There is a plot of land on the corner of 53rd st and 3rd avenue for sale. Last year some person bought this home, demolished it and I think started to build something. But all of a sudden it stopped. Now that same property is for sale. Doesnt it seem ridiculous for him to ask for 429k just for the lot?

http://www.trulia.com/property/1076368353–Brooklyn-NY-11220

What do you guys think is a “fair” price for just the land?

Suggestions wanted.


Comments

  1. Looks to me like the FAR on the site is 2.43 thus allowing (absent any other constraints such as rear yard or height requirements, a building of 4,860 SF. The asking price would thus be equivalent to around $88 per buildable square foot. Might be about the right mark (in this economic environment) in the fringes of Park Slope but I think it’s definitely too much in Sunset Park right next to the BQE. I’d say $50 per buildable SF was more like it, or around $250k.