The Wall Street Journal

The joint venture developing a waterfront office building in the Brooklyn Navy Yard has secured a $250 million construction loan, allowing the partners to move forward with the project called Dock 72. Rudin Development and Boston Properties Inc. secured the financing from lenders led by J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., M&T Bank Corp. and U.S. Bank. The joint venture last year broke ground on the 16-story, 675,000-square-foot building, where co-working giant WeWork Cos. plans to take 222,000 square-feet of space. “Co-working space is an integral part of New York’s new economy, transforming the way people do business,” said Michael Rudin, a partner in Rudin Development. “With the development of Dock 72, we are building the infrastructure to meet that growing demand.” The $410 million project, located on a strip of land in Wallabout Bay in the East River, is geared toward the creative sector and will offer a wide range of amenities including a health and wellness center and a rooftop conference center. The building will be ready for tenants to build out their spaces in late 2017 and will be completed in early 2018.