Bracing For The Worst on South Portland Avenue
South Portland Avenue is getting a new addition. At 97 South Portland, between Lafayette and Fulton, a five-story residential building was just approved on the site of a former garden center. (This is not the same block of South Portland that won the best block award from TimeOutNY a couple of years ago.) Given that…
South Portland Avenue is getting a new addition. At 97 South Portland, between Lafayette and Fulton, a five-story residential building was just approved on the site of a former garden center. (This is not the same block of South Portland that won the best block award from TimeOutNY a couple of years ago.) Given that the total height of the structure is 48 feet, don’t expect the kind of ceiling heights typically found in this part of town. (This site falls outside of the Fort Greene Historic District. Unfortunately.) In fact, based upon this architect’s other projects, it doesn’t seem like you should expect much at all. Let’s hope our pessimism is misplaced. GMAP P*Shark DOB
Totally agree that Gardel is a great guy and has been a wonderful asset to the neighborhood, but I think it’s fair to say he’s not an experienced RE developer.
Clearly, the big risk of building a Dooley special is that it will not be particularly marketable as a condo, maybe as a rental.
I sincerely hope that Gardel profits handsomely from this from this venture–but this architect’s building is unlikely to make that happen.
1:15 – Google “How to Register on Brownstoner”. You’ll need it.
If he’s such a great guy someone should tell him not to use this architect. A good architect can still do an inexpensive building. And cutting too many corners now will only hurt his investment in the long run.
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“This is an example of one of the originals of this hood taking a chance to earn a profit he richly deserves! Good for him!!! he’s not some speculator moving in to make a profit.”
That’s some mighty fine logicalatin’ you’re doin’ there. It’s ok for an “original of the hood” to profit from an ugly building, but not some (clutch pearls) speculator?
Not necessarily, bxQrl. All they have to do is check the profile page and see the difference and read which posts were under which username.
12:42 – Google “Pyrrhic victory”
The owner of the property, Gardel, is one of the nicest people ever. He was booted from his site on Flatbush at 5th Ave pre-Ratner days and bought this lot when NO ONE wanted to be over there.
He’s no rich man (even as hard as he’s always worked) so he can’t go out and hire some fancy architect to make everyone happy with the style! That’s no crime. It’s what he can afford. This is an example of one of the originals of this hood taking a chance to earn a profit he richly deserves! Good for him!!! he’s not some speculator moving in to make a profit. This is what he can do and I’m happy he’s able!
jerriqrl?