On Sale Soon: 134-136 St. Marks Place
Sales are about to begin on a shiny new condo at 134-136 St. Marks Place, just off Fifth Avenue. The building is a Scarano design that’s recently revealed its exterior, a glassy/boxy façade that’s either completely out of context with neighboring brownstones or some welcome new construction for the North Slope, depending on your perspective….
Sales are about to begin on a shiny new condo at 134-136 St. Marks Place, just off Fifth Avenue. The building is a Scarano design that’s recently revealed its exterior, a glassy/boxy façade that’s either completely out of context with neighboring brownstones or some welcome new construction for the North Slope, depending on your perspective. The Developers Group is handling marketing for the condo and expects to begin sales next month; the brokerage is going to position the building as two separate condos—134 distinct from 136—that are mirror images of each other. Most of the units will be around 680 square feet, though a few will top 1,000 feet. Prices haven’t been set yet, but the condo’s project manager says they’ve looked to Fourth Avenue’s The Crest and Novo for comps. (Prices at the Crest and Novo are both averaging around $790 a foot.) With the dearth of new buildings in the North Slope, think this one’s gonna sell like hotcakes?
Coming Soon: 134 St. Marks Place [The Developers Group] GMAP
Development Watch: 136 St. Marks Place [Brownstoner]
Forgot to add, what’s up with that crazy vent system next door on the left?
I swear to you that the Benetton bunch at Scarano Architects must have a building bock set they throw around in a box till a few pieces land on one another, then hit the auto-cad system and voila, new building design.
This obviously went through the block-o-rama design concept phase.
On second thought, its a cheaper looking version of the one in Williamsburg. The windows in this one are MUCH MUCH smaller (the one on North 5th is literally a solid wall of glass for the middle. )
Look everyone, it’s the EXACT same building as North 5th between Bedford and Driggs in Williamsburg: http://www.streeteasy.com/nyc/building/211-north-5-street-brooklyn
For a second there, I thought IT was the same building (I walk past the one in Williamsburg all the time.)
Jeez… you figure you’d make it a little different.
These aren’t so bad.
By the way, the Vermeil are back up and running with a new fancy website…
http://www.vermeilcondominiums.com
Hopefully something sells this time around.
The FINANCIAL MELTDOWN guy is the new ATLANTIC YARDS EFFECT guy
WHERE IS THE AY COMMENT GUY?
I remember the folks in the 2BR duplex next door having a nightmare selling their place, although that was more because the unit was very thin than the Scararmageddon next door.
Probably the best nearby comparisons are the Vermeil, which has been awfully quiet of late, or 145 Park Place (ditto). The condo coversions of brownstone or limestone buildings in the area have gone like hot cakes (I should know, I missed a couple), but the apartment buildings don’t seem to do it.
Nothing is going to sell like “hot cakes” this year. Haven’t you seen the news lately?