The Brooklyn skyline is experiencing a revamp, especially in Downtown Brooklyn,with the neighborhood granted permits to build nearly 6,500 new apartments, which are planned to be completed by 2019.
The Hamilton, as the building will come to be known upon completion, is located at 968 60th Street in Borough Park, the home of a building that was used as a fully functional factory for many decades, but is now being converted by Halcyon Management Group. Currently expected to be completed in the latter half of 2016, the project is the work of renowned architect, Karl Fischer.
The 19th Century Warehouse located in the most desirable place in New York City, the West Village, will be getting completely renovated while still perserving the facade of the building, along with the same spectacular view of the Hudson River and Statue of Liberty.
Another Financial Districtoffice tower has been redeveloped into a residential building, and its 419 units are ready to hit the market. Back in 2010, MetroLoft Management announced plans to convert 116 John Street into an apartment complex, and renovations on all 35 floors are expected to be complete by October. Originally built in 1931, the 350,000-square-foot Art Deco building is keeping its exterior architecture and hallmark public spaces, but the conversion process will add new terrace doors at all setbacks and brand new windows throughout. Earlier this week, MetroLoft unveiled what future units will look like, with models in the form of studios, junior one-bedrooms, one-bedrooms with home offices, regular one-bedrooms, and two-bedrooms.
Extreme Makeover: Luxury Rental Apartment Edition? That seems to be what many New York City landlords are going for. Luxury Rentals Manhattan has tirelessly covered the market’s high demand for rental units, with rates reaching all-time highs throughout the spring. This, along with a shift in the demographic of renters towards the higher-end, is prompting many landlords to finance million-dollar renovations in hopes of raising rental rates by 10 to 40 percent. And really, many of them are nervous that they aren't keeping up with the rising standards for rental apartments in Manhattan. This is good news for residents looking to live in luxury apartments without having to buy, even if their rent rises with the quality level.
Promising renovations on the Upper West Side have hedge fund managers and Manhattan fashionistas alike suggesting that this prosperous area is now the cool new place for luxury apartment renters to call home. The Upper West Side, which used to hold more unrenovated than renovated pre-war buildings, has seen a refreshing change of pace as high-quality renovations have drawn the attention of renters looking for pre-war places. Thanks to those changes, many renters now consider the area trendy, making real estate brokers and management companies even more eager to rent out those apartments.