Disgraced comedian Bill Cosby may—or may not be—house hunting in Tribeca. A broker who remains anonymous told NYDN that they showed Cosby a $3 million Leonard Street apartment that the Fat Albertoriginator verbally confirmed he'd purchase, only to later disappear and become uncontactable by the broker. "He was acting weird," the broker told NYDN of Cosby's demeanor throughout the meeting, "He was erratic and all over the place." [NYDN; image via Curbed Flickr Pool/strykapose]
A little five-story building at 51 White Street in Tribeca is hitting the market for $24 million, or around $1,420 per square foot.The 16,908-square-foot property—rather unremarkable beyond its Tribeca location—has a little over 6,000 square feet of unused development rights, meaning a buyer could add around two stories to the building, pending approval from the Landmarks Preservation Commission. "You could buy and convert this building for around $1,600 to $1,700 per square foot, which is much less than the $2,500 per square foot and higher for most new condos in TriBeCa these days," said James Nelson, the broker at Cushman & Wakefield who's handling the site. [Crain's]Morris Adjmi's Two-Tone Tribeca Condos Are Coming Along
[The Sterling Mason. All photographs via Field Condition]
It feels like the Sterling Mason condos at 71 Laight Street in Tribeca have been in the works for years. Well, that's because they have—since 2008, in fact. The 32-unit Morris Adjmi-designed building is still on its way toward completion, and Field Condition just went out and checked out the construction on a particularly clear day, when progress on the metallic—e.g., the new portion—of the development was evident. The reddish part, on the right, is from an existing building. FC says the building is due to be done this year, inaccessible courtyard and all.
Garage-Replacing Leonard Street Condos Will Look Like This
Plans for a BKSK-designed condo building at 24 Leonard Street were filed in August 2013, and we finally have the first rendering of the new building, thanks to Tribeca Citizen, who calls the building "a respectable addition to the neighborhood." The existing parking garage is mostly being demolished (permits call it "selective demolition" and say the plan is to "convert and enlarge" the building), and a nine-story building with seven full-floor units will replace it. The building's current footprint will stay the same up to the fifth floor, 100 feet by 100 feet, and the higher floors will be set back so they are only 50 feet deep.
Tribeca Townhouse Finally Ready for Its Ed Hardy-Like Facade
Tribeca Citizen reports that work is set to begin at 187 Franklin Streetin Tribeca, better known as the Ed Hardy townhouse for its planned wacky flame-like facade. Designs from architect Jeremy Edmiston first surfaced back in 2010 and got improbably rave reviews from the Landmarks Preservation Commission the following year, with words like "phenomenal," "symphonic," "exciting," "smart," and "delirious" being thrown around. (Edmiston reported on his websitethat "the building flew through the Landmarks Commission like a recently released raptor.") Since a Certificate of Appropriateness from the Commission lasts for six years, it sounds like that proposal is the one that we're now going to see actualized.
· The "Ed Hardy House" Is Back [Tribeca Citizen]
· 187 Franklin Street coverage [Curbed]
· The "Ed Hardy House" Is Back [Tribeca Citizen]
· 187 Franklin Street coverage [Curbed]
Construction at 56 Leonard Street Reaches 50th Floor
[All pics via Field Condition. Click through for more.]
Herzog & de Meuron's 56 Leonard continues to rise over Tribeca, and Field Condition just recently took a look as the weird, wonderful, and wildly successful building nears completion. Construction on the crazy tower has reached the 50th floor (glass has been installed up to the 28th floor), the acclaimed Jenga-like cantilevering is set to become even more dramatic as the building's final section takes shape. When complete (by the end of 2015), 56 Leonard will rise 821 feet and 60 stories, with 145 units.
Inside Downtown's Tallest Residential Tower, 30 Park Place
- 30 Park Place, as seen from Church Street; View of the World Trade Center from the 73rd floor. All photos by Will Femia.
