These builders want to put their Brooklyn Bridge Park plans on a pedestal.
The developers of a hotel and residential complex at Pier 1 near Old Fulton Street are planning for a future Hurricane Sandy by raising both buildings up at least 3 feet to avoid the massive flood damage that devastated the surrounding DUMBO neighborhood during last October’s superstorm.
The 159-apartment, 200-room hotel project — which would raise a $3.3 million chunk of the park’s $16 million annual maintenance budget — will now include more steps and ramps to the main lobby and more masonry to put the building above the site’s flood plain, said David Von Spreckelsen, of developer Toll Brothers.
Mechanical systems, normally in basements, will be moved to the roof. A basement will be built primarily for parking.
“We want to make our building a structure that can survive any kind of storm,” said Von Spreckelsen.
The project, expected to break ground in February, is on hold until Toll Brothers and partner Starwood Capital Group, complete the redesign.