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April 15, 2008
Sneak Peek At Lofts 305 in Greenpoint
We noticed 305 McGuinness Blvd., now named Lofts 305, in Greenpoint is almost finished, but found almost no sales information online. Apparently, developer Bronsman Fischer Real Estate Holdings (Issac Hager gave this one up when the two went their separate ways) has just been waiting on the offering plan to be approved. The Developers Group project manager Leonard Chao, who is handling sales of the lofts, said sales should launch any day now. In the meantime, here's a sneak peek at the interior of this five story loft designed by Karl Fischer to mimic a Greenpoint warehouse. Ceilings are up to 17 feet high and many of the lofts feature private terraces and mezzanines. How do you think this location will play?
Development Watch: 305 McGuinness Boulevard [Brownstoner]
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I'd like this.
Posted by: guest at April 15, 2008 11:50 AM
slowest construction project in all of north brooklyn
Posted by: guest at April 15, 2008 12:06 PM
i think these look pretty awesome actually. not to sure about the location but the apartments themselves seem great.
Posted by: guest at April 15, 2008 12:31 PM
Are you kidding me with that second photo? What's the head height in that loft, about 5 feet?
Posted by: guest at April 15, 2008 12:36 PM
I'm so over those mezzanines--they are hardly ever high enough to stand up in, and you just feel cramped and awkward.
Posted by: guest at April 15, 2008 12:36 PM
Are you kidding me with that second photo? What's the head height in that loft, about 5 feet?
Posted by: guest at April 15, 2008 12:37 PM
Two words. NOISE, and POLLUTION.
I lived across the street for 2 years. Besides, the smell coming from the water treatment plant 1 block away is not good either.
Posted by: guest at April 15, 2008 1:00 PM
Two words. NOISE, and POLLUTION.
I lived across the street for 2 years. Besides, the smell coming from the water treatment plant 1 block away is not good either.
Posted by: guest at April 15, 2008 1:04 PM
Apartments look pretty nice. 17' ceiling height is amazing. It's also a real quick ride into the City. If the price is reasonable (because of location), I'd be real interested.
Posted by: guest at April 15, 2008 1:07 PM
All those windows just to look at, hear, and smell traffic.
Posted by: guest at April 15, 2008 1:12 PM
Uh.. it's on a very noisy road (think trucks) within two or so blocks of the sewage plant.
Posted by: guest at April 15, 2008 2:08 PM
A very nice job in a not great location, but, hey, Greenpoint is rockin these days.
Posted by: guest at April 15, 2008 2:58 PM
narrow sidewalk, truck highway, eau de sewage, ground toxins. long trudge to stores, restaurants, transportation (did i say g train?). where do i sign up?
Posted by: guest at April 15, 2008 3:09 PM
It's a good starter apartment for someone. Close to W-burg, stumbling distance to bars, near parks....but McGuiness will never change -- like commenters above, noise & pollution. If I were buying a place I wanted to grow old(er) in I'd look someplace else.
Posted by: guest at April 15, 2008 3:36 PM
These are going to SELL. The building is not ferociously hideous, which is difficult to find in Brooklyn's condo market...
Posted by: guest at April 15, 2008 4:07 PM
They look nice, but why here? MickyG sucks- too many trucks and traffic right outside your door. You would never be able to open your windows without feeling like you are living on the BQE. I think there is a gas station across the street too, so you are guaranteed extra traffic & smell.
Plus this place is located right on the edge of GP residential. Cross McG to the east and you are heading into industrial wasteland with the main attraction: sewage plant.
This place would do so much better if located further west.
Posted by: guest at April 15, 2008 4:21 PM
They look nice, but why here? MickyG sucks- too many trucks and traffic right outside your door. You would never be able to open your windows without feeling like you are living on the BQE. I think there is a gas station across the street too, so you are guaranteed extra traffic & smell.
Plus this place is located right on the edge of GP residential. Cross McG to the east and you are heading into industrial wasteland with the main attraction: sewage plant.
This place would do so much better if located further west.
Posted by: guest at April 15, 2008 4:21 PM
McGuiness Blvd is what Houston Street was 12 years ago.
Posted by: guest at April 15, 2008 7:28 PM
I'd prefer McGuiness Blvd 12 years ago to what Houston Street is now!
Posted by: guest at April 15, 2008 10:54 PM
I'd take McGuiness Blvd 12 years ago to what Houston Street is now!
Posted by: guest at April 15, 2008 10:55 PM
Not even close, 7:28.
Posted by: guest at April 16, 2008 9:48 AM
Riiiight. Can't wait to see how they gentrify the sewage plant.
Posted by: guest at April 16, 2008 10:22 AM
Greenpoint comes alive! Nice looking but bad location. I lived on McGuinness and India for 17 years and moved out many years ago. In addition to the noise, pollution and sewage plant,our house would shake when 18 wheelers went down the blvd. This one should have been built on Franklin or West St. PS. Does little pets(roaches)come with a purchase.
Posted by: guest at April 18, 2008 1:02 PM
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