48 Bond Street - NoHo

[lofter1]

curbed (http://www.curbed.com/archives/2007/01/17/development_du_jour_48_bond.php) has a rendering of a new building at 48 Bond in NoHo -- which was previously reported by boweryboy back in December in the New development on the Bowery (http://www.wirednewyork.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3348&highlight=bowery) thread; boweryboy's post is HERE (http://www.wirednewyork.com/forum/showpost.php?p=137180&postcount=85) ...


48 Bond St

Just a couple of buildings west of Bowery a new building is coming to Bond St. They have poured the foundation and that's about it. Here is where the site will be: http://www.48bond.com/ ...


Development Du Jour: 48 Bond

Wednesday, January 17, 2007, by BL

http://www.curbed.com/2007_01_48bond1.jpg

Forget West Chelsea. When construction finally finishes up on Bond Street in Noho, it might just be the city's most interesting block in terms of its traditional/modern architecture mix. This here is new development 48 Bond, currently rising on what was until last year an empty lot a few doors down from the (far more ballyhooed) 40 Bond. The developer had originally comissioned a design (http://www.cityrealty.com/new_developments/news.cr?noteid=5761) by architect Marvin Meltzer, but scuttled those plans and moved ahead instead with architect Deborah Berke (http://www.dberke.com/), her first residential condo project. Berke explains, in a press release sent our way by alert publicists: "The façade of 48 Bond is an elegant composition of slabs of granite and sheets of glass. The scale of the material is unusually large, contributing to its abstract and bold quality. The stone and glass play off each other and accentuate their contrasting textures."

Marketing materials indicate that the 11-story, 14-unit building, with apartments starting at $2 million, are already on the market, but 48 Bond's official website (http://www.48bond.com/) teases us with a "Coming January 27" tagline. So coy.

http://www.curbed.com/2007_01_48bond2.jpg

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One commenter at curbed offers a sly 2 cents ...

These 2 building s on either side are tasteless trash compared to the sleek glass facade of 48 bonds. Just imagine, someone trying to recreate 20s architecture? They don't even appear as authentic, they are detracting from 48 bonds and these two eyesores stand out like sore thumbs compared with 48 bonds. These should have been more contextual with 48 bonds. What was the builder of thsoe 2 isores thinking? I'm leaving this town. Iv'e had enough!!

By Slowpoke

[lofter1]

A short while back I had posted THIS (http://www.wirednewyork.com/forum/showpost.php?p=139831&postcount=101) on the building just to the east at 50 Bond ...

Looking at the rendering above of 48 Bond no wonder someone is trying to bail out of the Penthouse at 50 Bond (on the market for ~ $7M) -- maybe they want to get out before the new Deborah Berke designed Penthouses begin to loom over its terrace-in-the-sky (aka the Dairy Queen in the Clouds) ...

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p242/Lofter1/Bond%20Street/50Bond_01b.jpg

[HGNY]

That photo doesn't look like 11 stories as the text claimed.

NoHo news reports 12 stories with retail on the ground floor which is also different.

I was starting to wonder if this was a photo for the rejected plan but it seems to mirror what is on 48bond.com

So, I wonder what they are actually building

[lofter1]

Looks like 8 stories on the main base section and 3 stories above ...

[HGNY]

Stopped by the place last night. It is going to be marketed by Stirbling.

According to City Realty, the principle is going to be taking the (a?) triplex penthouse for himself.

[lofter1]

48 Bond Update:
10' High Flamed-Granite, Dammit!

curbed.com (http://www.curbed.com/archives/2007/01/18/48_bond_update_10_high_flamedgranite_dammit.php)
Thursday, January 18, 2007, by BL

http://www.curbed.com/2007_01_48bond_facade.jpg

Yesterday's Development Du Jour (http://www.curbed.com/archives/2007/01/17/development_du_jour_48_bond.php), 48 Bond, came in for some abuse in the comment thread. Decried one commenter, "The building would look better if the windows weren't all flush, so there was some light and shadow. Look at the light and shadow at the buildings to each side. Now look at the light and shadow in the new building. Boring."

