Federal child care center to open in BellTel

The U.S. General Services Administration has signed a 10-year lease for 12,000 square feet in Downtown Brooklyn’s BellTel Lofts building at 365 Bridge Street, according to an announcement made today. The space will be used as a federally-sponsored child care facility, available to federal employees living or working in the area. The administration expects the facility, which will serve a maximum of 76 children, to open spring 2011. The facility may be available to BellTel residents and other neighborhood children, although the details of that arrangement haven’t yet been ironed out. BellTel Lofts, a 219-unit condo development, is currently being marketed by Prudential Douglas Elliman. There are 16 active listings available in the building, according to Streeteasy.com.TRD