Manufacturing Innovation Hub for Apparel, Textiles and Wearable Tech

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Manufacturing Innovation Hub for Apparel, Textiles + Wearable Tech
FormationDecember 2014;10 years ago (2014-12)
FounderBob Bland
Purpose Business incubator
Location
Coordinates 40°39′34″N74°00′16″W / 40.65944°N 74.00444°W / 40.65944; -74.00444
Region
US
Affiliations Advanced Functional Fabrics of America (2016)
Website brooklynmanufacturing.com

Manufacturing Innovation Hub for Apparel, Textiles + Wearable Tech (also known as Manufacture New York) is a business incubator in Brooklyn. It is housed on the fifth floor of Storehouse No. 2, U.S. Navy Fleet Supply Base, at 850 Third Avenue owned by the City of New York, which has been renamed to Liberty View Industrial Plaza. [1] [2]

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The incubator offers 1,500 to 30,000 square foot spaces for manufacturing startups and is operated by Manufacture New York, a private company, since December 2014. [3] [4] [5]

The project was the idea of Bob Bland, a New York fashion designer who secured a $50,000 grant from the U.S. Small Business Administration to found Manufacture New York and locate an incubator space in the city. [6]

In 2016, the Brooklyn Innovation Hub became a member of Advanced Functional Fabrics of America. [7] [8]

In 2014, the hub received a planned investment of approximately US$3.5 million from New York City to launch the Manufacturing Innovation Hub for Apparel, Textiles + Wearable Tech in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. [9] The site is positioned as part of the city’s strategy to revive apparel manufacturing and support small-scale designers and garment producers in an industrial setting. [10]

References

  1. ↑ STEFANIE Waldek (December 31, 2014), "Ole Sondresen on his Manufacturing Innovation Hub for Apparel, Textiles & Wearable Tech", Architectural Digest
  2. ↑ Property highlights: Liberty View Industrial Plaza (PDF), CBRE
  3. ↑ New Fashion Design and Manufacturing Hub in Brooklyn, New York City Economic Development Corporation, December 4, 2014
  4. ↑ Adrienne Selko (December 5, 2014), "US Apparel Manufacturing Moving Forward with New Hub in New York", Industry Week
  5. ↑ "NYC to Invest $3.5M in Fashion Incubator in Brooklyn: City officials today will reveal plans to invest in a new fashion epicenter called the Manufacturing Innovation Hub for Apparel, Textiles & Wearable Tech.", Women's Wear Daily , December 4, 2014
  6. ↑ Tom Foster (February 8, 2016), "Why the Next Big Thing in Fashion Is Happening in Brooklyn: New York City's garment district was left for dead, until one fashion designer decided she'd reboot the entire manufacturing industry.", Inc.
  7. ↑ Erica Davies (April 21, 2016), "New training hub to focus on high-tech textiles: A new training center at Manufacturing New York is designed to revitalize New York City's dwindling manufacturing industry", Crain's New York
  8. ↑ Arthur Friedman (May 10, 2016), "Manufacture New York Blossoms in Brooklyn: In September 2015, MNY became part of the Manufacturing Innovation Hub for Apparel, Textiles & Wearable Tech in Sunset Park, Brooklyn", Women's Wear Daily
  9. ↑ "Targeted Investment Creates Fabric of NYC’s Fashion Cluster" – ICIC (Oct 2014)
  10. ↑ "Sunset Park Gets the Runway Treatment" – WNYC (Dec 4 2014)

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