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Up to now, 80 Met has been largely known for the destruction of the Old Dutch Mustard building and the creatively vandalized banner ads that have adorned its construction fence. Last week, however, the world was given a glimpse at one of the new townhouses that developer Steiner Equities is including in the square-block project. Since it’s part of the larger 80 Met complex, the three-bedroom, 2,100-square-foot pad will come with condo services that include use of 80 Met’s pool, fitness center, parking, etc. Sounds cushy, but at the listing price of $1,635,000 it also comes to about $800 a foot, definitely pricey as far as houses go. Think this should be valued as a condo or a house?
65 North 1st Street [Halstead] GMAP
Development Watch: 80 Met [Brownstoner]


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  1. they’ll sell or won’t sell, but there is a market for larger beautiful modern spaces like this.

    i moved from a house to a duplex condo of this size because my condo offered a superior layout to a typical brownstone/pre-war building.

    these do look gorgeous and it’s a really really good location.

    i have friends looking in williamsburg and this pretty much sums up what they want.

  2. 80 Metropolitan WAS a nice building, but they tore that down.

    Seriously, though – across the street from these townhouses will be… more luxury condos. At least 5 stories, probably 6. Demo has already been done. Oh, and one rather nice 19th century building with a big Scarano addition on top. Around the corner on Kent are some very old buildings, though you have to look pretty hard to tell that.

    I don’t see plans on line – wonder how many actual square feet there are in the townhouses. The rendering makes these look pretty shallow (and I bet they are). The rendering of the front makes these looks pretty banal (and I bet they are).

    I think you have to look at these as condos, since so much of what you are buying is common fixtures – pool, parking, etc. As noted, the common charges are pretty insane, and that’s WITH a 25-year tax abatement.