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20 Henry Street: From Affordable Housing! to Affordable Housing?

Today, the condos at 20 Henry Street, aka the Peaks Mason Mints Factory, officially went on sale.  The building, which was once “afforadable housing” under Mitchell Lama now boasts luxury residences with a top price of $2.56 million.   Curbed reports that broker Halstead claims that over 1,900 folks have expressed interest in the properties.

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Eagle: 20 Henry Sales Office Open

The Brooklyn Eagle reports that a sales office for new apartments at 20 Henry Street has opened for business at 114 Henry Street the former site of Thai Grille.  Apartments start at $580K up to $2.6 million.  Seven units have been sold so far the paper says.

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Curbed Reader: 20 Henry… Feh

A Brooklyn Heights tipster wrote to Curbed this week about the new development at 20 Henry.  The tipster is not impressed: Curbed: A tipster has the scoopage on new Brooklyn Heights condo conversion 20 Henry (at 20 Henry Street, ‘natch), which was formally the Peaks Mason Mints building, constructed in 1929. The two-building setup has […]

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Candy Factory Reconstruction Underway

Although no work was in evidence when this photo was taken (about 2:00 this afternoon), there was scaffolding up announcing new apartments to come.

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Eagle: New Architect for 20 Henry Street

The Brooklyn Eagle reports on the latest in the 20 Henry Street saga: Brooklyn Eagle: New Architect…: New permit applications have been filed with the Department of Buildings (DOB) for the renovation and conversion of a by now familiar building at 20 Henry St. in Brooklyn Heights, more familiarly known in the area as “the […]

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20 Henry Street Deal Closed

  The Praedium Group has closed the sale of 20 Henry Street (Peaks Mason Mint candy factory) to Urban Realty Partners for $19.6 million. The property was originally listed in January for $22.5 million.  Before selling, Praedium had secured the Landmarks' approval to construct a 14,500 square foot, 4 story residential building (pictured) on the […]

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20 Henry Street on the Block

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle reports today that after all the drama surrounding the development of 20 Henry Street, the property has been put on the market for $22.5 million. The photo here shows the Landmarks approved four story building proposed to be built upon the building's garden area.  UPDATE: 

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Goodbye 20 Henry Street Garden

The Brooklyn Eagle reports that the Landmark Preservation Commission approved a scaled down plan to replace the landmark garden at 20 Henry Street with housing units. On their 8th attempt for approval architects Pasanella + Klein Stolzman + Berg and owners the Praedium Group received the green light from the commission for a four story […]

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20 Henry Street on Landmarks Commission Agenda

The Bridge Harbor Tenants Association posted this notice today.  It says that the Landmarks Preservation Commission has "hastily" added 20 Henry Street to its agenda Tuesday (10/31) morning.  The issue at hand is the destruction of the historic garden on the site by its owners the Praedium Group. Without regard for the character of the […]

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