Brooklyn's Domino Sugar Offices Win the Amenity Wars

A daily mix of stories about cities, city life, and our always evolving neighborhoods and skylines. [Curbed]( FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 return to office [Brooklyn’s Domino Sugar Offices Win the Amenity Wars]( Two Trees is betting that you won’t hate the neighborhood, the commute, or the work space itself. Photo: Courtesy of Two Trees Management On a hot summer day, the base of the Williamsburg Bridge is all direct sun and concrete: bus [terminal](, traffic ramps, parking lots, the industrial neighborhood that Williamsburg once was still palpable beneath the dusting of coffee shops and salons that have opened in recent years. But as you move toward the river, the breeze picks up. Cool air perfumed with [leather and sandalwood]( and polished people flow out of the front doors of well-decorated lobbies. The dogs and joggers and bicyclists multiply, moving up and down Kent Avenue and looping around the perimeter of Domino Park, a lush little oasis at the heart of Two Trees’ $3 billion Domino Sugar complex, a cluster of gleaming towers anchored by the landmarked 19th-century brick factory that gives the waterfront development its name. It was there that, on a recent morning, workers were installing the first of the steel arcs that will form the ribs of the refinery’s glass penthouse, a 27,000-square-foot spread with 30-foot ceilings and sweeping views of the Manhattan waterfront. But unlike most new Brooklyn penthouses, this will be an office space rather than some celebrity’s showplace home. The refinery is in the midst of being converted into a 460,000-square-foot Class A office building (that is, the nicest category of office building with the most up-to-date building systems and amenities) slated to open next fall. [Continue reading »]( Want more on city life, real estate, and design? [Subscribe now]( for unlimited access to Curbed and everything New York. [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( The Latest [Minecraft at MoMA, Barbie Dreamhouse Paint, and More Finds Plus a furniture and design exhibition in a landscape architect’s historic mid-century house.]( [Unsellable Soho Loft Now Comes With an NFT Fine, we’ll take it.]( By Zach Schiffman [The Queen’s Posthumous Transit Plans Are Surprisingly Detailed And rail specific.]( By Clio Chang [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Read More From Curbed]( Introducing Dinner Party, a lively new evening newsletter about everything that just happened. [Sign up]( to get it every weeknight. [GET THE NEWSLETTER]( [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe](param=curbed) | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 12th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2022, All rights reserved