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CityRealty, November 20, 2024

New Development of the Day: 144 Vanderbilt

A New Landmark for a Beloved Neighborhood. 144 Vanderbilt Avenue, a remarkable new condominium at the nexus of Fort Greene and Clinton Hill, represents the latest collaboration between developer Tankhouse and architect SO-IL.


Off the MRKT, November 18, 2024

Our Favorite Listings For The Week

Located in the heart of Fort Greene, Brooklyn, Residence 3C at 144 Vanderbilt Avenue is a two-level, 1,829 sqft condo listed for $3.25M. Developed by Tankhouse and designed by SO-IL, this three-bedroom, three-bathroom home features white oak floors, exposed concrete ceilings, and oversized windows that bathe the space in natural light.


NYREJ, November 12, 2024

Tankhouse Launches Sales at 144 Vanderbilt - 89,847 s/f Community Featuring 26 Condominiums

Tankhouse launched sales for 144 Vanderbilt in the Fort Greene neighborhood. Designed by architecture firm SO–IL, 144 Vanderbilt will feature a limited collection of 26 condominiums, over 11,000 s/f of private amenity space and 3,422 s/f of retail space at the ground level. Doug Bowen and Zia O’Hara from Douglas Elliman and Douglas Elliman Development Marketing are handling sales and marketing for the project.



AZURE, November 4, 2024

In Brooklyn, a Residence-Meets-Showroom Sets Up Shop at 144 Vanderbilt


Designed by SO-IL with developer Tankhouse, 144 Vanderbilt (already known colloquially as The Pink Building) is clad in a scalloped pre-cast concrete façade that stands out against the neighbouring brick townhouses yet somehow fits right into its context. The eight-storey building comprises 26 units — ranging from two to four bedrooms in 21 unique layouts — each conceived as its own “private oasis” with access to outdoor space.


Bloomberg, October 31, 2024

The Answer To Making Cities More Family-Friendly? Courtyards

Their collaboration started with 450 Warren, a condominium in Brooklyn’s Boerum Hill with an open-air court framed by wire mesh. A project in Fort Green, 144 Vanderbilt — the pink building — includes more of the same, layering small private outdoor spaces, exterior circulation and larger common gardens. The innovation over the past is the multiple levels across which run-ins with neighbors and greenery can take place.


Brownstoner, October 24, 2024

Tankhouse and SO-IL's Pink Condos Near Completion on Fort Greene Corner


The building is wrapped in pink precast concrete with two finishes: an acid wash and sandblasted texture, according to Tankhouse. SO-IL’s design weaves together indoor and outdoor spaces in both private and common areas with corridors, porches, and shared landscaped terraces. While work is still under way on the interiors, renderings show large, breezy apartments that appear spacious and light, with considered volumes and sight lines.



Wallpaper Magazine, October 21, 2024

First Look: Step Inside 144 Vanderbilt, Tankhouse and SO-IL’s New Brooklyn Project


The first residence to be completed is a four-bedroom, three-bathroom duplex home turned by local studio General Assembly into a domestic design gallery showcasing the best of Brooklyn. The focus is on the hyper-local here: most of the project partners work or live a stone’s throw away from the new building, and the furnishings are sourced from General Assembly’s Brooklyn-based retail shop, Assembly Line.




ADPro, October 10, 2024

In Brooklyn, Tankhouse Launches Sales on 144 Vanderbilt


With one completed building and two more in the works, the designers at AD100 firm SO-IL and the developers at Tankhouse have proven their commitment to unique development in Brooklyn. Perhaps their most audacious collaboration yet, 144 Vanderbilt’s textured pink exterior commands attention at the corner of Myrtle Avenue and its namesake street in Brooklyn’s Fort Greene neighborhood.


Elliman Insider, October 15, 2024

Set Builder-Turned-Broker Doug Bowen Brings Brownstone Vibes to New Dev in Brooklyn


Doug Bowen is in his element. We are standing on an unfinished, concrete walk bridge that leads into the high-ceiling, glass-windowed lobby of the work-in-progress boutique condominium at 144 Vanderbilt. Below us is the site of a future garden, a dense wall of nature to be enjoyed by those looking out from the spacious common work area being laid out on that floor.


ArchDaily, October 3, 2024

SO-IL Reveals Design for a New Residential Condominium Project in Brooklyn, New York


Architecture firm SO – IL has revealed plans for a new residential condominium project planned for Brooklyn's Fort Greene neighborhood. Named 144 Vanderbilt, the development offers 26 condominiums and amenities spanning almost 90,000 square feet. According to SO-IL, the architecture takes cues from Brooklyn's historical heritage, while incorporating a modern twist, as the staggered building prioritizes community interactions and comfortable urban living.


Gothamist, October 1, 2024

10 of the Coolest Places Open to the Public for this Year’s Open House New York


One of this year’s hard hat tours enters the construction site of 144 Vanderbilt, an eight-story condo building being developed on the Fort Greene/Clinton Hill border.


designboom, September 30, 2024

SO – IL to Bring Rosy Pink Homes to Fort Greene, Brooklyn at 144 Vanderbilt


144 Vanderbilt, located in the vibrant Fort Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn, is a new residential project designed by the renowned architecture studio SO – IL. The building comprises twenty-six thoughtfully designed two- to four-bedroom residences, each carefully crafted to offer a unique living experience.


6sqft, September 25, 2024

Wrapped in Pink and Surrounded by Greenery, Fort Greene Condo 144 Vanderbilt Launches Sales


Sales have officially launched at Fort Greene’s 144 Vanderbilt, a new luxury condo offering an unconventional take on Brooklyn living with apartments designed as “private sanctuaries.” Developed by Tankhouse and designed by SO-IL, the building on the corner of Myrtle and Vanderbilt Avenues is wrapped in pink precast concrete with a unique stacked design of varying heights and setbacks.


Mann Report, September 25, 2024

Tankhouse Launches Sales for 144 Vanderbilt


Tankhouse recently announced the official launch of sales for 144 Vanderbilt in Brooklyn’s Fort Greene neighborhood. Conceived as an inventive reinterpretation of Brooklyn living and designed by award-winning architecture firm SO – IL, 144 Vanderbilt will feature a limited collection of 26 condominiums, over 11,000 square feet of private amenity space and 3,422 square feet of retail space at the ground level.



Robb Report, September 23, 2024

Inside 144 Vanderbilt, a Millennial Pink Apartment Building in Brooklyn


The eight-story mixed-use building, an asymmetric assemblage of cubic volumes interrupted by huge picture windows, balconies and negative spaces, is a collaboration between real estate developer Tankhouse and award-winning architecture firm SO–IL. The third in a series of Brooklyn condominium projects, 144 Vanderbilt joins 9 Chapel and 450 Warren, which are in Boerum Hill and Gowanus, respectively.



The New York Times, August 12, 2024

In Brooklyn, a Pink Building Stands Out

At the intersection of Myrtle and Vanderbilt Avenues in Brooklyn, a restaurant and fish market sit on one side of Myrtle, while townhouses and an apartment building line Vanderbilt. Some of these buildings are made of brick, and most are neutral toned. But at the corner, one building is an outlier: It's pink.


That pink building — on the site of a former gas station at 144 Vanderbilt Avenue in Fort Greene — is slated to be completed at the beginning of next year. The building's ripped edges, stacked silhouette and varying height stand out in stark contrast to anything else nearby. Tankhouse, a Brooklyn-based developer, collaborated on the project, to be known as 144 Vanderbilt, with SO-IL, an architecture firm, and Ted Kane, the project's architect of record.


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