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
Again I really dont know where you people think you live but you are VERY hard pressed to find a 3br apartment in Manhattan/Downtown Brooklyn/LIC (with views) that has a layout other than ‘cookie cutter’ (i.e. where there is any consideration to things like “entry experience”) for under 3M.
Sorry but that is just reality. But if your interested there is some real nice stuff in pre-war Bronx buildings offering that.
BooklynLove — the TV hanging from the ceiling gives an instutional (hospital) vibe that is just not aestheticaly pleasing.
Someone mentioned “pros” — the only pros involved in these developments are accountants.
You are so right 3:20.
There are so many Condos on the market right now. Poorly laid out, medicore finishes with high price tags.
They’re peddling kohler fittings and GE Profile appliances as luxury living…Please.
I was wrong. There is a townhouse in this area (well, a good twelve blocks away) for similar price. But apparently from an earlier thread, it needs tons of work. Meaning, another 1mil.
http://www.prudentialelliman.com/Listings.aspx?ListingID=926014&rentalperiod=&SearchType=houses&Region=NYC
I’m 2:43 and when I said Butler escorting you, I said it in jest in reference to 2:04.
In a ‘WOW’…apartment, and that’s what this one is hoping to be. You shouldn’t have to walk past a kitchen to get to the ‘piece d’resistance’. An open kitchen can be very beautiful and dramatic, it’s just not the first thing you should see, when coming into this apartment.
Brooklynlove – “the people who conceived, planned and designed this building do those things for a living” – Yes, they do, and one would think that they would consider the experience of entering and being in a space. It’s all about the approach and leading up to the ‘View’.
Me thinks there’s a team of realtors on this thread. All of them plugging this crap.
Someone mentioned “pros” — the only pros involved in these developments are accountants.
And whoever lives so happily in an apartment with 1000 sq feet of “just living space” with high ceilings DOESN’T live in one of these forte /oro cubicles.
Well, let’s see. There’s a gazillion condo clone apartments to choose from (if you want to call it a choice), and there are little to no houses to buy in this area. I’m not saying one is better than the other, I’m just saying that I would prefer a house, but can’t find one in the 1.6 m range.
Anyway . . . it is called Brownstoner not Condoer..
“I don’t want the first thing my guests to see is the mayhem in the kitchen”
Please seek help for your inexplicable kitchen phobia.
12/17 3:03 – assistant to the assistant would still be closer to relevant than the nothing to do with the building, profession or industry position.