The dynamically developing pre-war Two Trees office buildings in Dumbo have just received a bonus of the twenty first century: a redesigned, user-friendly, technology-driven lobby designed by Bonetti/Kozerski Architecture.
According to sources, the developer’s three office locations with an area of nearly 1.5 million sq m. are over 90% leased. Now all properties – 45 Principal St., 55 Washington St. and 20 Jay St. — have a latest lobby, warmly lit in earthy colours and equipped with access control technology powered by the Two Trees branded app.
The app can even connect tenants with facilities comparable to meeting rooms, roof terraces and bicycle storage. The constructing’s diverse tenant mix includes Bjarke Ingels Group, Fortis Group, Amplify, BPCM, Woven Planet and Red Antler.
The lobby renovations use brick and concrete textures with additions of leather and wood “inspired by Dumbo’s materials and architecture,” said company co-founder Dominic Kozerski.
They replace a decades-old look that was merely “glamorous,” said David Lombino, Two Trees’ managing director of external affairs, with a tongue in cheek.
While the lobby represents a major capital upgrade over the pre-war trio, Two Trees business rental managing director Alyssa Zahler said their “biggest, major amenity” is the Dumbo neighborhood itself.
She said lots of Dumbo’s tenants are let to firms whose bosses live in nearby Brownstone-Brooklyn neighborhoods. Asking rents in Dumbo range from $38-58 per square foot, with a mean of $40 in the mid-range.
![The app connects tenants with facilities such as meeting rooms, roof terraces and bicycle storage.](https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/NYPICHPDPICT000010654492.jpg?w=1024)
![In the renovation of the lobby at 45 Główna Street, brick and concrete textures with additions of leather and wood were used.](https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/NYPICHPDPICT000010654494.jpg?w=1024)
Meanwhile, nearby, work is underway to boldly adapt and reuse Two Trees’ conversion of Domino’s sugar refinery right into a state-of-the-art office constructing on Williamsburg’s waterfront.
Construction needs to be accomplished by the fall, including an enormous glass envelope wrapped around the facility’s 150-year-old brick façade.