Tankhouse and SO-IL's Pink Condos Near Completion on Fort Greene Corner

A distinctive fluted and soft pink condo building has taken shape on the corner of Myrtle and Vanderbilt avenues in Fort Greene over the past few months, replacing a gas station. The large and asymmetrical structure appears nearly complete on the exterior.

The eight-story, 26-unit development at 144 Vanderbilt Avenue is the latest of the developer-designer duo Tankhouse and SO-IL‘s creative Brooklyn real estate ventures. These include the award-winning 450 Warren Street in Boerum Hill and 9 Chapel Street in Downtown Brooklyn, both also condos.

At 144 Vanderbilt Avenue, the last of the three set to open, a green construction fence was still in place when Brownstoner stopped by last week, and workers were busy inside and around what appeared to be a bulkhead on the roof of a three-story section. Regardless, the striking pink color, the staggered and stacked design, and exposed corridors — similar to those at 450 Warren Street — were on full display.

The building is wrapped in pink precast concrete with two finishes: an acid wash and sandblasted texture, according to Tankhouse. SO-IL’s design weaves together indoor and outdoor spaces in both private and common areas with corridors, porches, and shared landscaped terraces.

While is work is still under way on the interiors, renderings show large, breezy apartments that appear spacious and light, with considered volumes and sight lines. Wood floors, pale finishes, concrete ceilings and columns, and floor to ceiling windows in narrow green-painted steel frames add to the European feel. The two- to four-bedroom units all have private outdoor space, and some are duplexes and townhouses.

The complex will also include 3,397 square feet of commercial space, permits show. While the building dwarfs nearby 19th century brick townhouses and looks nothing like them, with its color and surfaces, some gently rounded, it feels less aggressive than many new developments.

The project is slated for completion later this year, according to Tankhouse’s website, and sales are already under way. Streeteasy shows two-bedrooms start at $2.075 million and three-bedrooms range from $2.45 million to $3.475 million.

Tankhouse, cofounded by the son of Pritzker Prize-winning architect Thom Mayne, took over the site (labeled in city records as 134 Vanderbilt Avenue) from All-Year Management and ODA in 2021. City records show Tankhouse, through an LLC called 134VAP, paid $10 million to gas-station convenience store chain Cumberland Farms.

In 2014, Cumberland inked a contract with All Year Management, but the sale never went through, according to public records. The gas station shut down the same year, and demo permits were issued in 2014 and 2015.

Over the last decade, as land values have soared in the borough, a number of gas stations have been razed to make way for taller and bigger buildings that take advantage of the stations’ large sites, such as 828 Metropolitan Avenue in East Williamsburg.

[Photos by Susan De Vries unless noted otherwise]

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