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Larry Silverstein's limestone pillar 30 Park Place topped out today at 926 feet, officially making it the tallest residential tower Downtown. The Robert A.M. Stern-designed building won't be complete until mid-2016, but the 157 condos, which sit stop a 185-room Four Seasons, are already 60 percent sold, including three of the 11 penthouses. The tower's location makes it stand out from many other super luxury buildings; many units look north, offering views of Manhattan and the Empire State Building that Midtown's new towers do not, a feature that sales director Loretta Shanahan-Bradbury said drew early buyers. But as the tower rose, people started to see that some of the most interesting views are much more intimate—the iconic Woolworth Building and the whole World Trade Center site are right there. All of the views have been a major selling point, and Curbed got to check them out from 750 feet up on the 73rd floor during a recent construction tour.
Music Producer Unloads Artsy Loft in Olive Oil and Feta Factory
Australian music exec Victor Van Vugt—who has worked with the likes of Nick Cave, Depeche Mode, and others—must really like old English sheepdogs, because there's a sculpture of one in the middle of his Tribeca loft. But alas, the very still version of Price Eric's dog Max by the very famous artist Jeff Koons must go with Vugt to his next home, since his old one sold for $5.425 million late last month. The sale, which was first potted by the Observer, was a boon for Vugt, who paid $2.456 million for the full-floor apartment on 144 Franklin Street back in 2005. Designed by Norwegian architecture firm Tupelo, the place has other cool features that include beamed ceilings, scattered columns, and a bar that folds down out of the shiny metallic room divider.
New York City's 14 Most Popular Buildings of 2014
Curbed likes to occasionally check in with the fine people over at Property Shark to see which buildings in New York City are currently selling at the highest rate. There is some debate over which buildings are actually the "best-selling" or "more popular"—Are they the ones where the highest percentage of units have sold? The ones that have raked in the most money?—but if we were going by highest percentage, the list would just be a bunch of six-unit boutique developments that sold out, and if we were going by most money it would just be One57 and all those places. So, most overall units sold is the metric that seems to work. These are the most popular buildings. Popularity isn't always fair, as you may recall from high school.
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Time-Traveling Loft Has Ornate Ceilings and Keith Haring Art
It's time to ogle this airy, column-filled loft, which sold last month to an anonymous LLC for $10 million. First reported by 6sqft, the duplex with an extra mezzanine level, with three bedrooms and six bathrooms, first listed in May of 2014 and asked $11 million. Its in the American Thread Building, a former warehouse converted into condos. And yes, the 8,000-square-foot apartment comes with an original Keith Haring mural on the main level's foyer. It's even labeled on the floorplan, and touting it so much very might've sealed the deal for an art lover with $10 million to spare.
17 Leonard Owner Ends War With Neighbor by Selling Building
Christopher Rolf, the owner of the decrepit little building at 17 Leonard Street, has extracted himself from a heated battle with his developer neighbor by selling the property, 6sqft reports. Rolf had previously accused 15 Leonard Street owner Steven Schnall of causing his then-157-year-old structure to crack by constructing a seven-story condo building next door, while Schnall maintained that the building was already cracked before construction started. In the end, no harm done: at the time, Rolf had been trying to sell his building for $15.75 million and though he had to chop the price down some, he still ended up getting $11.165 million from an entity known only as "17 Leonard Properties, LLC." That company surely has development plans for the site (which will have to go through the Landmarks Commission), which means that once Schnall's building is done, its new residents will get to enjoy the soothing sounds of next-door construction for years to come. Probably not the least satisfying result for Rolf.
· 158-Year-Old Legally Embattled Building on Leonard Street Finally Sells for $11.2 Million [6sqft]
· 17 Leonard Street coverage [Curbed]
· 158-Year-Old Legally Embattled Building on Leonard Street Finally Sells for $11.2 Million [6sqft]
· 17 Leonard Street coverage [Curbed]
Curbed Cup Elite Eight: (8) Tribeca vs. (16) City Island
Half the field has already been eliminated in the Curbed Cup, our annual award to the New York City neighborhood of the year. This week we'll have two matchups apiece on Monday and Tuesday—with the polls left open for 24 hours—and by Wednesday only four contenders will be left vying for the prestigious fake trophy. Let the eliminations continue!
