Heard on Third: The Brits Are Coming!
We heard that a British woman recently paid $8 million for this group of buildings on the corner of 3rd Street and 3rd Avenue. Not sure what her plans are for the building but she’s contemplating a “green” roof. GMAP
We heard that a British woman recently paid $8 million for this group of buildings on the corner of 3rd Street and 3rd Avenue. Not sure what her plans are for the building but she’s contemplating a “green” roof. GMAP
GEEZ, google green roof and find out!
Actually, the BSA has denied all variance applications for this neighborhood, so the likelihood of residential development as a possibility on this site is quite low.
Think about it:
Gowanus for water
Whole Foods at 3/3.
Subway on 4 Ave
Great views
$800/sf for stupid buyers (if the Fed lets the credit idiocy continue)
Build non-union for $250/sf
Acquire for $100/bsf
She will make a killing from the lemmings.
green roof typically is gravel, soil and turf on top of the waterproof membrane (covering the existing concrete/timber roof structure). Built correctly it contributes immensely to the thermal comfort provided by the building. Good thing? You betchya!
I think it’s like a greenhouse, only on the roof. I’d still call it a greenhouse, though, even if it were on the roof — how about a rooftop greenhouse?
Yeah, me too, what is it? Brownstoner?
I’d like to know also what a green roof is.
What’s a greenroof?
Given that this is historically a heavy industrial area, will this prospective developer face brownfield issues that might hamper her ability to build residential? What is the zoning, anyway? Is it still a manufacturing district? Not that it matters much, because in the current Gold-Rush fever in these parts, rezoning shouldn’t be a problem. And of course (since rezoning is by nature time-consuming & costly), there’s always the BSA shortcut. The BSA is very accommodating to hardship issues -such as, in case she speculated and overpaid for land that is not zoned residential?