Brack on the Bowery

Posted: March 26, 2009 at 8:09 am

Last summer, news broke that Brack Capital Real Estate purchased 185 Bowery, thereby staking a monster claim on the northeast corner of Bowery and Delancey. Indeed, their portfolio now boasts the four properties between 185 and 191. Final plans are unconfirmed, but many believe a shiny hotel will rise from the ashes.

As of yesterday, the plan to raze the row is advancing, albeit very slowly. Pasted to the front door of 189 Bowery is a DOB vacate order. Based on this evidence alone, it seems that this might be the first of the four buildings to fall. LES denizens, prepare for yet another protracted construction site!

Related Reading:
Bowery Stories [Vanishing NY]
Hotel, Condo, & More on Busy Bowery Block [Curbed]
Brack Buys Bowery Townhouse [Real Deal]

Street: Bowery, Delancey, Spring Street

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greenwayberns

Thank you for sharing with us this insightful post.
greenwayberns

This is a great post, thank you for sharing.
Anonymous

I think the vacate order is due to the fire they had on the 24th.
Goggla

Oh no! I love that building with the mansard roof...
Anonymous

189 & 191 Bowery have been sitting there vacant under gloomy scaffolding since September. Other than the new vacate order, nothing has been done to the buildings since asbestos abatement last Fall. Their demo permits expired at the end of '08.
EV Grieve

[Sigh]