Emerging victorious after its bout with Downtown Brooklyn, Taylor Swift-approved Tribeca is ready to fight again. With its beautiful condoconversions and under-construction starchitecture (Herzog and de Meuron, our man RAMS, et al.), the area is shrouded in scaffolding and chockablock with construction.
Then, after a giant upset over No. 1 seed West Chelsea, there's the Bronx's City Island. The somewhat ramshackle seaside community is about to see its first new condos in 15 years. You know what? Those folks know how to organize, seeing as how they managed to convince officials to drastically scale down designs for a new bridge. Despite that, they're eager to be more than a day-trip destination, hoping to attract artists, developers, and entrepreneurs to a quaint place within the five boroughs where the cost of building and living is simply lower.
Has Tribeca already arrived? Should the underdog, the up-and-comer, continue to advance? You decide.
Quirky $10,000/Month Tribeca Loft Has 13 Interior Windows
This Tribeca loft just hit the rental market asking $10,000 a month. The 1,800-square-foot Franklin Street apartment has three bedrooms, 1.5 baths, four skylights, and about 13 internal windows. The lofted area, which contains all the bedrooms and a small study, is punctuated by many, many glassy openings—many narrow and slit-like, others wider and normal-sized. Rest assured that, if you open all of them, the air circulation up there will be top-notch. It's not available till JuneFebruary 1. Maybe Wall Street bonus season will encourage a prospective tenant?
Let's just get this out of the way: Herzog & de Meuron's 56 Leonard is the best building on the rise in New York. In describing the tower as a reason to love this city, archicritic Justin Davidson calls it a "surreal totem pole," that is "the most alluring addition to the downtown skyline in decades." The building's principal designer said they "wanted to destroy the anonymous extrusion of a glass tower and instead introduce houses in the sky." Oh and that giant silver pillow by Anish Kapoor? It's definitely happening. [NYM; previously] Curbed Cup 1st Round: (8) Tribeca vs. (9) Downtown Brooklyn
The Curbed Cup, our annual award for the New York City neighborhood of the year, is kicking off with 16 areas vying for the prestigious (fake) trophy. This week we'll have two matchups per day, and all the results and the full tournament bracket will be reviewed on Friday. Voting for each pairing ends 24 hours after it begins. Let the eliminations commence!
[Left: 56 Leondard via Field Condition. Right: 388 Bridge and Downtown Brooklyn via Brooklyn Eagle.]
The second Curbed Cup match-up features two continually hot neighborhoods. Coming in as the no. 8 seed, we have Tribeca, which has seen a high volume of new residential developments, many of which are converting historic pieces of the neighborhood. There's the massive 443 Greenwich (where the penthouse could be Downtown's most expensive sale), Ben Shaoul's actually-nice-looking plans for the Verizon building, and the very lovely 7 Harrison. Plus, 56 Leonard has nearly sold out, 30 Park Place officially debuted, and permits were filed for the neighborhood's future tallest tower. On top of it all, Taylor Swift chose Tribeca for her new, humble $20 million abode. Oh, and this happened.
In the other corner, we have Downtown Brooklyn. After winning the cup in 2011 and making it to the finals in 2012, DoBro failed to make an appearance last year, but the completion of 388 Bridge Street—the tallest tower in Brooklyn—has put the neighborhood back in the running. Many other big residential projects are on the rise, including the next tallest tower, and the mixed-use City Point development hit a few milestones. The ever-popular SHoP Architects also nabbed a commission in the 'hood, and the neighborhood also saw a push for more green space, though it's still waiting on more restaurants.
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