Boutique Condo Building 15 Leonard Finally Shows Its Face
The prolific Tectonic Photo has long posted shots of under-construction sites on Flickr, but the photographer has now set up a blog and posted up-to-date facade pics of the long-in-the-worksboutique condo project at 15 Leonard Street. It shows that the six-unit project—first floated in April of 2012, contested in May of 2012, and approved in July of 2012—is close to completion. Its rise to nine stories didn't come without a fair bit of drama; developer Steven Schnall was sued by the owner of 17 Leonard for alleged damage to the latter's 157-year-old building. All four of its listed units are in contract, and those would-be owners are probably psyched that the construction sheeting is down.
Bloomberg's Ex Lists Poorly Furnished Bond Street Condo
The sleek and shiny condo buildings along Bond Street are usually filled with sleek and shiny furnishings. See exhibits a, b, c, and d. But the penthouse at 41 Bond Street? Not so much. Owned by former Mayor Bloomberg's ex-wife Susan Brown, the duplex is filled with heavy fabrics, animal-printed furniture, crushed velvet drapes, and lots of clunky chandeliers. But the good news is none of that comes with the place, which is on the market for $11.7 million. Brown bought the pad in 2011 for $8.2 million (with help from Bloomberg in the form of a $500,000 bridge loan, according to the Daily News).
First Look Inside One West End's Condos, Starting at $1.3M
Despite the early June rumor that sales launched at Elad and Silverstein's One West End, listings have yet to trickle down from the higher-ups. What has made its way down the pipeline is a slew of new interior renderings for the Riverside Center tower, via BBH. The 246 apartments which start on the building's eighth floor are designed by Jeffrey Beers and will feature custom walnut entrance doors and a mix of Sub-Zero, Miele, and Wolf kitchen appliances. Buyers will be able to choose between a dark-stained or light-stained walnut finish package for the kitchen and between white oak or walnut flooring. Luxury like this doesn't come cheap: The Real Deal reports that apartments in One West End will start at $1.3 million and reach all the way into the $20 millions.
Rich Guy Tries to Build Personal Bowling Alley, Gets Sued
Hedge fund manager Gregg Hymowitz purchased the townhouse at 20 East 64th Street from Irish businessman Derek Quinlan in 2011 for $23 million, and got to work renovating it. To date, his renovations have resulted in lawsuits from two neighbors, both of whom claim that their buildings have been damaged by the construction. One of the lawsuits claims that the townhouse next door, 22 East 64th Street, which was on the market for $42 million, had its foundation damaged by Hymowitz's attempt to build a below-ground bowling alley. Of course, The owners of that house are suing Hymowitz for $5 million, and were forced to pull the house off the market.
How Much for a 2BR Duplex With Outdoor Space in Astoria?
PriceSpotter is Curbed's asking price guessing game. We provide you with some details and pictures from a listing, and you take a crack at the price in the comments. Tomorrow we reveal the answer. And hey, no cheating!
If you only listened to one awesome blog, you'd think all of Astoria was ugly. But that's not the case when it comes to this duplex condo near the border between Astoria and Long Island City. Located in a brick building that dates back to 1910 and has just 10 units, this penthouse unit has two bedrooms (though one is currently being used as an office), hardwood floors, and an in-unit washer and dryer. There's a smaller balcony off the master bedroom as well as a spacious terracewith a grill and furniture shaded by an attractive pergola. Common charges and taxes come to about $1,000/month. Also, parking is included. How much is the seller asking?
Weirdly Named Condos Rise on Soho Chocolate Factory Site
Plans to redevelop an old chocolate factory (Tootsie Rolls were made here!) at 325 West Broadway in Soho have been in the works for nearly seven years, but it wasn't until DDG took over the property in 2012 that things finally started moving along. With work well underway, the marketing team is prepping for sales, which should launch this fall. The development's teaser site, with images from a "yet-to-be-released comic book," is up and running, and we can add the project to our ever-growing list of absurdly named buildings. It will be called (ugh) XOCO 325. "Xoco" (pronounced sho/co) is the Catalan word for chocolate, and DDG chose it because they "wanted to relate the building's name to its history." It's unclear if the Catalan language has anything to do with the building at all, or if it has anything to do with the comic book on the website.
Live On Top of a Downtown Brooklyn Hotel From $2,400
If you've ever wanted to live at the mouth of the Manhattan Bridge, here's some good news: that's never been easier now that, about ten years into their development, the apartments at 60 Duffield Street (nee 85 Flatbush Avenue Extension) have finally started leasing. Filings for the building say the 64 studio to two-bedroom apartments sit on top of a 174-room hotel, which makes the apartments' lauded "design and style of a boutique hotel" sound pretty legit, because they are in fact atop a boutique hotel. Apartments in the building begin on the seventh floor, and studios are renting from $2,400, one-bedrooms from $3,600, and two-bedrooms from $4,400 per month via Bold New York. The original building for the site, designed by the one and only Gene Kaufman, was thankfully ditched in favor of a much more bland glass box courtesy of Kutnicki Berstein Architects that still packs in all the requisite amenities, like a landscaped roof deck and fitness center.
