Williamsburg is Dead!

WILLIAMSBURG — City Planning late Monday approved the new Domino Sugar Refinery Plan. It will now begin its way through the city’s Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP), seeking approval by Community Board 1, Borough President Marty Markowitz, the Planning Commission and City Council.

Known as “The New Domino,” the plan calls for for an 11.2-acre, 2,200-unit mixed-income community with 660 units (30 percent) of affordable housing, generous open space, access to the waterfront and riverside promenade, according to Michael Lappin, president and CEO of Community Preservation Corporation (CPC), the developer, with CPC Resources Inc. (CPCR) as managing partner.

Architect Rafael Viñoly has created a stunning modular design, Lappin said, that incorporates the landmarked refinery and the famed 40-foot-high Domino Sugar sign. Beyer Blinder Belle has designed the striking three- and four-story glass addition to the refinery itself.

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CLIENT Benjamen Segal, 40; lost his job in January as a sales director for Vaultus Mobile Technologies, a wireless technology firm.

CABIN FEVER SYMPTOM Feeling “the opposite of Zen” in the living room of his one-bedroom apartment in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

DESIGNER Christopher Coleman, principal, Christopher Coleman Interior Design.

“He lives like a kid,” Christopher Coleman said after visiting Benjamen Segal’s apartment for the first time. Amplifiers and guitars piled up in one corner. A stack of books in place of an end table. Plain, unadorned gray walls. And amidst the chaos, a neatly organized record collection. “It’s somewhat collegiate,” Mr. Coleman said diplomatically.

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