Condo of the Day: Top of the Oro
Say what you want about the design of the Oro exterior (we’ve heard a wide range of opinions), but the views from the top are going to be pretty killer. So we were interested to see an open house listed this past weekend on the top floor in Unit 40F. With three bedrooms and three…
Say what you want about the design of the Oro exterior (we’ve heard a wide range of opinions), but the views from the top are going to be pretty killer. So we were interested to see an open house listed this past weekend on the top floor in Unit 40F. With three bedrooms and three baths, the 1,647-square-foot pad has definite family appeal too. The price of $1,610,000 is pretty high for the area, but there have been a couple of similarly-sized units at the nearby Belltel Lofts that have gone for around this price. We bet they’ll get within 10 percent of the ask on this one but, then again, we’re bullish on Downtown in general. (Disclosure: The Oro is a former advertiser on Brownstoner.)
306 Gold Street, #40F [Douglas Elliman] GMAP
Why is everyone so negative about this place. i would jerk off a homeless man to live in such a great pad. For all the haters that complained about closet space, who the hell has a linen closet anymore. What the crap! Are you living in the 1800’s. You have a bath towel, when it is dirty you wash it, end of story. I live in a 1.5 million dollar apt near the Oro and would trade apt in a heartbeat.
Get over yourself. This place sucks.
guest @ 12/18 12:48 AM – you’re close – i’m actually a cold war era russian spy who is still undergound in new york city. my mission is to ruin the local economy by pumping new developments and brokering no doc interest only 100% floating rate mortgages. thank goodness for humankind that there are people among us who can see through these shams. the world is good.
Faux gold rush. Just call it “gold” not “Oro”. Is that why it’s so overpriced? The Conquistadores sailed into Brooklyn. And BrooklynLove, nuff with your rah rah hard sell crap. You work for these guys, did their order you to blog? Bottom line is I’m not sure they really care about you nor the suckers that may include us. Sucks to hear architects cave in to developers who cares only about cookie cutter drudgery because they have no couth. Where’s the integrity in design? Must admit I like what’s happening here, but then again, it’s quite surreal and over the top. Saw the rooms albeit the whole pad and there won’t be much room after all the furniture come in and you’ll sure to bump your knees and even stub your toes on them. No way it’s 1,647 sf. Welcome to the obstacle course.
Overpriced crap. There’ll be a glut real soon, no matter how “nice” the views.
“1 bathroom per bedroom is totally exaggerated. No need to waste space like that. This floorplan makes is the perfect roommate scenario for 3 single meatheads/ex-fratboys–essentially a bachelor pad to share.”
or a couple with 2 adolescent+ children. a bathroom to each of the parents, child 1 and child 2 is admittedly not a necessity, but definitely a welcome luxury and a selling point. the more i look at this floor plan, the more i like it, and the views from the living/dining area and corner bedroom are sick. poop your pants sick.
There were no post from anyone who has actually been to there ORO. I went a couple of weeks ago and saw some units on the 20th floor. I think it was the C and D lines. There were both 2 bedrooms and they were going for about $660 per square foot. Overall, I was impressed with the finishes of the main and secondary bathrooms. The kitchen was what I expected for this level of “luxury”. EXCEPT for the GE profile appliances. Since when is “GE profile” the bench mark for luxo-hotness? They also skimped on the floors. One of the units had some of the wood exposed so I could see that they were extremely thin. They seemed a step or two above pergo, and not what I’d expect if i was to pay $850K.
The views from the 20th fl were “nice” I saw the Manhattan side view and the Broolyn side view, but neither was awe-inspiring.
I had no problem with the layout, it was definetly usable and something a family of 3 or 4 could easily make the most of.
1 bathroom per bedroom is totally exaggerated. No need to waste space like that. This floorplan makes is the perfect roommate scenario for 3 single meatheads/ex-fratboys–essentially a bachelor pad to share.
Polemicist, you are truly romanticizing a non-existent past.
From the Brownstoner archives, an interesting stroll down memory lane with Charles Lockwood, including housing shortages, astronomical prices, rich v. poor, etc.:
http://tinyurl.com/2cq6y7