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May 5, 2008
Closing Bell: One of Brooklyn's Grandest Office Address
Manhattan may have its so-called Country Club towers, where office space is among the priciest in New York City, but Park Slope has something of an answer to those corporate castles in the sky—a far less high-tech but unmistakably brownstone Brooklyn alternative. Martin Goldin, a developer who purchased the condo-office space on the lower level of the Montauk Club building in 2001, rents out seven offices in what used to be the landmark's private bowling alley (see pic of bowling pin markers on the jump!). Goldin currently has two spaces available that are asking $950 and $1,200; tenants get amenities like a shared conference room (above right), high-speed Internet and air-conditioning. The offices primarily attract home-based businesses who've outgrown their homes but want to be based in the community, says Goldin, who notes that the tenant mix tends to include professionals like attorneys, writers, and interior designers. "I think there's a lot of need for this kind of space in the community," he says. GMAP
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is this an advert? it sounds like a pitch. I don't get it.
Posted by: guest at May 5, 2008 5:01 PM
Since when is air conditioning an amenity in an OFFICE?
Posted by: guest at May 5, 2008 5:46 PM
Since it's a 100 plus year old structure, 5:46.
It's not being listed as an amenity so much as letting someone who is familiar with older buildings which do not typically have AC know that this place does indeed have it.
Posted by: guest at May 5, 2008 5:49 PM
"Since it's a 100 plus year old structure, 5:46.
It's not being listed as an amenity so much as letting someone who is familiar with older buildings which do not typically have AC know that this place does indeed have it."
Thanks, Mr. Goldin. I would expect that if you plan to lease these spaces to business that you would HAVE to provide AC. NO ONE is going to sweat it out in your building without it no matter how old and stately it is, so I would presume that AC would NATURALLY be included. Besides, anyone who is not familiar with old buildings is NOT likely to want to rent one of your spaces anyway.
Posted by: guest at May 5, 2008 6:01 PM
Fantastic place I walked by it just yesterday.
Wish this was residential...would jump on it in a heart beat:)
Posted by: guest at May 5, 2008 8:41 PM
do people live there too?
Posted by: guest at May 5, 2008 9:17 PM
This reads like a press release. What crap.
Posted by: guest at May 5, 2008 11:01 PM
The building is in good part residential. The top two floors have duplex apartments (perhaps some six two-bedroom units), while the third floor has a fantastic floor-through apartment with a grandious living space. The Montauk Club itself has been in poor financial state for years, and most of the activity consists of renting out the bottom two floors for events such as weddings, Bar Mitzvahs, etc.
Posted by: guest at May 6, 2008 8:46 AM
the Montauk Club itself is showing great signs of revitalization - I've been a member for 5 years or so, and for the first few it was mostly populated by the same small cast of elderly characters - but suddenly there is a population explosion - a lot of younger people...
Posted by: guest at May 6, 2008 9:10 AM
I noticed that as well, 9:10.
Lots of new, young people. The whole neighborhood seems energized from youth and energy as of late.
Posted by: guest at May 6, 2008 2:49 PM
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