2024-05-06T16:35:31-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150305025/proposed-development-along-brooklyn-s-broadway-junction-faces-pushback-from-local-community Nathaniel Bahadursingh 2022-03-31T15:24:00-04:00 >2022-04-01T15:42:27-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/91/911e4b7071d673a37ccbed4528e5dd67.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Broadway Junction, the busy yet infamously underutilized area surrounding the Broadway Junction Subway station, may need to brace for a big change. The area, which sits between several neighborhoods including East New York, Bed-Stuy and Brownsville, has become the center of a private developer&rsquo;s new vision for East Brooklyn.</p></em><br /><br /><p>At a virtual town hall held on March 22, Totem Group, a <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/161/brooklyn" target="_blank">Brooklyn</a>-based real estate development firm, shared preliminary plans to build a large <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/238888/mixed-use" target="_blank">mixed-use</a> building next to the busy station complex. Totem&rsquo;s proposal calls for the construction of four high-rise towers, with two including housing, one offering 400 units of senior housing and the other offering another 200 units. In addition, the development would include 1.1 million square feet of retail and commercial space and the removal of a block-long stretch of Herkimer Street that runs through the proposed space.&nbsp;</p> <p>While planning for the development is still in the early stages, with Totem only having submitted a pre-application statement for the plan, elected officials and community activists have already begun voicing their concerns. In an area that has fallen into disrepair and blight, individuals, such as Councilmember Sandy Nurse, who represents the neighborhoods surrounding Broadway Junction, believe development should come t...</p>