In response, a tipster sends along the above close-up rendering of the facade, noting, "There seems to be confusion on your comments board about the facade of 48 Bond. Since you got the scoop on the upcoming marketing campaign, I thought I'd share the best image from the project. The glass and granite are all flush except for several canted windows. The slabs of flamed-granite will be up to 10' high."
Now you know!

[lofter1]

Canted windows in NYC?

Dirt + grit traps ...

[ablarc]

^ Well, it has a nice lap pool.

[Front_Porch]

are canted windows what we agents call "tip'n'tilts?"

They're all the rage in Tribeca loft renovations -- easy to clean. (I sit in a prewar where I've been trying to get the historic windows cleaned for years).

Plus, they're easy to "guard" -- if you have kids under 10, you have to implement safety measures so they don't fall out the windows, and most people hate the "grill" look of traditional window guards.

ali r.
{downtown broker}

[lofter1]

The canted windows at 48 Bond will be permanently atilt ... :confused: ...

The windows you describe are only in that position when you open them.

[Front_Porch]

Ok, am I being dumb? How does the heat stay in? Are they shaped like wedges with the thick edge on the bottom?

ali r.
{downtown broker}

[lofter1]

lol ^^^

The windows are structurally set at an angle -- solid triangular pieces on the sides / flat rectangular piece on the bottom.

Weird little angle at the bottom where the out-set window meets the floor -- great for trapping dust, but beyond that what's the point?

[pianoman11686]

From http://cityrealty.com/new_developments:

Granite facade at 48 Bond Street will have slanted windows 17-JAN-07

http://www.cityrealty.com/graphics/uploads/1169066256_bond48a.jpg

The design by Deborah Berke & Partners Architects LLP for the planned 11-story residential condominium building at 48 Bond Street will incorporate some windows that slant downwards and project outwards from the facade.

Construction is now underway at the site where Dabon LLC, of which Donald Capoccia is a principal, plans to create 17 apartments, three of which he will keep as a triplex penthouse for himself.

David Gross of GF55 is the executive architect and Romy Goldman of Gold Development is the development manager.

The building, which is on a cobblestone street, will have a 7-story base with a dark granite facade and the upper floors are setback and have floor-to-ceiling windows. The building will have a large swimming pool in the basement with a high, undulating ceiling. Prices are anticipated to begin at about $2 million and the building is expected to be completed by about the end of the year.

The building will have an entrance marquee. It is a few feet to the east of 40 Bond Street, another new residential condominium project whose facade on Bond Street has recently been enclosed although not yet finished with the curved green glass elements designed by Herzog & de Meuron for the developer, Ian Schrager.

Another large new project on the same cobblestone block, 25 Bond Street, is entirely wrapped in shrouds.

The site at 48 Bond Street had been used as a parking lot and storage yard for Great Jones Lumber Yard and it is not far from the handsome and curved residential condominium building at 57 Bond Street on the southwest corner at The Bowery that was recently completed.

Deborah Berke designed the recently opened Marianne Boesky Gallery in Chelsea next to the High Line and the 21C Museum Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky.

A previous design by Marvin Meltzer for the site for the developer contained 29 apartments.

[pianoman11686]

I really like this building, especially how it looks in that^ rendering. It's contextual alright, but it's got its own identity.

[lofter1]

In a couple of years (maybe after they get around to re-laying the Belgian block streetbed) this block will be quite the swanky spot.

:cool:

[ablarc]

What's with that ground floor?

[ablarc]

What's with that ground floor?
Oh ... it's the lap pool hogging the street frontage. Cool?

[londonlawyer]

Was there an empty lot on this site previously?

[lofter1]

Parking lot ^^^

Except this site goes through full-block to Great Jones. On Bond it's a double-lot plot ~ 50' wide; on Great Jones it's a single 25' lot where there is / was an old two-story brick structure that housed a lumber yard (and which is being incorporated into the new building, although they haven't razed the Great Jones building completely as of yet).

The new building will sit on an "L"-shaped plot -- full-block width on the south and half-block width on the north.

[HGNY]

I talked with a broker earlier this week and they said that the sales office for 48 bond was going to be on the ground floor of 50 bond.

I walked by the site this morning. Busy construction going on. It also looked like the sales office may be open but I didn't get a chance to really look.

