Austin, Nichols & Company, Inc. Warehouse

The Austin, Nichols & Company, Inc. Warehouse is actively being rehabilitated from a vacant building into market rate residential units.  Located on the Brooklyn waterfront, the building was designed by notable architect Cass Gilbert in 1914 as a processing and distribution center for Austin, Nichols, & Company, the world's largest wholesale grocery business at the time.  The company was later known for its Wild Turkey brand whiskey. The warehouse is an early testament to the significance of reinforced concrete and to the comprehensive range of Gilbert's later work.

Powers & Company, Inc. has secured the Historic Preservation Tax Credits for the rehabilitation of the building.  Powers & Company, Inc. has also produced an individual nomination to the National Register of Historic Places in order to ensure the building's continued preservation.

• To view a recent New York Times article about the Austin, Nichols & Company, Inc. Warehouse, follow this link: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/22/arts/design/22arts-WAREHOUSEINB_BRF.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper
• To learn more about a lecture given by Robert Powers on the recent rehabilitation of the Austin, Nichols Warehouse on April 22, 2008 to the The Skyscraper Museum for a symposium entitled "The New Williamsburg Waterfront", part of the Re: NY Recycle / Retrofit / Reinvent the City series of lectures, follow this link.
• The renovation of the Austin, Nichols & Company, Inc. Warehouse was also featured in New York Construction as the cover story for the February 2009 edition: "History Stays Alive on the Williamsburg Waterfront," by Alex Padalka.  A web edition can be found at this site: http://newyork.construction.com/features/archive/2009/02_coverc.asp