Williamsburg to get new mixed-use complex

Williamsburg is getting a large new retail and housing complex on the site of a former Shell Station on 351 South 1st Street, the triangular plot surrounded by Keap Street,Grand Street and Borinquen Place, according to Brownstoner. The area is already being fenced in for the planned demolition. The developers, Meier and Albert Babaev, said they’re looking to build a retail strip in the first phase, after which they’ll erect an apartment tower.