[lofter1]

Aha -- I thought the reno at street level @ 50 Bond was for a new gallery -- but sales room for 48 makes sense.

From the looks of it they're in the final stages of reno for that space.

[Front_Porch]

I can't wait to show this one . . .

ali r.
{downtown broker}

[lofter1]

Meanwhile ^^^ you'll have to settle for construction photos ...

From October, digging out the foundation:

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p242/Lofter1/Bond%20Street/48Bond_01-1.jpg

December, foundation in:

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p242/Lofter1/Bond%20Street/48Bond_03a.jpg

This week, a big crew at work laying rebar at street level:

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p242/Lofter1/Bond%20Street/48Bond_05a.jpg

[HGNY]

Looks like the web site up.

It lists only three availabilities. Either they are holding stuff back or they sold a lot of it before they even opened the site.

What do people think of the prices for that area?

[bigkdc]

I am not a big fan of the floor plans (wish they had split BRs and they seem to waste a lot of space) but at ~1400 psf that aint bad given the location and building amenities and what seem to be very nice finishes...

[lofter1]

Check out this Floorplan for a 4th Floor unit: http://www.48bond.com/floorplans/48BOND_Plans_4B.pdf

It faces north (not towards Bond Street).

Now look at the pictures above of the construction site.

The windows in the two bedrooms will be just a few feet away from the existing building behind this one.

At least the Living Room windows will look out over the open space above the low rise building (which is part of this site).

But this could be a fairly dark unit all around.

Note that this 4th Floor unit ^^^ is asking ~ $1,370 / sf

The larger 3rd Floor south-facing unit is asking ~ $1,384 / sf

The larger 6th Floor south-facing unit is asking ~ $1,462 / sf

[lofter1]

And the views they show (particularly to the north) won't be seen unless you're on one of the very upper set-back floors ...

Across Bond Street are a set of old Federal Era brick buildings that hopefully won't go anywhere soon -- plus Bleecker street (one block south) is part of the NoHo Historic District (see map below) -- so southern views from the south-facing units onto Bond Street should be a safer bet.

You can see the peaked roof of one of the Federal era buildings at the farthest right in this picture of a new-ish building at 57 Bond (2002; on the corner of Bond / Bowery -- there's a 2-story garage between them and this) ...

http://www.meltzermandl.com/projects/urban-proj/57bond/57BondSt.jpg

TAnd the snow covered rooftop of one can be seen here ...

http://www.nohomanhattan.org/007Winterscape3.JPG
The Landmarked Bond St. Savings Bank (Bowerie Lane Theater), Built 1873,
Photographed from Bleecker Rooftop, 2003 http://www.nohomanhattan.org/

Somewhat surprisingly, this block of Bond Steet is not within either of the two currently designated parts of the NoHo Historic District, although adding this block and the block of Great Jones to the north is contemplated ...

http://www.hdc.org/img/nohomap.jpg http://www.hdc.org/img/nohoKey.jpg

Map ^^^ from Historic District Council (http://www.hdc.org/neighborhoodatriskNoHo.htm)

NoHo Zoning

Double click \/ on map for full size copy

http://www.nohomanhattan.org/NoHo%20Zones%2005_small.JPG (http://www.nohomanhattan.org/NoHo%20Zones%2005.JPG)

[finnman69]

Check out this Floorplan for a 4th Floor unit: http://www.48bond.com/floorplans/48BOND_Plans_4B.pdf

It faces north (not towards Bond Street).

Now look at the pictures above of the construction site.

The windows in the two bedrooms will be just a few feet away from the existing building behind this one.



Definitely will be a dark apartment. Who ever buys these units better get some nice blinds for these bedrooms unless they are exhibitionists!

[HGNY]

The office is open as well.

Stopped by briefly. That have a pretty model of the building and some nice photos (photos seem to be basically the same from the web site).

Picked up a brochure.

Unfortunately, for me, nothing quite fit my requirements.

[lofter1]

Across Bond Street are a set of old Federal Era brick buildings that hopefully won't go anywhere soon -- plus Bleecker street (one block south) is part of the NoHo Historic District (see map below) -- so southern views from the south-facing units onto Bond Street should be a safer bet.


