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IKEA - Red Hook
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Architecture article featuring IKEA Redhook
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Construction Magazine article featuring IKEA Redhook
New Construction
Architect: Greenberg Farrow
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Project Specifications:
- Total Square Footage: 350,000
- Construction Budget: $180,000,000
Aurora Contractors, as Construction Manager, completed the redevelopment of the
abandoned New York Ship Yard site into IKEA’s largest retail facility in the United
States. This $180,000,000 project located in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn, NY
included the complete demolition and decommissioning of the existing shipyard facilities,
environmental remediation of a Brownfield site including cleanup of underwater areas,
reconstruction of waterfront on NY Harbor and the new construction of IKEA’s LEED
certified 350,000 SF retail sales warehouse facility.
The building itself is a pile supported steel framed structure completely elevated
to allow on grade parking. Features include extensive vertical transportation to
accommodate the on grade parking, elevated loading docks, restaurant facilities,
2 floors of retail sales space, over 100,000 SF of retail warehouse sales space
and back office facilities to support IKEA’s top gross sales with a staff of over
300 employees. The LEED specific features of this model of sustainable retail construction
include incorporation of water saving technology that nets a savings of 60,000 gallons
per month and over 70,000 SF of green roof.
As part of the redevelopment IKEA agreed to construct a 6.5 acre waterfront esplanade
/ park for public use which provides unprecedented access to the Brooklyn waterfront.
To accomplish this Aurora Contractors reconstructed over 1 mile of waterfront which
included installation of sheet pile bulkhead and elevated platforms to provide a
continuous walkway along the waters edge. Included in the site redevelopment was
the requirement to abandon a 700 ft long graving dock which was filled with over
110,000 cubic yards of sand dredged and barged to site from the ongoing Ambrose
Channel dredging project. The park itself was themed to embrace the waterfront heritage
of the site and which required restoration and placement of artifacts salvaged from
the site during demolition. Included in the materials salvaged and restored as artifacts
are 3 gantry cranes which continue to overlook the site. The park itself includes
extensive plantings, irrigation, a fully functioning ferry terminal with access
to Manhattan and custom fabricated furnishings such as wave shaped benches and steel
mesh chase lounges creating a truly unique setting with access to the Erie Basin
and NY Harbor. The park has been featured in ‘Landscape Architecture’ magazine.