A major new music venue is coming to Sunset Park

"Sunset Park's waterfront is getting a serious volume boost. The team behind Public Records, the reliably packed Gowanus hotspot beloved for its meticulous sound, has been tapped to build a brand-new 1,000-person performance space at MADE Bush Terminal, the city-owned industrial campus being turned into a creative district. The venue doesn't have a name yet, but it's already one of the most intriguing projects on the horizon. Public Records' founders Shane Davis and Francis Harris, operating through their creative studio Public Service, are partnering with the NYC Economic Development Corporation to reimagine a 10,000-square-foot ground-floor warehouse in Building A."

"This won't be Public Records 2.0, though. "There will never be another Public Records," Davis , though he added that the team is interested in projects "that are ambitious and challenging." With triple-height ceilings, room for large-scale art installations and acoustics shaped by Arup alongside bespoke speaker design from Ojas, it's shaping up to be a canvas for the kind of live programming that the Gowanus space simply can't fit."

"The building (and the whole MADE Bush Terminal campus) comes with its own backstory. The 36-acre site was once a late-1800s industrial workhorse that churned through shipping, manufacturing and even military uses during World War II. Now, it's being rebuilt as a hub for small-scale manufacturing, studios and cultural uses. A new five-acre waterfront park is underway, a ferry landing is planned and MADE ultimately expects up to 10 acres of public open space."

Public Records founders Shane Davis and Francis Harris, through their creative studio Public Service, are partnering with the NYC Economic Development Corporation to convert a 10,000-square-foot ground-floor warehouse in Building A at MADE Bush Terminal into a 1,000-person performance venue. The venue will feature triple-height ceilings, room for large-scale art installations, acoustics shaped by Arup, and bespoke speaker design from Ojas. The space is slated to open in late 2026 and will host a range of live programming and civic uses. MADE Bush Terminal is a 36-acre former industrial site being redeveloped with manufacturing, studios, cultural uses, and new waterfront public space.

Read at Time Out New York