"It looks like Brooklyn Mirage is getting demolished. Avant Gardner, the parent company of the sprawling East Williamsburg music venue, filed a permit application on Friday to raze the multilevel complex. This is perhaps a fitting end to the saga that began earlier this year with a reported $30 million redesign, followed by permitting purgatory, and, eventually, bankruptcy. The application to raze the venue, which was first reported by the Real Deal, is looking to demo 32,000 square feet at an estimated cost of $1.5 million."
"There were a number of other reportedsafety issues, too, including a failure to install automatic sprinklers, and an apparent issue with the venue's wind and earthquake resilience. "From its questionable footing to the large truss at its zenith, from its cantilevered mezzanines to its exterior walls, it was potentially unsteady, combustible, illegal, and no place to put 6,000 people," Jimmy Oddo, the department's commissioner, wrote at the time."
Avant Gardner filed a permit to demolish the multilevel Brooklyn Mirage, seeking to remove 32,000 square feet at an estimated cost of $1.5 million. The company owed more than $155 million when it filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy in August. The Department of Buildings flagged multiple issues with the Mirage's redesign, noting it did not meet criteria for a "temporary structure" occupancy certificate and citing missing automatic sprinklers plus concerns about wind and earthquake resilience. Avant Gardner replaced CEO Josh Wyatt with Gary Richards (Destruco) during prolonged permitting limbo. Richards was overheard complaining about finding a buyer while the company hemorrhaged cash, and a sale to an affiliate of its lender is reportedly being pursued.
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