beacon-tower-dumbo-0108.jpgMost of the units at The Beacon in Dumbo appear to have been sold by now. The last seven apartments, however, are presenting a challenge to marketers. (Corcoran has six of the units, Elliman one.) Five of the seven have already had price reductions, including, most recently, Apartment 20B, a 947-square-foot space that was just cut from $890,000 to $825,000. Given the high floor and the relatively low price per square foot for the area, we could see this moving at the new price. On a side note, we noticed when perusing the past sales that one investor (a Boerum Hill liquor store owner, as far as we can tell) was responsible for buying eight of the units. Interesting.
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  1. “yeah, but if he holds for a long time he’ll likely make a profit, don’t you think? this is not a dumb guy…”

    yeah, but if Merrill, Citi, Deutsche, etc., hold those CDOs for a long time, they’ll likely make a profit.

    Point is, if he’s buying that many properties, he’s probably not in it for “a long time”. That’s “a long time” to have all your cash tied up and pay carrying costs, unless he wants to be a leveraged landlord.

  2. “i’d expect he’s planning to hold these units”

    CHOMP CHOMP CHOMP (holding costs). He bought at the top – he already lost. Rental income will not save him. But he’s already rich so he won’t even feel the loss.