Checking In On Hello Living
[nggallery id=”23749″ template=galleryview] The building boom is alive and well in Prospect Heights on the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights border, thanks in large part to Hello Living, the series of related infill projects on Dean and Pacific Streets. We checked in on their progress last week. Some buildings are occupied, others still in mid-construction. According to…
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The building boom is alive and well in Prospect Heights on the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights border, thanks in large part to Hello Living, the series of related infill projects on Dean and Pacific Streets. We checked in on their progress last week. Some buildings are occupied, others still in mid-construction. According to Streeteasy, four units at the Hudson, 935 Dean Street, are still on the market between $749,000 and $829,000. Three at the Madison, 925 Pacific Street, are for sale for $749,000 to $1,100,000. And the Sydney, with its plumes of grass peaking over the balconies (see photo), has 11 of its 12 for sale from $425,000 to $600,000, and one in contract, at 957 Pacific Street. Three more buildings, the Montana, Dakota and Austin—not very New York-centric names, are they?—don’t have units listed yet. The average price per square feet dropped at the Hudson, from $649 to $635, but went up at the Madison, from $666 to $677. All will share amenities officially classifiable as luxury, including pool, billiards room, sauna and steam room, parking, kiddie play space, wi-fi lounge and gym. Their marketing scheme refers to it as a “new urban community,” and, indeed, with perks like that, there’ll be little need to leave the complex. Some of the buildings sit on blocks of well-kept row houses; others stand next to more dilapidated structures.
For another opinion..
I went to see 927 Pacific on Sunday and it was horrible – standing water in the common areas, a garage for a lobby, oven in the living room, poured concrete floors and walls that looked more ‘unfinished’ than industrial, tiny bedroom with a little study to the side that would be useful only as a walk in closet, light fixtures that didn’t line up with the cut outs in the drywall…..and while those glass panels that serve as a front door might be nice to have open on some nights, they’d make more sense in Miami.
I live in 925 Pacific and I couldn’t be happier. Literally my only complaint is that I can hear my neighbors a bit when they’re in the hall through my front door (probably easily fixed). And I can occasionally hear the people upstairs – but very faintly and only when it sounds like they’re moving furniture or something. Even with all the construction outside, the apartment is really quite. The floors, cabinets, bathroom tiles, fixtures, appliances, lighting..etc are high quality and look great. And the windows and light are as great as you’d imagine. It is clear that they put a lot of effort into the design and a lot of money into the details. Everyone is nice (hello living people and building-mates) the park is so close, C train is close, Vanderbilt ave is great and only getting better (for restaurants, bars…etc). I highly recommend these buildings–as long as the others are as good as this one. Oh and I forgot to mention that the a/c, heating system is fantastic. I can bring my apartment from 90f to 70f in probably 7 minutes.
The Madison, Hudson and Sydney are great looking buildings. I’ve heard the same developer is building another condo closer to Nostrand too. Anyone have the facts on that?
I live in the Sydney. I really love the building and the neighborhood. The bedroom + office is a little on the small side but the living room/kitchen is spacious and there is a huge front patio and a back balcony. I rarely hear my neighbors (in the building) and everyone on the block is very friendly.
It was definitely a good move for us.
“Would I be splitting hairs to suggest that these properties are on the *wrong side* of Washington Ave to be considered Prospect Heights?”
No. You’d be splitting someone’s commission (half for them, half into thin air). The most powerful strategy in business is deception.
I like these, especially the Sydney. It is so different from the usual glass and steel condoboxes going up all over, especially those infill condos. Contrary to popular belief, I don’t hate everything new, and I do appreciate some attempt to be interesting. I like the stairwells, they add an industrial touch to the buildings without being pretentious edgy design elements that scream “look at me, I’ve reinvented the art of building”.
The older homes in the area make a nice contrast. It’s long been a no man’s land there mixing industrial and residential, and often, the houses look like infill to the factories, and not planned neighborhoods, so these new buildings just add to the mix.
I just hope that attempts are made to integrate goods and services between old and new, so that the influx of money and new life into these streets benefits those who have been there for years, not just those who have just arrived.
overall intelligent design –
but still wishfully priced considered specific locations..
the C train stop isn’t so far, but not the most convenient. (as in, its definitely not the A train)
If these were these were reasonably priced psf then they would fly off the shelves…
also, the rooms are on the smallish side
(im always curious about neighbor noise in these new condos)
any new condies care to share?
they look ugly (of course). it does seem like it would be a nice place to live. With the low mt. charges, it is relatively affordable.
Well they are kind of New York-centric names given the Dakota apartment building on Central Park West in Manhattan and the Montana on Broadway between 87th and 88th again in Manhattan. Maybe they are trying to attract buyers from the Upper West Side.