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September 4, 2008

Nforth Reports Smooth Sale-ing

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Another vote of confidence for the Williamsburg residential market—or at least that portion close to the Bedford L stop. The NForth (a former Brownstoner advertiser) has sold 60% of its condos in 12 weeks, according to The Developers Group. The building has four stories and 37 residences, designed by Karl Fischer with equally pervasive designer Andres Escobar handling the interiors. The usual luxury amenities apply: lounge, gym, and "landscaped common backyard with stone waterfall feature." Sounds nice. Anybody bought, or just looked, here? GMAP




Posted by lisa at 12:30 PM | Comments (18)
Categories: Condos, Sales, Williamsburg

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We looked here a couple months ago - very unimpressed. Rooms were very small and finishes felt cheap. If I recall correctly (saw a couple places that day) the saleswoman told us it was designed to be less luxury than most to keep monthly costs down. The "backyard" is a boring tiled patio, and people with outdoor spaces just have little screens up walling off a part of the patio outside their apartments. Overall, it was just lame.

Posted by: angelfish at September 4, 2008 12:49 PM

The map is pointing to a site in East St. Louis.

Posted by: Polemicist at September 4, 2008 12:58 PM

Forget Philadelphia; East St. Louis is the sixth borough.

Posted by: altervoce at September 4, 2008 1:05 PM

I can't find availablity and prices on their website....Is it me?

Posted by: bayridgegirl at September 4, 2008 1:05 PM

walking down that street there are some nice looking brownstones and this thing looks a little out of place, but then again, i am a "brownstoner" lol

Posted by: 11211 at September 4, 2008 1:41 PM

bayridgegirl, here's the link to availability/prices:

http://www.thedevelopersgroup.com/buildings/building.aspx?buildingid=1150&

Posted by: maratl2 at September 4, 2008 1:47 PM

bayridge girl, here are the prices/avails:

http://www.thedevelopersgroup.com/buildings/building.aspx?buildingid=1150&

Posted by: maratl2 at September 4, 2008 1:48 PM

I like the facade more than most.

Posted by: slick at September 4, 2008 2:03 PM

I do too. I think it's quite beautiful.

Posted by: bxgrl at September 4, 2008 2:08 PM

When they were building it, they couldn't be bothered to erect the fence properly. I still don't understand how someone can build multi-million dollar condos and not bother learning how to make a fence. They completely obstructed the corner of N4th and Driggs for at least six months.

Posted by: Heather at September 4, 2008 2:36 PM

The outside is better than the inside, IMO. And why always these square sinks??? Those little corners would be hard to clean.

Posted by: mothra at September 4, 2008 2:46 PM

how often do you hear "the outside is better than the inside" in new construction?

Posted by: slick at September 4, 2008 3:14 PM

point taken, slick-- I agree with the general consensus that the exterior of this building is nicer than most new developments. Just compare it with Suite 16, another Fischer project. But you live on the inside, not the outside... why can't they ever get it right? Grumble.

Posted by: mothra at September 4, 2008 4:09 PM

thanks maratl2....if the interior is as blah as angelfish says...too much

Posted by: bayridgegirl at September 4, 2008 6:26 PM

hello all, long time listener, first time caller. I checked out the building and would say the finishes are on par with pretty much everything else that is out there, aside from the EDGE which is ridiculously high end. As for the "boring" backyard patio, I found it to be the nicest of any building with a similar back area that is shared/private. It's actually quite large and quite nice.

Posted by: googleplex at September 4, 2008 7:11 PM

I have a contract signed on one of the duplexes in this building. I'm a fan of the building; inside and out. Two floors and over a thousand square feet right in Williamsburg isn't bad. For the price, I can't find anything like it.

I also looked at Northside Piers, which offered me half the square footage and a kitchen in the living room for the same price. The construction in the area for the next decade will ruin any view available.

Warehouse 11 has views of buildings surrounded by litter and graffiti. Thus, NForth was a no-brainer.

Everyone here will have different opinions on it. Cheap interiors, poor lounge area, etc. Different strokes for different folks. I can't wait to move in.

Posted by: MDasch at September 5, 2008 8:36 AM

Hi everybody!
i have a contract on this building;for a studio
-The outside is nice ,all are agree.
-Most of the units are south facing with huge (wall)window.
-The location is perfect ,few walks from the subway (the next station is manhattan !)
-The area seems nice
-The price is not so crazy
-The maint seems to be low
i have seen many other condo;i chose this one

Posted by: fignar at September 5, 2008 1:18 PM

I was at the open house last week. The building is really very nice, and seems to be well built. Units are selling quickly. Building is just the right size ( 37 Units ) and the iterior designer did a great job. the rear yard was done especially well.

Posted by: ST at February 18, 2009 4:20 PM

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