading concrete volumes, cascading down toward the canal waterfront.”

“We had our eyes on the site forever,” Charney Companies principal Sam Charney said. “But someone else always owned it” until “the price finally came down [to $164 million] and we knew this was the time.” The purchase closed in May.

When RFR bailed, it was expected that Charney and Tavros would choose a different architect. Instead, they liked Ingels’ new concept the best of the proposals they solicited from a half-dozen “starchitects.”

[Busy Bee]

Me likey. I've started to sour on BIG but this is killer.

[NYguy]

Yeah, it's really pleasant to look at. Not everything has to be tall to be noticed, especially in the boroughs.

[BK1985]

Originally Posted by NYguy

That facade is really cool. Hopefully they can execute to look exactly as rendered

[Doubleu1117]

This looks terrific. Also pretty huge for what's going up around the canal. 1,000 units and taking up the entire block

[NYguy]

https://www.archpaper.com/2025/06/bi...xed-use-tower/




https://www.6sqft.com/largest-buildi...5m-in-funding/


Largest building in Gowanus moves ahead after $174.5M in financing


By Aaron Ginsburg
May 7, 2025







https://www.cityrealty.com/nyc/marke...pipeline/66624

[NYguy]

https://www.archdaily.com/1030874/bi...oklyn-new-york

[NYguy]

https://youtu.be/bzCGTBg44po?si=CWAvwUO3PzunTECq



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[Busy Bee]

I'll just keep saying the same thing over and over again. The canal needs to have giant limestone boulders lining the sheet pile walls going down into the water with wild grasses and the like to soften everything up. The harsh rusty piling is never going to look remotely natural or aesthetically appealing no matter how nice the flanking developments and landscaped walk is.

[NYguy]

There’s a lot going on with the canal itself, not sure if what you see will be the final product.

[NYguy]

Entering approvals...

[mrnyc]

we’re lucky, this is much better than it needs to be.

there seems to be a bit of lowkey competition along the canal?

its very nicely designed from the structures to the site itself.

just the right amount of starchitectury & practical.

25% affordable housing too.

[NYguy]

It’s amazing they managed to turn that much hated canal into something attractive. But with housing in such demand, the city has got to build where it can.

[NYguy]

https://nypost.com/2025/11/30/busine...ng-to-gowanus/

Massive luxury ‘wellness’ mecca coming to Gowanus





By Steve Cuozzo
Nov. 30, 2025

Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal, the once-smelly waterway that was long a punch line for comedians, will soon welcome one of the Big Apple’s largest and most glamorous “wellness” centers.

Life Time, creator of 185 “athletic country clubs” including 13 in the Big Apple, signed a lease for a mammoth health-and-fitness mecca at Charney Companies’ and Tavros’ 175 Third St. – with 85,000 square feet indoors on three levels, plus a 13,000 square-foot rooftop pool deck.

Soon to be the largest building in Gowanus, 175 Third St. is part of the development partners’ five-building campus called Gowanus Wharf. Thanks to rezoning to spur creation of 9,000 new rental apartments, and a federally-backed cleanup, tenants have flocked to new towers along the once-fetid canal, which has emerged as the neighborhood’s scenic centerpiece.

Charney development head Rosie Tilley said, “Life Time’s national reputation for quality and excellence elevates the experience we’re creating at 175 Third Street.”

Life Time chief of property development Parham Javaheri called it “the marquee building we were looking for in Gowanus.” He said the “mega-deal” would include “three amazing indoor pickleball courts, a ‘wet suite’ with sauna, steam, infrared and cold plunge, and the rooftop pool deck” with features that will make it useable year-round.

Javaheri said he first flipped for the then-undeveloped location at Third Street and Third Avenue before COVID. “I said, ‘Someone’s going to buy this site and we will be the retail at the base.’ It would serve residents not only in Gowanus but from Carroll Gardens and Park Slope.

“Last year, I think it was at ICSC, we had a brief meeting between my team and Sam Charney. It was a great connection. They had a vision for their project and we shared their vision to create something truly unique.”

Javaheri said the new Life Time wouldn’t likely open until 2028. Excavation is just starting for 175 Third St., which will have 1.1 million square feet and 1,100 apartments. Charney and Tavros are Gowanus’ most active developers with over 2,200 apartments.

As we first reported in June, the team chose architect Bjarke Ingels’ BIG studio to design 175 Third, replacing a version he had done for the site’s previous owner Aby Rosen.

[NYguy]

https://nypost.com/2026/02/17/real-e...h-new-rentals/

Brooklyn developers flooding 7 neighborhoods with new rentals — as many locals remain priced out of homeownership


By Emily Davis
Feb. 17, 2026

Recently rezoned Gowanus is in the midst of a major rebrand, from polluted industrial site to developer-friendly hotspot. A brand-new rental tower there even secured a $25,000-a-month tenant this month.

The uptick in construction might just be following the lead of Long Island City, where keen-eyed developers flooded the market with new rentals before going all in on luxury condo towers.

[patriotizzy]

Originally Posted by NYguy

https://youtu.be/bzCGTBg44po?si=CWAvwUO3PzunTECq

With the development along the canal, the first 5 pictures in this post had me thinking this was Chicago

[NYguy]

Originally Posted by patriotizzy

With the development along the canal, the first 5 pictures in this post had me thinking this was Chicago

Yeah, there is a potential for lots of canal-like development in New York. It's only happening here because of the rezoning this area underwent. So much more potential in the city overall.