Some pics of the (non-Landmarked) south side of Bond Street across from 48 Bond ...

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p242/Lofter1/Bond%20Street/Bond_01b.jpg

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p242/Lofter1/Bond%20Street/Bond_01c.jpg

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http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p242/Lofter1/Bond%20Street/Bond_01e.jpg

And the Landmarked stretch of Bleecker; these buildings back-up onto the Bond Street buildings ...

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p242/Lofter1/Bond%20Street/Bond_01f.jpg

[ablarc]

^ Needs a little TLC.

[lofter1]

From curbed (http://www.curbed.com/archives/2007/02/16/getting_your_toes_wet_at_48_bond.php) ...

Getting Your Toes Wet at 48 Bond
Friday, February 16, 2007, by ROK88

http://www.curbed.com/2007_01_48BondPool1.JPG
[The pool at the construction site for Deborah Berke's 48 Bond in Noho]

With all the talk about pools in the sky (http://www.curbed.com/archives/2007/01/30/nortens_1_york_update_2_pool_party.php), we thought it prudent to remind ourselves that NYC always offers an alternative. That's no regular foundation they're digging at the new residential condo going up at 48 Bond Street in Noho. No way. As we reported a while back (http://www.curbed.com/archives/2007/01/17/development_du_jour_48_bond.php) this is going to be one sweet little swimming hole, the most serene and tranquil lap pool this side of 40 Mercer (http://www.curbed.com/archives/2005/09/15/development_du_jour_40_mercer.php) . And better yet, this one will be at street level (all the better for those quick snack runs to the new Whole Foods (http://www.curbed.com/archives/2006/09/18/whole_foods_update_brace_yourself_for_april.php) opening soon just around the corner).

http://www.curbed.com/2007_01_48BondPool2.JPG
[A rendering of the pool at 48 Bond]

The sales office has opened up right next door at 50 Bond. It's got all sorts of goodies: Full scale mock-ups of the Master Bath (lots of watery tile everywhere) and the Guest Bath (with some beauteous wood-grained porcelain tile). Plus there's a cute little model of the whole building, complete with those crazy canted windows.

Some folks have voiced concern that the "rear" units at 48 Bond will be butt-up against their neighbor on Great Jones Street, making them all dark and gloomy. But not to worry. The developer grabbed up some air rights by incorporating an adjoining lot facing Great Jones, which will secure scads of precious NYC light and air. And architect Deborah Berke has set the whole building on a pedestal, creating a nifty terrace at the rear. Perfect for getting some sunshine into the north-facing units at the back. Worried about privacy? Hey! This is New York. Get over it. But come to think of it, anyone who is considering buying here might want to settle in for another viewing of Hitchcock's Rear Window.

http://www.curbed.com/2007_01_48BondNorth2a.JPG

http://www.curbed.com/2007_01_48BondNorth1.JPG
[Views of the model of 48 Bond showing the north facade]

· Development Du Jour: 48 Bond (http://www.curbed.com/archives/2007/01/17/development_du_jour_48_bond.php) [Curbed]
· On the Market: 48 Bond #6A (http://www.curbed.com/archives/2007/01/31/on_the_market_48_bond_apt_6a.php) [Curbed]
· [/URL][Official Site]
· [URL="http://www.curbed.com/archives/2007/01/30/nortens_1_york_update_2_pool_party.php"]Norten's 1 York Update #2: Pool Party! (http://www.48bond.com/) [Curbed]

[pianoman11686]

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Stu_Jo's photostream (http://www.flickr.com/photos/15937237@N00/)

[lofter1]

The rains have cleaned all the grit off of the newly installed granite facade here --

The stone looks great -- an unpolished finish which reveals lots of variation in shine and color ...

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p242/Lofter1/Bond%20Street/48Bond_18b.jpg

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p242/Lofter1/Bond%20Street/48Bond_18c.jpg

Plus a BONUS Sneak Peak down into the Pool ...

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p242/Lofter1/Bond%20Street/48Bond_17b.jpg

[pianoman11686]

6/23:

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r260/pianoman11686/SA700024.jpg

[stache]

Great how these buildings are blending into the street.

