Avant Gardner LLC, the bankrupt proprietor of the Brooklyn membership complicated of the identical title, has utilized for a allow to demolish the Mirage venue, Brooklyn Paper studies. Having did not safe reopening permits on account of security and technical points, Avant Gardner filed for Chapter 11 chapter in August and handed its property to a lender. The demolition allow submitting doesn’t title the Mirage however seeks to demolish 32,000 sq. toes of a three-story momentary construction, which describes the Mirage construct inside Avant Gardner, per Brooklyn Paper. The complicated’s different venues, Nice Corridor and Kings Corridor, stay operational for now. Pitchfork has emailed Avant Gardner for remark.
The Mirage opened as a pop-up venue in 2015 and shortly turned an East Williamsburg nightlife vacation spot. A much-touted renovation led to a scramble to shortly reopen the venue, however New York’s Division of Buildings deemed the venue structurally unsound and a fireplace hazard.
