Will Infamous Slope Ruin be Reborn?
A reader forwarded this listing to us yesterday with an email subject line that read “Can this be real??” Actually, there are at least a couple questions about its reality to ask: 1. Is it possible that renovations will occur at 187 7th Avenue in our lifetime? Despite being on a prime Slope corner, this…
A reader forwarded this listing to us yesterday with an email subject line that read “Can this be real??” Actually, there are at least a couple questions about its reality to ask: 1. Is it possible that renovations will occur at 187 7th Avenue in our lifetime? Despite being on a prime Slope corner, this one’s been in sorry shape for a loooong time. 2. Even though it’s got the whole location thing going for it, is $15K/month at all realistic for a space that probably hasn’t seen any sort of TLC in more than a decade? We can’t wait to find out!
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So, what happened? Some posts seem to have been taken down.
The daughters are very nice people.
Tear it down and build an apple store. 🙂
Shame, NYC. This building is glaring evidence of total dysfunction and corruption at the DOB. No other city in the country would tolerate this loony woman and her loony daughter’s shenanigans and neglect. Only downtown Detroit in the 70’s maybe. It’s sociopathic to do this to the community. This building is a menace in its condition.
And they think they’re going to rent out the ground floor? Proof of their insanity. Look at the condition of the floors above. No business owner would take on the potential lawsuit of having patrons hit on the head by falling shards of glass. Or put up with the obvious termite infestation this building would have. The whole entire building has to be totally gut renovated before even just the ground floor can be used by anybody. How desperate can Warren Lewis be to take on this listing?
Hopefully all of the above information I have posted has given you some idea of the players involved here.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/nyregion/thecity/03hous.html?_r=1
The city can take certain properties if they are vacant for six months (though I believe this applies to different construction and not just empty old buildings with greedy owners)
It really needs to be spruced up. Poor old girl. A shame on the owner for that stupid asking price and for letting it decay this long.
Hopefully, this is a sign that the owner actually needs money. Sale could be the next option if renting fails. I don’t know commercial rent rates, but if what you folks are saying is true that the price is crazy high, then how much crazier is it when you consider that this would be, in effect, a net lease, since tenant would effectively have to do and pay for everything himself? I wouldn’t expect the owners to put in a dime, not even to cure major problems. And jaguar’s point is a good one — you would also be dealing with a LL who has free counsel for litigation.
What good is the dept of buildings if this building has gotten violations for the last 20 years and is still in deplorable condition.
i actually wish it would burn down to the ground, then the city can raze it and just make the space green, with trees and flowers.
a little greenery will always help a neighborhood.