And then, the Red Hook we knew was gone
http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20150817/REAL_ESTATE/150819531/developer-of-huge-red-hook-office-complex-seeks-a-partner-with-at
A decade ago, it was some artists and some housing projects.
Then, it was IKEA, Fairway, some artists and some housing projects.
Soon, it will be a massive office complex, a lot of high end residences, a big ferry port, IKEA, Fairway, some artists and some housing projects.

A decade ago, it was some artists and some housing projects.
Then, it was IKEA, Fairway, some artists and some housing projects.
Soon, it will be a massive office complex, a lot of high end residences, a big ferry port, IKEA, Fairway, some artists and some housing projects.

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It is a weird, out of the way, office park near LaGuardia airport.
They provided regular shuttles from the Jackson Heights subway, and were able to keep the complex full of tenants.
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/queens/bulova-puts-headquarters-sale-30m-article-1.1975771
Or approximately 15-20 brownstones.
Returning to Red Hook, I think it could work. I certainly look forward to the new fancy tenants futily complaining about the housing projects and waste haulers that have always been present.
I get a weird pleasure from watching people try to create change faster than it is going to happen.
It's maybe not that much crazier than tech firms located in Greenpoint/Williamsburg, but the Williamsburg waterfront is at least a reasonable walk from the Bedford L, which is a couple stops from every subway line in the city.
The same is true of the situation with WeWork trying to develop Dumbo-priced office space in the middle of the Navy Yard:
http://newyorkyimby.com/2015/07/revealed-weworks-16-story-office-building-in-the-brooklyn-navy-yard.html
http://therealdeal.com/blog/2015/08/20/downtown-brooklyn-office-vacancy-remains-at-city-low-3-4-report/
http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20150821/red-hook/citywide-ferry-plan-will-not-integrate-with-mtas-metrocard-for-transfers
http://www.nycedc.com/project/citywide-ferry-service
http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20150824/BLOGS02/150829951/fairway-is-still-in-the-rough
...If it fails, that would put a damper on Red Hook unless they could quickly find a replacement.
When Sanba's King & Sullivan Townhouses hit the market one week ago, commenters here couldn't believe that people would pay upwards of $2.5 million to live in "transit-starved" Red Hook. "It's going to be tough for them to move 22 of them at those prices," said Eradicator, and many of those who chimed in agreed. But it looks like they were wrong: According to an update in The Real Deal, 12 of the 22 homes have already sold for an average price of $2.7 million. Elliman sales director Patty LaRocca, who's in charge of the project, said that many of the buyers are coming from nearby neighborhoods (duh), and compared the vibe to "Soho in the 1970s or 1980s,"
according to TRD. "It has that mix of industry and low density and
artists and it's super chill," she said. How multi-million dollar luxury homes fit into that industrial, chill environment remains to be seen.
http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2015/10/02/half_of_red_hooks_new_townhouses_sell_in_just_one_week.php
https://www.fsrmagazine.com/new-concepts/chef-sohui-kim-opens-insa-brooklyn
Fairway might go under.
Tesla showroom.
https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20160401/red-hook/tesla-return-red-hook-sign-van-brunt-street