Development Watch: 410 Fourth Avenue
We recently checked in on the progress of yet another big-ass condo slated for Fourth Avenue, this one on Seventh Street, where Wheaton Associates is developing a 12-story building. By all appearances, progress is trucking along; the foundation’s in the process of being laid, and one of lead contractors told us the whole deal is…
We recently checked in on the progress of yet another big-ass condo slated for Fourth Avenue, this one on Seventh Street, where Wheaton Associates is developing a 12-story building. By all appearances, progress is trucking along; the foundation’s in the process of being laid, and one of lead contractors told us the whole deal is slated to be finished by late next year. The condo, designed by Meltzer/Mandl, is reportedly going to have 59 units and 26 parking spaces. Aside from its L-shape, the rendering shows the condo’ll fit in just swell with the Fourth’s other rising drab brown boxes. How much demand can there possibly be for so much undistinguished new construction?
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Rendering from The Brooklyn Paper
One more hilarious example of more out of scale architecture bearing down on one more unfortunate residential Brooklyn block meant to supposedly entice the kind of “new homeowner” out there, who would much prefer a Fourth Avenue condo in a giant box to a four floor brick walk-up with their own garden. Ah, right and I do believe in Santa Clause too.
So when do we think this thing is actually ready for move-in? Q3 2010?
I can’t be the only person who reads this who thinks this place is more droolworthy than the absurd looking victorian in the entry above…can I? At least this place will actually be able to house people, along the family of 4 I can see shelling out 3 mil to live in that utter waste of space.
I can’t wait to see this thing done. Maybe, just maybe, I might be able to afford to live in it by then.
I think there is a clear shortgage of and demand for housing in this area that is being addressed, poorly, but being addressed.
The street may be ugly, but these condos definately beat the dilapidated walk-ups and tire stores currently occupying this area.
Give it time, 4th avenue will be a much nicer place and you cant beat the proximity to the subways and Manhattan.
In a perfect world, beautiful Brownstones and historic buildings would occupy this area all the way up to Prospect Expressway. But given the choice between what is there now and what they are doing – I’ll take the latter.
or maybe those buildings are landmarked?
either way, i think it looks nicer to have the old mixed with the new like that.
That’s my guess, 2:44. But sweet jeebus in a whole wheat pita, I’d hate to be living there while that new building goes up around them.
Hmmm… I guess they couldn’t clear out the rent-controlled tenants in the adjacent walk-ups eh?
Whee. More “high end finishes” held together with popsicle sticks and chewing gum. Just what the Avenue of the Fuglies needed.
Raise the bar a little higher, please.