Landmarks Preservation Commission approves 200 Water St. plans
Eye On Real Estate: Former DUMBO Watchtower building going condo
Developer Shelly Listokin’s plans to turn a former DUMBO Watchtower building into condos have cleared a significant hurdle – by winning city Landmarks Preservation Commission approval to add two floors to the top of 200 Water St. and rebuild its back facade.
Aufgang Architects’ revised designs for the condo conversion received the preservation agency’s okay at a public meeting in Lower Manhattan Tuesday. An earlier try on Oct. 1 to get LPC approval for a more drastic makeover of the 1950s-vintage factory building was unsuccessful.
Listokin – who was involved in the residential redevelopment of 20 Henry St. – bought 200 Water St. and neighboring lots 173 and 177 Front St. through an entity called DUMBO Assemblage LLC for $30.6 million last March, city records indicate.