Arts & Entertainment
City Seeks Developer To Build Sunset Park Film Studio
The city hopes to transform two waterfront warehouses into a Made in New York production studio.
SUNSET PARK, BROOKLYN — Lights, camera, bid proposal.
The City is looking for the developer who can transform a 200,000-square-foot lot on Sunset Park’s Bush Terminal into a film studio, officials announced Wednesday.
Mayor Bill de Blasio first pitched his concept to transform two waterfront warehouses into a $136 million Made in New York media production campus, in February, 2017.
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The project got the green light and now officials are accepting proposals to build a campus for film and television production fitted with sound stages, video and photo shoot studios and augmented and virtual reality technology.
Campus proposals are due by Nov. 2 and an information session and tour of Bush Terminal will be held at 10 a.m. on Aug. 15.
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The city estimates the space would support 1,500 media professionals and bring 500 jobs to Sunset Park.
Photo courtesy of the New York City Economic Development Corporation
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