Nab the Picture-Perfect Colonial From Mad Men for $1.15M
The Mad Men fever may be dying down but the hit period drama's real estate tree is still shaking. And this time, it's not one of the many highly eligible midcentury modern pads of which Don Draper would surely approve, it's a suburban New York house that was featured in the show's pilot (a different home was used in later episodes.) Though on the show the home was said to be located in Ossining, NY, it's actually in New Rochelle, which was also the setting for the Dick Van Dyke Show. The 1914 house, now asking $1.15M, is a classic clapboard colonial with handsome black shutters and a fire engine-red front door.
How It Feels to Stand Inside Jerry's Apartment from Seinfeld
In order to promote the fact it is now streaming all nine seasons of Seinfeld, Hulu has created a pop up exhibit at Milk Studios in the Meatpacking District, complete with a meticulous replica of Jerry's apartment. Standing inside the apartment probably felt a little different for us than it did for Jerry, since it was better lit, there was no ceiling, the side where there would have been cameras was a big street window, and it was filled with people asking questions to the man who played the Soup Nazi, but all that aside it was really very cool. If you want to feel what it's like to stand in the apartment yourself, check out this 360 degree virtual tour (or just head over to the exhibit yourself—it's open through Sunday).
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The Latest on Red Hook's Pricey Conversion, Now Mostly Sold
After a cold-weather hiatus, work at Red Hook's 160 Imlay Street is back on. The Brooklyn Eagle strolled by the former New York Dock Company building to find construction workers plowing ahead with the conversion of the concrete industrial building into 70 (very expensive by Red Hook standards) condos. It seems like project developer Est4te Four has been busy buying up land in the low-lying waterfront neighborhood. Along with the conversion of 160 Imlay Street, which introduced some of the most expensive condos the neighborhood's ever seen, the company's also rumored to be scheming a massive waterfront tech hub just a few blocks to the south.
Bushwick Brewery Redevelopment May Lose Affordable Units
[Rendering by ODA New York of the Rabsky Group's 10 Montieth Street.]
The old Rheingold Brewery in Bushwick is being redeveloped into a 10-building, 977-apartment complex, and when the plans were approved in 2013, local officials negotiated that 30 percent of the new units be affordable housing. But last year Read Property Group sold part of the site to Simon Dushinsky of Rabsky Group, and Dushinsky has been silent on whether or not he's going to include affordable units, according to DNAinfo. It was a non-binding agreement and not tied to City Council's approval of the development, so Dushinksy has no legal obligation to do so, though local officials believe he should.
Capturing JFK's Space-Age TWA Terminal Before It's Revamped
When Lori Walters heard that the future of the iconic TWA Flight Center at JFK airport was up in the air—given that the Eero Saarinen-designed landmark from 1962 was being eyed for redevelopment—she acted quickly. A historian and researcher at the University of Central Florida's Institute for Simulation & Training, Walters and her team at ChronoPoints use three-dimensional terrestrial laser scanning to document historic buildings. The scanning process results in highly detailed digital models that can eventually be incorporated into educational programming about the structures. While the terminal, beloved during its prime and even to this day (even though it sits unused), had long been on Walters's mind, she said news of the plan to convert it into a hotel caused her to bump it up to the top of her scanning queue.
Plan for Housing at Brooklyn Bridge Park's Pier 6 Is Still Hated
Now that the lawsuit thwarting development of affordable housing on Brooklyn Bridge Park's Pier 6 has been put to rest, Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation is taking steps forward to develop the two contentious residential towers. On Monday, BBPC held the first of many settlement-stipulated public meetings to discuss changes to their development plan. According to Brooklyn Eagle, BBPC is seeking approval to develop affordable housing in both towers, as well as approval to shift how many apartments are in either tower so long as they don't surpass 430 units total. BBPC has no plans to challenge the 315- and 155-foot height limits agreed on in the settlement.
South Street Seaport Among America's Most Endangered Sites
The National Trust For Historic Preservation has rolled out its annual list of America's Most Endangered Historic Places, and it should come as no surprise that one of New York's own has a position of prominence on the docket. South Street Seaport is singled out as one of the most vulnerable historic sites in the country. The looming possibility of a 40-story tower and a new glassy mall at the site contends with the Seaport's historic importance in the city's early maritime industry, and its status as home to the city's largest concentration of restored early maritime buildings. The National Trust says the new development at the hands of Howard Hughes Corporation would "disrupt the look, feel and low-scale historic character of the Seaport."
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