Stribling Closes at 1BBP, Optimistic About Spring
It hasn’t been an easy few months at One Brooklyn Bridge Park (a Brownstoner advertiser), what with the slow sales market and question marks surrounding the future of the park itself, but the 449-unit loft conversion on the Brooklyn Heights waterfront got a little psychological and symbolic boost yesterday with the news that Elizabeth Stribling,…
It hasn’t been an easy few months at One Brooklyn Bridge Park (a Brownstoner advertiser), what with the slow sales market and question marks surrounding the future of the park itself, but the 449-unit loft conversion on the Brooklyn Heights waterfront got a little psychological and symbolic boost yesterday with the news that Elizabeth Stribling, whose eponymous firm is the exclusive agent on the property, closed on her highly-publicized deal to buy two adjacent penthouse apartments for a record-setting $6,600,000. In addition to views of lower Manhattan, the pad has 3,442 square feet of indoor space and 1,900 square feet of outdoor space. Stribling used the occasion to put some positive spin on where we are in the sales cycle: “An uptick in activity is noticeable all over, and certainly at open houses. Prices have come down, and buyers smell opportunity in the air,” she told The Real Deal. Developer Robert Levine is helping the process along by picking up closing costs and helping buyers with financing, though listing price reductions have been few and far between.
Stribling closes at One Brooklyn Bridge Park [The Real Deal]
Tough Times at One Brooklyn Bridge Park [Brownstoner]
What’s New at OBBP [Brownstoner]
I drove a 70 Olds 442 in high school, like a jet. Could have used wing flaps to slow it down.
cetus, I agree with you. the land views were really nice. You can see the rooftops and church steeples of Brooklyn Heights and Cobble Hill spreading out and in the distance the Williamsburg clock tower. They were really nice open views. The BQE was invisible and unhearable in the units I saw. The triple glazing and hvac makes the place completely silent. I think the air one breathes in a building with central filtered air is far cleaner than in a brownstone on any busy Brooklyn Street. I was told that no dust settles on any surface because of the air filters and the tight windows. Dust is such a nuisance in Brooklyn. at least where I live in Park Slope.
You know I actually went to an open house at 1BPP in the fall and I think that the views from the Brooklyn side (at least from the fairly high-floor apartment that they were showing) were really cool. I was truly surprised how much I liked it and though I’m certainly going to get heat for this comment, it sorta reminded me of a high office in Paris that looked over all the rooftops.
I hear that on certain days, Elizabeth herself drives the shuttle. She’s not a real stickler about one way streets, so be warned!
alsawo, I’m not sure; I’ve been too scared to find out, thinking it might end up like one of those timeshare deals where they offer you a submarine ride, $100 of casino chips, and tasteless hors d’oeuvres to sit through a suicidal-inducing four hour presentation from which escape is futile as there is nothing or nobody within half a mile of the building to hear one’s screams.
So, this building is in a two-fare zone?
Biff, I’ve been quite tempted to jump on that shuttle too! They can’t have IDs or a secret password or anything, right?
If you floor the gas-pedal when taking the sharp left from Old Fulton onto Furman – yes, it’ll work great.
ditto…I’ve got a ’68 Olds 442…will that work???