[lofter1]

I talked to a longtime resident of this block of Bond Street the other day -- word is that the City is going to be re-doing the Belgian Block on the street sometime soon ("June") ...

This is truly going to be one of the choicest and most visually interesting blocks around.

[ablarc]

^ And all those restaurants within a short walk...

[lofter1]

A new restaurant opened recently across from 48 Bond at 45 Bond ...

It's called Mercat (http://eater.com/archives/2007/03/eater_inside_me.php) and is right next door to Il Buco (http://www.ilbuco.com/restaurant.html) (which has been around for a decade or so). Although I've not yet eaten at Mercat I think I'll like it (once I give them the chance to work out some kinks) ...

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p242/Lofter1/Bond%20Street/45Bond_01a_Mercat.jpg

Mercat

45 Bond St.
212-529-8600

The New Yorker (http://www.newyorker.com/arts/reviews/tables/2007/06/04/070604gota_GOAT_tables_thompson)
by Andrea Thompson
June 4, 2007

This new tapas restaurant suffered a delay prior to its début, so, on a recent evening, not long after its doors finally opened, it seemed like a celebration in the packed dining room. A slim young man, dressed in a sharp suit with his shirt unbuttoned to his solar plexus, strode in, blowing kisses left and right; meanwhile, the sommelier — also cousin to the owner, helmer of the ham-and-cheese station, and sometime manager — instructed a couple of tables on how to drink, Catalan-style, from a two-spouted flask, holding it high and pouring the wine in a thin stream into his mouth. Perhaps overly invigorated by the lesson, one young woman leapt from her table and exhorted the diners at another to try her wine. They politely declined.

The space — narrow and high-ceilinged, with exposed-brick walls, an elegant mezzanine lined with wine racks, and a tiled partition around the open kitchen — doesn’t exactly dampen the noise, and the Euro-frat-party atmosphere might turn away some diners. But it’s possible to find reasons to enter the fray. The serious missteps — skewers of bitter snails, absent the promised accompaniment of chorizo; tough razor clams that belied the commonly held belief that bacon, here in the form of a vinaigrette, makes anything better — wouldn’t be so disappointing if the kitchen didn’t also demonstrate the ability to turn out precisely executed marvels. Sweetbreads, crisply coated outside and meltingly tender inside, were set on a bed of slightly sweet fennel; a mixed-green salad was tossed with a dressing made of twenty-five-year-old sherry, dried fruit, and nuts, giving it both crunch and tang. A special dish of chickpeas, mixed with blood sausage, apricot, mint, and star anise, seemed like a delicate tribute to Moorish Spain. The inconsistency is pervasive: a server had the lineage of a pig down pat (“This comes from black-footed pigs on the Iberian peninsula, who eat only acorns. You’ll really taste the nutty flavor”) but hesitated over distinguishing Manchego from an Alt Urgell.

The pedigree of Mercat is promising: the owner, Jaime Reixach, is a Barcelona native; his chefs, David Seigal and Ryan Lowder, have experience in the kitchens of both Spain and New York, at Jean Georges. But the impressive credentials didn’t ameliorate the final taste — merely passable churros (it’s hard to foul up sugary fried dough) with a chocolate dipping sauce that had the odd flavor of old leather. (Open Mondays through Saturdays for dinner. Entrées $7-$19.) ♦

[ablarc]

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6/23:

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r260/pianoman11686/SA700024.jpg
Looked more interesting before they put that last panel in place.

.

[lofter1]

48 Bond Gets Some Wonky Windows

CURBED (http://curbed.com/archives/2007/08/13/48_bond_gets_some_wonky_windows.php#more)
Monday, August 13, 2007, by ROK88

