Brooklyn Buyers Dominating On Prospect Park Sales
It’s been a while since we checked in with ye olde OPP. So how’s it been going? According to the sales office, the House that Richard Built is 30 percent sold, more than had been expected at this stage (move-in’s not ’til Fall 2008). There was a cocktail party last week at which recent buyers…
It’s been a while since we checked in with ye olde OPP. So how’s it been going? According to the sales office, the House that Richard Built is 30 percent sold, more than had been expected at this stage (move-in’s not ’til Fall 2008). There was a cocktail party last week at which recent buyers got to mingle with bigwigs from the nearby cultural institutions. (Just think of all the potential donations!) Perhaps the most interesting fact we learned was that most purchasers have in fact been Brooklynites, clearly not what the developer Mario Procida anticipated given his decision to locate the marketing office in Tribeca. Does it surprise you that Brooklyn buyers are leading the charge? As for current pricing, there are a number of units listed on Corcoran (including this $6 million rock star pad) at per square foot prices of between $1,500 and $2,000. Quite something, then again there’s nothing like it.
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All new buildings suck. Landmark everything. I love vacant lots. Screw the rich. Power to the people. Free Mumica.
“When this type of architecture is so over, what then?” I think that is what people used to say about Victorian rowhouses, the style of which “dictates a certain kind of decor,” as 10:12 put it, which I personally find overly decorative and fussy.
10:11, can you give me the address of the Union Carbide plant? You’re right; I probably will love it. And if they convert 10:20’s office building, I will consider living there too … just not at these prices (I add to thwart the ‘you’re the broker’ responses.)
“and is a welcome addition to a rather ecclectic collection of similarly scaled buildings”
personally, i think it is totally out of scale with the surrounding area. i flinch when i walk past it. i am in agreement with sarah.
I just can’t disagree more with the above posters. The building is a striking addition to Brooklyn’s “grandest” spaces. It fills in a gap in the street wall and is a welcome addition to a rather ecclectic collection of similarly scaled buildings. I wouldn’t want to live in any apartment building period, but I didn’t expect such a privileged location to be made into townhouses. I’d love such “non-descript” archicture down in my neck of the woods rather than the concrete block/ fake brick monstrosities we get on the Clinton Hill/Bed-stuy border (new name “Putnam Square”).
Are you guys for real? I get that some people want to live in old architecture but to call this is monstrosity just makes you look ignorant. What do you want new buildings to look like?
Not for nothing, but this building looks like those non-descript mid-century office buildings on Park Avenue in the city (without the balconies, of course). In fact, it’s nearly identical to the building I work in!
i live near by and this is a monstrosity.
i’m so grossed out.
Sure, if you want to live in a glassed in, overpriced fishbowl.
When this type of architecture is so over, what then? The style dictates a certain kind of decor, which I personally find cold and uncomfortable.
Nothing against putting it out there, just not what I would want to live in. I just hope it’s put together well, too. I’d hate to try to replace one of those glass walls.
10:02, if you like this place, you’d love the old Union Carbide Plant I visited a couple of months ago.