Ungrand on Grand: $2,200 a Month for That?
We’ve been watching with a mix of horror and resignation as this build has gone up over the past year. No point in belaboring its aesthetic shortcomings, though it never ceases to amaze us how developers persist is picking such butt-ugly types of brick. Now it will be interesting to watch as these 650-square-foot one…
We’ve been watching with a mix of horror and resignation as this build has gone up over the past year. No point in belaboring its aesthetic shortcomings, though it never ceases to amaze us how developers persist is picking such butt-ugly types of brick. Now it will be interesting to watch as these 650-square-foot one bedrooms rentals languish on the market at their monthly asking price of $2,100 to $2,200. With similarly sized one-bedroom brownstone floor thrus in the area renting for $1,400 to $1,500 a month, it’s hard to see where the demand for these soulless places will come from.
309 Grand Avenue [Prudential Douglas Elliman] GMAP
Seriously though, can’t you get a really nice one bedroom in most of Manhattan for $2200 a month? I know a lot of us really love Brooklyn, but we love it for reasons other than 650 sqft apartments for $2200.
Anyone know where they got the kitchen cabinets from? They look really nice.
From what I hear rental market is very tight these days. So we’ll see how long they advertise these apts.
New construction is very appealing to some people.
They look like dorms to me. Maybe Pratt brats will snap them up using Daddy’s credit card.
Seriously, a lot of kids moving to Brooklyn from the suburbs just want something that looks clean and new (like the McMansion’s they grew up in), and just see brownstones as yucky old buildings.
Unfortunately they might. Rentals are harder and harder to find and most new buildings seem to be condo or co-op.
By the way Shahn- we’re all still hoping to hear about your house renovation again.
One bedroom plus a den, so they are hoping to get people that will take them and use them as two bedrooms. I rent two bedrooms with a small office (or third bedroom if the light shaft window counts as a legal window) for $2150 down the street. They’ll never get those prices.
These will rent at the asking price. Many people (myself included) would prefer to live in a modern elevator building instead of a brownstone walkup.
For the vast majority of renters, exterior aesthetics are irrelvent.
If this is the same builing I think it is it faces a large warehouse across the street. Rents definitely seem high.
nice kitchen, nice apartment, ugly building. I agree that the building exterior isn’t exactly a showstopper, but I think $2200 is a bit high for this – especially when I saw 2 bedroom walkups on the UES renting for $1900. Doesn’t mention a doorman, and only some of the units get a little balcony. I think I’d hold my breath.