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May 23, 2006

Condo of the Day: Roebling Square

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As long as we're asking about condo conversions, we're curious to know what's happened at Roebling Square, the large development at the corner of North 8th Street in Williamsburg, since a press release announced the launch of sales with prices starting in the "mid-$500s". Consisting of 36 one- and two-bedroom units, the building is being marketed by power broker Helene Luchnick at Prudential Douglas Elliman. The listing has lots of description of all the wonderful amenities the apartments will offer, but no information on square footages or prices.
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Posted by Brownstoner at 11:42 AM | Comments (16)
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I remember going past these condo's while they were being built and I thought to myself, this is how building should be built no a days. None of that Fedder crap.

I would buy here if I had the money. :(

Posted by: Anonymous at May 23, 2006 12:33 PM

I just checked this property on StreetEasy (www.streeteasy.com) the other day and it seems like many of the units have already been sold. Honestly, I have mixed feelings about these - from the outside they are not very attractive, yet based on the floorplans it seems like they might be very nice.

Posted by: janecity at May 23, 2006 12:47 PM

Most of the units are already sold. You can see the listings if you go directly thru the Elliman site (via H.Luchnick or Lior Barak. The are very nice inside and have some great layouts. Good price for the $$$$ (IMO)

Posted by: David at May 23, 2006 1:01 PM

Thanks for the tip on streeteasy. Makes shopping very easy.

Posted by: crouchback at May 23, 2006 1:20 PM

wow, lots of brokers posting today. this building does have reasonable prices for the neighborhood, but what you get for the money is poor layouts, seemingly cheap materials and silly bathroom fixtures. it's utterly charmless.

Posted by: longtime wburger at May 23, 2006 1:20 PM

i am not a broker and i think it looks pretty nice.

Posted by: Anonymous at May 23, 2006 1:59 PM

janecity...what are u talking about...this building is lovely on the outside. It actually improves on the neighborhood. Just look around at the other buildings. If you want beautiful brownstones you need to go to Brooklyn Heights. But some of us can't afford such posh digs. I think this place looks pretty damn nice.

Posted by: williamsburgergal at May 23, 2006 2:17 PM

No idea what the inside is like, but the outside is too faux-mo and too bulky for my tastes.

The picture above actually cuts off part of the ground floor, so you have no sense from the picture how massive and overscaled the entries are (the picture also doesn't show the ridiculous internal stoops, either). And the masonry details around the base are a textbook example of why modern building techniques/methods don't (and can't) match historic details.

On the other hand, the mansard helps hide how out of scale to the neighboring buildings this is (this is really a 6 story building). What it can't do is hide the huge amount of floor area that is crammed in - the biggest problem with current zoning for me (I'm fine with height and elegance, its the plodding bulk of so many new buildings that bothers me).

Posted by: Halden at May 23, 2006 4:40 PM

While quality of overall construction is above average, design details kinda suck: mansard roof mixing with greek federal doorways? Paris in Brooklyn? The bulk is massive and the roofline is completely out of context. Two thumbs down.

Posted by: Anonymous at May 23, 2006 4:55 PM

The finishes aren't bad. Not the best $/sq ft in the area and with no elevator. I don't think that the top floors will do well.

Posted by: Anonymous at May 23, 2006 5:02 PM

I think the hardest part about selling these will be the fact that they are on Roebling which is LOUD and filled with livery cabs, taxis and trucks. Roebling runs right into the Williamsburg and is listed as a major trucking route of the neighborhood. If I'm spending that type of money, I'll wait for a development that isn't on a thruway.

Posted by: Anonymous at May 23, 2006 6:22 PM

*Williamsburg Bridge (i meant)

Posted by: Anonymous at May 23, 2006 6:23 PM

Went to the open house of this and three other developments... by far and away the worse of the bunch.

Low ceilings, poor layouts, bad light from the small windows (in comparison to the other floor to ceiling places we saw) and no ELEVATOR!

Worse yet, the stairs were incredibly small, SMALL, SMALL. Good luck moving anything into your new fifth floor walkup that you paid $700k for.

Weak, why do people buy this crap when there's such better stuff on the park?

Posted by: Anonymous at May 23, 2006 6:50 PM

That mansard roof is SO pretentious. In green yet. Just another case of Williamsburg faux-luxury junk. So mediocre. What was there before was better!!

Posted by: fredup at May 23, 2006 7:34 PM

I am one of the agents on site at Roebling Square. We are 70% sold, with 9 units remaining. Available listings can be viewed at http://www.elliman.com/chb
Here you can see floorplans and information about availalble apartments.

Posted by: Christine Blackburn at May 25, 2006 8:49 AM

We bought in one of the buildings and have had it inspected. The overall quality according to the inspector is very high. He was impressed. In terms of the price, we looked for 2 years and didn't find anything close in price with that level of quality for a space this size - over 1900 sq. feet. Also, the common charges are really low. Our unit is very light filled, and we are really happy with it.

Posted by: Stephanie Anderson at October 19, 2006 1:12 PM

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