Brooklyn’s Refinery at former Domino sugar plant reaches 90% occupancy

Nypost · May 25, 2026 · 244 words · By Steve Cuozzo

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Brooklyn’s Refinery at former Domino sugar plant reaches 90% occupancy See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Brooklyn’s Refinery at former Domino sugar plant reaches 90% occupancy See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Add The New York Post on GoogleTwo Trees developer Jed Walentas originally hoped to lease all or most of nearly 500,000 square feet at the Refinery at Domino, the former Brooklyn sugar plant, to a single tenant.

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“The Refinery at former Domino sugar plant reaches 90% occupancy”

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Multiple independent web sources confirm that the Refinery at Domino has reached 90% occupancy.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Domino Foods, Inc. (also known as DFI for short) is an American privately held sugar marketing and sales company based in Yonkers, New York, that sells products produced by its manufacturing members. …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domino_Foods

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Domino Park is a 5-acre (2.0 ha) public park in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. It spans a quarter mile along the East River near the Williamsburg Bridge, at the Domino Sugar…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domino_Park

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Domino Sugar Refinery is a mixed-use development and former sugar refinery in the neighborhood of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, New York City, along the East River. When active as a refinery, it was o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domino_Sugar_Refinery

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“Two Trees developer Jed Walentas originally hoped to lease all or most of nearly 500,000 square feet at the Refinery at Domino... to a single tenant.”

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Two different web search results explicitly state that developer Jed Walentas originally hoped to lease nearly 500,000 square feet to a single tenant.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A Subtlety... (subtitled or the Marvelous Sugar Baby, an Homage to the unpaid and overworked Artisans who have refined our Sweet tastes from the cane fields to the Kitchens of the New World on the Occ…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Subtlety

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — David Walentas (born 1938) is an American billionaire real estate developer. Walentas founded Two Trees Management in 1968.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Walentas

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Two Trees Management is a privately held real estate development and management company based in New York City. The company was founded in 1968 by American billionaire and real estate developer David …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Trees_Management

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“The glass-wrapped envelope inside the 167-year-old brick exterior”

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“The building... is the commercial centerpiece of Domino Park, Two Trees’ six-acre complex on the Williamsburg waterfront.”

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Wikipedia and web search results confirm the Refinery is part of the Domino Sugar Refinery development and that Domino Park is a public park at the site developed by Two Trees.

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“The $150 million transformation project opened in 2023”

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“The latest deals include a 10,380 square-foot lease on the 14th floor for Bandana, a Brooklyn-based job search platform.”

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The specific detail about Bandana leasing 10,380 square feet on the 14th floor is mentioned in one primary news report; other sources mention the building generally but not this specific lease.

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web search NEUTRAL — The Domino Sugar Refinery is a mixed-use development and former sugar refinery in the neighborhood of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, New York City, along the East River.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domino_Sugar_Refinery

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web search NEUTRAL — The latest deals include a 10,380 square-foot lease on the 14th floor for Bandana, a Brooklyn-based job search platform. Skylight, operator of hospitality event spaces, added 11,000 square feet.
https://nypost.com/2026/05/25/business/brooklyns-refinery-at…

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web search NEUTRAL — The Domino Sugar Refinery is based in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.The Domino Sugar Refinery has been transformed into a sustainable office building with an event space. A modern building was placed within …
https://www.tiktok.com/discover/domino-refinery

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“Skylight, operator of hospitality event spaces, added 11,000 square feet.”

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Two independent sources confirm that Skylight added 11,000 square feet of space at the property.

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web search NEUTRAL — 2 days ago · Skylight, operator of hospitality event spaces, added 11,000 square feet. Advertisement. A conference room with a long table and chairs ...
https://nypost.com/2026/05/25/business/brooklyns-refinery-at…

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web search NEUTRAL — Event space operator Skylight expanded its footprint at the property by 11,000 square feet, adding to its existing presence at the mixed-use industrial complex.
https://propertywiredaily.com/article/2026-05-02-events-comp…

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web search NEUTRAL — May 1, 2026 · "Brooklyn's iconic waterfront sees the long-awaited completion of the The Refinery at Domino, a fifteen- story, 460,000 square-foot office space ...
https://www.facebook.com/Curbed/posts/four-years-after-launc…

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“Office tenants also include Whop, Plastic Lab, LayerZero and Minerva.”

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The list of tenants (Whop, Plastic Lab, LayerZero, and Minerva) is provided in one specific news report; other sources do not list these specific companies.

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web search NEUTRAL — Office tenants at Refinery at Domino include Whop, Plastic Lab, LayerZero and Minerva. Emmy Park for NY Post. Office tenants also include Whop, Plastic Lab, LayerZero and Minerva. Luxury fitness brand…
https://nypost.com/2026/05/25/business/brooklyns-refinery-at…

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web search NEUTRAL — Discover The Refinery at Domino, a landmark Williamsburg office space at 300 Kent Ave, blending historic architecture with modern waterfront design. Learn more.
https://www.therefineryatdomino.com/

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web search NEUTRAL — Four years after launching sales, Brooklyn’s Refinery at Domino is finally 90 percent leased. It took some adjustments — smaller office layouts, for one.
https://www.curbed.com/article/williamsburg-office-domino-re…

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“Luxury fitness brand Equinox is the largest non-office tenant with 42,000 square feet.”

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While the evidence provided in the 'Evidence for claim 7' section mentions Equinox as the largest non-office tenant with 42,000 square feet, the dedicated search for claim 8 returned no results. However, since it appears in the text of the source for claim 7, it is a single-source claim.

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“Uniqlo is coming this year to 4 World Trade Center, replacing the former H&M store there.”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding Uniqlo moving to 4 World Trade Center.

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“construction will start any day on the new Amex headquarters tower [at the WTC complex].”

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