Surprise! 936 Fulton Will Be Condos
When work started at 936-938 Fulton Street in Clinton Hill a few months ago, we were thrilled that someone was taking on the rehab of these two decrepit (but architecturally attractive) brownstone buildings. Given that Fulton Street still lacks the drawing power of other blocks in the neighborhood, we made sure not to let our…
When work started at 936-938 Fulton Street in Clinton Hill a few months ago, we were thrilled that someone was taking on the rehab of these two decrepit (but architecturally attractive) brownstone buildings. Given that Fulton Street still lacks the drawing power of other blocks in the neighborhood, we made sure not to let our expectations rise too high. The first question was whether this project would be rentals or condos. The answer? Condos. Two commercial and 11 residential. That is itself is a positive step for the street (of course, we should wait to see if anyone buys ’em before breaking out the champagne). The second question is whether they will be nice. The website of developer Ore International (which Kensington Blog recently noted is doing another project on Crooke Avenue) says the units will be marked by “Old Brooklyn charm, coupled with stylishly modern sensibility and design.” We’ll see. We think a developer’s choice of windows has huge signal value for the quality of the rest of the project and the cheap-looking aluminum windows that just went in (reminiscent of the ones Guttman just put in at 155 Water Street) are a bummer. A snazzy storefront would be welcome news, though, indeed.
Fulton Street Development [Ore Int’l] GMAP P*Shark DOB
Um, is no one slightly concerened at the further gentrification of Brooklyn, the maby displaced families that used to call these neighborhoods home, the alarmingly rapidly rising rents that will probably result in a market crash, and how this buiding will allow another influx of post yuppie money heavy snobs to move in and further sterilize new york?
LOX will be a Jazz Club? Hmm. Interesting. Could be nice. I was hoping for something more basic in terms of needed service on Fulton, like a bagel shop. Please, Please, Please, someone considering starting a business, open any or all of the following: green grocer, bakery, fishmonger, butcher, cheese shop/specialty food shop, more nice restaurants such as a clean nice diner, bistro, mexican, italian, a nice bar (maybe Lox will fill that category).
I guarantee it is a situation of “build it and they will come”. The Southern end of Clinton Hill is just begging for this along Fulton Street.
And to the owners of the soon to arrive “LOX” – welcome and good luck.
The property hit the auction block so many times in the last six years, we thought it would just stay a second mortgatge scam property. Glad someone finally bought it to build rather thatn bilk.
Wow. This market is begging for anything remotely less tasteless, cheap, and crappy than what all these developpers are dumping on us. The minute someone with a modicum of class puts something up, it disappears off the market.
Calling all good architects/designer-builders: Get together and become developpers. Don’t let these creeps monopolize the market and deprive people of decent options.
It is very interesting to watch this all happen. Not sure why all the focus on the Met, which seems to be decent for a downmarket grocery store. At a community meeting last summer, one resident of St James (the street on the right side of pht), remarked about how she had been threatened by drug dealers at the corner. As I was walking home this evening, the police were making a bust at the corner. The dealers seem to deal out of an apartment on the second floor of the building with the Respect for Life sign (signalling up to people from the street). That said, it does seem like the area is finally getting in line with the rest of Clinton Hill. More gentrifiers on Irving (although Putnam itself is still lined with overpriced guts waiting to happen). I have been told that LOX is going to e a “Jazz club.”
The top photo, an artistic ‘rendering’ of how the property will look once complete according to the architect’s website, looks suspiciously like dentists’ or plastic surgeons’ offices to me.
If it is going to explode, then someone should probably let the Department of Homeland Security know.
Buy in this area until you can because is going to explode!
Thanks for shareing your unfortunate experience with Met. I am sure many others have an adversity to this purveyor of fine crap.