Greeny, wonder where exactly in Brooklyn you'd get an expensive looking bamboo floor for that rent. As a matter of fact, I wonder where in the world you's get an expensive looking bamboo floor in a rental building...

They already rented 15??? Not an entirely bad number for a freaked out rental market, and in just a few weeks since the place has gone rental.

You go, outfit!

Posted by: DKent at October 27, 2008 7:24 PM in response to The Clermont Reborn As Rentals

Did any of the alleged eight actually sell?

Posted by: DKent at October 27, 2008 1:23 PM in response to The Clermont Reborn As Rentals

11217, you may be onto something here...

Anyone remember this:

"Mr. Butler (READ: THE BRAIN BEHIND BROWNSTONER) and his wife of now nearly 10 years—they met through a Columbia classmate of hers—were hunting in Brooklyn, a borough they’d moved to in late 2003, settling initially in Williamsburg with the first of their two children, now ages 2 and 4. Mr. Butler had spent his entire adult life below 23rd Street in Manhattan (except for one ill-fated year, he said, back on the Upper East Side).

Through a Corcoran Group listing, the couple found a Clinton Hill brownstone for under $1 million. It has five floors, 14-foot ceilings in the parlor and nine fireplaces, none of which work. Mr. Butler explained that the brownstone, at least 130 years old, needed a lot of renovations—it had been an S.R.O. before they bought it—and the fireplace repairs fell beyond their budget."

Posted by: DKent at October 27, 2008 12:44 PM in response to The Clermont Reborn As Rentals

Yum... I almost wish I hadn't rented an apartment....

Posted by: DKent at October 27, 2008 12:30 PM in response to Foreclosures of the Week

Yum...

Posted by: DKent at October 27, 2008 12:29 PM in response to Foreclosures of the Week

"For reasons beyond us, the developers then tossed Corcoran over the side and went with an outfit called Ideal Properties to rent the place."

For reasons beyond us? For reasons beyond us? Try: Corcoran mislead the developer into believing that their project would actually sell - they endlessly wasted the developer's time and showed blatant disrespect for their probably dwindling bank account. As you noted yourself, Corcoran never sold a single unit. Granted, I may be somewhat biased myself since I just rented an apartment from the outfit (idealpropertiesgroup.com) - but at least these people seem to know what they're doing. I just spoke to my agent - they rented quite a few units at Clermont... Some firms talk, others do.

Posted by: DKent at October 27, 2008 12:26 PM in response to The Clermont Reborn As Rentals

I thought they closed a year ago? My wife often goes eBay.. (I'll even admit to having a waterproof storage setup (in the basement of our b'stone) for her countless bolts of fabrics)

Posted by: DKent at October 17, 2008 4:33 PM in response to Desperately seeking fabric

OHMIGOD!!!! Has anyone actually seen this new office!? Fab design! It doesn't even look like a real estate firm. Couldn't take pix, but whoever passes by it next should do some picture taking!

Posted by: DKent at October 1, 2008 11:05 PM in response to Streetlevel: New Realty Office on 7th Avenue?