Red Hook is coming to the silver display screen — or, the silver display screen is coming to Red Hook.
Manufacturing firm Samson Stages is opening a new eight-story soundstage and studio on the waterfront, increasing its already important footprint within the borough.
When completed, the 330,000-square-foot facility will welcome film, tv, and business productions on a complete new scale — and the large constructing is anticipated to carry some new public facilities to the nabe.
“This project is truly transformational, and I am excited to highlight the renderings and begin construction on the brand new sounds tages and studios,” mentioned Sam Geiger, CEO and co-founder of Samson Stages. “The new addition to Samson Stages will create jobs, will give the neighborhood a new waterfront park, and will continue to make New York the center of TV and film production.”
The $400 million undertaking, designed by the well-known Bjarke Ingels Group, will rise on the present web site of Sunshine Lighting on Clinton Road, beside Red Hook Park and the Henry Road Basin. Samson’s leaders and designers envision the power as a “vertical village,” with every of the eight soundstages stacked on prime of one another. Exterior, every ground of the constructing may have a inexperienced out of doors terrace, although the massive draw for residents might be a brand-new public park on the waterfront.
Renderings present a broad inexperienced garden with a baseball diamond and kayakers paddling alongside the Henry Road Basin.
Samson Stages at the moment operates two studio and soundstage amenities in Brooklyn — one just some blocks away, on Hicks Road close to West ninth Road, and one other in Sundown Park. In accordance to the corporate’s web site, each boast facilities like high-end manufacturing tools for lease, soundproof levels, and lighting. Dozens of commercials and music movies — starring actors like Ryan Reynolds and musical artists like Dua Lipa and Bruce Springsteen — have been shot at Samson’s amenities.
“Being a native New Yorker who has spent 22 years in this business, it’s exciting to see how the industry has grown. This new facility will be a reflection of that excitement, will feature the newest technology, and will give back to the Red Hook community,” mentioned Wealthy Barbadillo, companion at Samson Stages, in an announcement.
Red Hook has lengthy been in want of further inexperienced area— the largely-industrial nabe was with out its ball fields for years as metropolis and state businesses cleaned up poisonous soil contamination, and its public recreation middle has additionally closed a number of instances due to ongoing injury from Hurricane Sandy. The waterfront is basically occupied by companies and industrial buildings, and the present parks and inexperienced areas are sparse and never linked to one another.
The corporate additionally anticipates the undertaking will create lots of of new jobs and assist accommodate the town’s rising leisure biz. A timeline for the constructing’s building and opening has not but been launched.