City Life Org – MADE Bush Terminal Campus in Sunset Park

Rendering of Buildings A and C at the MADE Bush Terminal Campus.

Northern Portion of Bush Terminal Renamed MADE Bush Terminal: State-of-the-Art Campus to Deliver Leasable Space for Emerging Industries, Public Realm Amenities, and Dynamic Employment Hub for the Community

170K SQFT Coming Online This Year at MADE Building A, 140K SQFT Available for Lease

5-acre Pier 6 at MADE Given Preliminary Approval by City’s Public Design Commission; Rendering Released and Groundbreaking Set for Early 2025

MADE Building C Awarded $98 Million from New York City for Redevelopment

New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) today announced an unveiling for the 36-acre historic Bush Terminal Campus in Sunset Park, including renaming the northern campus to MADE Bush Terminal—MADE stands for Manufacturers, Artisans, Designers, and Entrepreneurs. This new identity aims to better align with upcoming opportunities on the campus and NYCEDC’s goals for increasing manufacturing and business activity along the Sunset Park waterfront. NYCEDC is currently leading an ongoing investment and repositioning strategy at the site to deliver new leasable space for growing industries, a dynamic employment hub, and resilient public realm space. This transformational investment will play a critical role in returning world-class manufacturing to Brooklyn’s waterfront while creating substantial new community amenities and advancing Mayor Eric Adams’ vision for the Harbor of the Future.

MADE Bush Terminal has four primary buildings: A, B, C, and D. Building A will open this year and deliver 140,000 square feet of leasable space for innovative manufacturing, 30,000 square feet of public gathering and event space, and five acres of surrounding public realm space. NYCEDC estimates the completion and opening of this building will create over 165 permanent full-time jobs and generate $2.6 billion in economic impact over a 30-year period.

Next to be redeveloped at MADE is Building C, a similarly historic and industrial structure to Building A. The Mayor’s Office of Management and Budget recently approved $98.7 million in capital funding for full building improvements, with the design phase now on the horizon. Alongside Building A, this space will provide 155,000 square feet for manufacturing and light industrial uses and public amenity space. This continued investment into Bush Terminal will allow for the next generation of manufacturers, artisans, designers, and entrepreneurs to take root and flourish.

Additionally, Pier 6 at MADE, just west of Building A, will undergo repair and renovations to serve as a public amenity and five acres of open access waterfront space. The transformation will restore access to the defunct pier and provide MADE’s tenants and visitors with recreational opportunities and coastal views of Lower Manhattan and Governors Island.

At their September 16, 2024, meeting, New York City’s Public Design Commission preliminarily approved the proposed project design of Pier 6. NYCEDC will break ground on the pier in early 2025.

As renovations continue throughout the fall for the MADE campus, local artists Ji Yong Kim and Yukiko Izumi will begin work on three external murals on Building A and the bridge between Buildings A and B. Designs drew from three community workshops, kicking off a series of community events and programming on the Bush Terminal campus.

Additionally, pedestrian access has reopened at the 43rd Street entrance at Bush Terminal Park. Visitor parking will be available later this year and builds upon access at 50th street.

The southern portion of the Bush Terminal campus will continue to be known as the Made in New York (MiNY) Campus, which will become home to Steiner Studios Sequel. The Brooklyn-based Steiner Studios expansion is expected to support 2,200 industry jobs, create 1,800 construction jobs, and advance diversity and equity in the media and entertainment industry. MiNY stems from a partnership between NYCEDC and the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME) to support the film and television industry across New York City.

Greater Sunset Park District

The MADE campus is a key component of NYCEDC’s greater Sunset Park district that encompasses approximately 200 acres of waterfront and assets. This includes the nearby Brooklyn Army Terminal, Brooklyn Wholesale Meat Market, and South Brooklyn Marine Terminal. Though underutilized for decades, NYCEDC’s investments in these waterfront assets has renewed the area with extensive industrial infrastructure, a diverse array of tenants, uses, and local jobs as well as a major new transportation connection through NYC Ferry at the Brooklyn Army Terminal. This past Spring, Mayor Adams announced that the city will invest $100 million to create the “Climate Innovation Hub” at the Brooklyn Army Terminal as a part of the city’s Green Economy Action Plan that will position New Yorkers to benefit from nearly 400,000 “green-collar” jobs by 2040. This new hub will serve as a home for clean tech innovation and manufacturing and encourage climate innovation startups. 

The Adams administration is additionally transforming the nearby city-owned South Brooklyn Marine Terminal (SBMT) into one of the largest offshore wind port facilities in the nation. In March 2022, NYCEDC and its subtenant, Sustainable South Brooklyn Marine Terminal, L.P. (SSBMT), completed a long-term agreement with Norwegian Energy company Equinor to reactivate the terminal as an offshore wind staging and assembly port. NYCEDC and Equinor broke ground on the new SBMT in June 2024. The port will help create hundreds of jobs and billions of dollars in economic activity for the city, state, and region, and provide clean offshore wind power to millions of homes and businesses. The city has committed nearly $152 million to offshore wind infrastructure projects across New York City.

About NYCEDC
New York City Economic Development Corporation is a mission-driven, nonprofit organization that works for a vibrant, inclusive, and globally competitive economy for all New Yorkers. We take a comprehensive approach, through four main strategies: strengthen confidence in NYC as a great place to do business; grow innovative sectors with a focus on equity, build neighborhoods as places to live, learn, work, and play; and deliver sustainable infrastructure for communities and the city’s future economy. To learn more about what we do, visit us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram.