163 Washington Avenue Coming to Market in January
163 Washington Avenue, the once-controversial development between Myrtle and Park Avenues in Clinton Hill, will come to market in January and, interestingly, will stick with its plans and stay condo. This info, along with some detailed economics of the project, were revealed at last week’s quarterly session of the Real Estate Roundtable by developer Mark…
163 Washington Avenue, the once-controversial development between Myrtle and Park Avenues in Clinton Hill, will come to market in January and, interestingly, will stick with its plans and stay condo. This info, along with some detailed economics of the project, were revealed at last week’s quarterly session of the Real Estate Roundtable by developer Mark Caller. Turns out that Caller’s company GLC bought the land for just $80 per buildable square foot. Its sales strategy is to start selling the lower floors at a breakeven level of about $560 per square foot and hopefully fetch more for the higher floors a little later on. Think it’ll work? On another note, check out the brick they’ve started to put on the southern facade in recent days.
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$480 a foot to build? I think “break even” includes about $200 a foot profit.
The grey brick was not in the original renderings…
I have heard from some of the guys working on the building that the rooms are tiny.
Maybe this will work in the developers favor…not that many square feet per apt. to charge for!
Grey Brick?? Such a bad choice. This isn’t Berlin, the Achitect isn’t Rem Koolhaas. There is a clear context that has been completely ignored not played against. I’m all for buildings that make edgey smart statements, this fugly mess will make nice Pratt dorms once the finished boxes sit on the market for a few months.
The grey brick will have this place looking like a detention center. a very ugly choice.
Without providing proof, why would anybody believe the developer on what his “breakeven number” is?
Not to mention that his “breakeven number” only matters to him, his investors, and his lenders.
Two words: SALES PITCH
This pleace is gonna be AWESOME!!!
If you have to aim to break even on any unit…
What was the peak for $/(buildable foot)?
***Bid half off peak comps***
I was looking at listings for the verdi and absolute, and at least on the Corcoran site, they don’t look awful except for one thing: the LOCATION sucks. Not seeing this would be much different.
and obviously no lesbians have had sex in the bathrooms.