forte-condo-0630-09.jpgTowards the end of a glowing profile of Fort Greene in yesterday’s New York Post, there were some interesting details about how some of the new developments in the hood are faring. By far the most successful in recent months has been the Classic Modern, the eight-unit project at 268 Cumberland Street where seven units have sold since hitting the market since February. It’s been a tougher slog for the Forte (a Brownstoner advertiser) and Clermont Greene. A marketing makeover this spring helped ink another six deals at the Forte, bringing the total number of sales at the triangular high-rise to 42. And up the hill at the Clermont Greene, the project’s brokers claim that the recent granting of the building’s C of O has created “major momentum” and that the development is now 25 percent sold.
Go Greene! [NY Post]


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  1. Disagree completely, katieb, 11217 and etson: The Toren looks like a vertical metal junk yard. Every time I drive down Myrtle I expect this ugly building to transform into an evil robot and destroy everyone.

    Like many architects who get work today, the emperor has no clothes.

  2. Forte is like units total. 3 or 4 units per floor (it changes about halfway up) so this equates to 40% sold.

    Clarett did Brooklyn a real disservice with the facade, but that should not be suprising given their other work. Look at the ugly facade on their “Brooklyner” rental building on lawrence street. Also look at the east facade of their skyhouse on 29th st in Manhattan, the left a whole wall of just blank concrete. This has never been a developer who was willing to put alot of money into the facade. They do however do a great job using quality materials on the interior and I have to say that their buildings are one of the few that don’t suffer from that “paper thin walls I can hear my neighbor breathing” syndrome that is so common in new construction today. Sp I guess they’re not totally evil…

    Toren is looking so good….

  3. I like the Forte, actually. The exterior is lacking + the master bedroom can definitely not fit normal-size master bedroom furniture but the views are quite great and the layouts are interesting.

    Toren looks awesome. The views there are recently limited to the new Avalon Bay monster though.