NEW YORK CITY—The Brooklyn Nets will begin construction this year on the ball club's new Hospital for Special Surgery Training Center and hope to have the complex completed so that it will serve as the team's new practice facility at the start of the 2015-2016 NBA season.
The Brooklyn Nets will relocate from its current practice facility in East Rutherford, NJ. The new training center at 148 39th St. in Brooklyn will be housed on the eighth floor and rooftop of the historic warehouse in Industry City in the Sunset Park section of the borough. The training center will occupy 70,000 square feet and will feature two full basketball courts, a weight room, a training pool and two hydro pools a rooftop entertainment space, an 18-seat multimedia theater, 3,000 square feet of hospitality/players' lounge space and a media interview/workroom. No terms of the lease were reported.
Cushman & Wakefield, led by Bruce Mosler, chairman of global brokerage, and Glenn Markman, EVP, brokerage, served as a key advisor to the Nets on the leasing transaction. The training center will be located one stop from the Barclay's Center, home to the Brooklyn Nets.
The Hospital for Special Surgery, which secured the naming rights for the training center, will receive branding on the interior and exterior of the facility. The design of the training center will consist of dark metal, brick and a wide expanse of glass. The team states that the overall design of the training center “celebrates Brooklyn's gritty manufacturing history while reflecting its eco-friendly mentality.”
Glen Siegel, founder of Belvedere Capital, co-owner of Industry City, says of the deal, “In repositioning this relic of the industrial age into a home for a wide range of emerging and modern businesses, Industry City is becoming one of New York's most dynamic properties. The Nets' investment here, and deepened commitment to the borough, will have a citywide impact for many years to come.
In addition to serving as the training center for the Nets, the facility will also host youth basketball clinics, community events, and local business development functions. The project will create 60 jobs upon completion and between 150-200 union jobs during construction. MANICA is the design architect of the training center and Mancini Duffy is the architect of record.
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