http://curbed.com/2007_08_48BondWindows1.JPG

What with the obsessive attention (http://curbed.com/archives/2007/06/14/40_bond_graffiti_gate_update_yes_were_obsessed.php ) we've slathered upon the trees (http://curbed.com/archives/2007/07/10/40_bond_update_schrager_gets_his_trees.php) and gates (http://curbed.com/archives/2007/07/03/40_bond_graffitigate_update_the_gates_are_in.php)
and art (http://curbed.com/archives/2007/07/20/40_bond_update_schragers_homage_to_haring.php) and all (http://curbed.com/archives/2007/06/28/big_bust_on_bond_street_keeping_out_the_riff_raff. php) over at 40 Bond we've somehow missed the latest right up
the block at 48 Bond where Deborah Berke's big black box (http://curbed.com/archives/2007/05/24/48_bond_by_berke_goes_black.php) of condos is
rising. When we weren't looking Berke's crew installed the metal frames for
her much touted canted windows. It's all starting to look bold and strong.
It could actually become the elegant composition (http://curbed.com/archives/2007/01/17/development_du_jour_48_bond.php) it claims to be. But what
we're wondering is how often do you have to wash those slanted slabs of
glass? Or maybe now that Bond Street has gone all slick and fancy NoHo's
grit and grime will just slide right off.

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· 40 Bond Graffiti Gate Update: Yes, We're Obsessed (http://curbed.com/archives/2007/06/14/40_bond_graffiti_gate_update_yes_were_obsessed.php ) [Curbed]
· 40 Bond Update: Schrager Gets His Trees (http://curbed.com/archives/2007/07/10/40_bond_update_schrager_gets_his_trees.php) [Curbed]
· 40 Bond GraffitiGate Update: The Gates are In (http://curbed.com/archives/2007/07/03/40_bond_graffitigate_update_the_gates_are_in.php) [Curbed]
· 40 Bond Update: Schrager's Homage to Haring (http://curbed.com/archives/2007/07/20/40_bond_update_schragers_homage_to_haring.php) [Curbed]
· Big Bust on Bond Street: Keeping Out the Riff Raff (http://curbed.com/archives/2007/06/28/big_bust_on_bond_street_keeping_out_the_riff_raff. php) [Curbed]
· 48 Bond By Berke Goes Black (http://curbed.com/archives/2007/05/24/48_bond_by_berke_goes_black.php) [Curbed]
· Development Du Jour: 48 Bond (http://curbed.com/archives/2007/01/17/development_du_jour_48_bond.php) [Curbed]


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[infoshare]

The bond street reportage - by both WiredNY & Curbed - has been excellent. If you do not take all this blatant materialism too seriously; the bond street news coverage has been fun and informative reading.

As for the aesthetics of 48 Bond street: I would rate this GREAT ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN.

[Fabrizio]

Aesthetic judgements from one who writes in oversize purple typeface?

[lofter1]

A commenter at CURBED makes a good point about the placement / orientation of the windows / panes of glass ...


Idiotic. The more perpendicular with rays of sunlight your windows are, the more heat penetrates your apartment. Be prepared to crank the AC just a tad.

Here's a design from another school of thought:

http://www.wired.com/culture/design/magazine/15-08/pl_home# (http://www.wired.com/culture/design/magazine/15-08/pl_home#)

*


Here's how that ^^^ project dealt with the windows :

Condo Architect Angles for Energy Savings With Tilted-Window Design
http://www.wired.com/images/article/magazine/1508/pl_home_f.jpg

Look up at the sun. (Ouch!) Now look down at the ground. (Ahhh.) That pretty much sums up architect Jeanne Gang's breathtakingly simple approach to reducing energy use in Windermere West, a 26-story condominium destined for Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood. She tilted two-thirds of the south-facing floor-to-ceiling windows away from the sun, letting the structure make its own shade — no duckbill protrusions required. It's mainly a summertime strategy: The hottest sun of the year is also the highest in the sky — and typically coincides with the most expensive electricity. The sawtooth design creates balconies that block direct midday sun, decreasing the need for power-hungry air-conditioning. In winter, when the sun is lower, rays pass through the windows to warm the interior. Gang worked with engineering powerhouse Arup to calibrate the facade. Using a computer model, they gradually angled the glass until they hit the sweet spot — skewed enough to keep living rooms from baking, but not so much that they feel like the inside of a boat. The magic number for Chicago's latitude? Exactly 71 degrees. Which should also be the temperature inside.

[lofter1]

How 48 Bond might look if Berke had teamed up with Gang ...

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p242/Lofter1/Bond%20Street/48Bond_20a7_2Inv_800.jpg

[Skylimitone]

Is this building completed? Looked like it was almost done in December.

[lofter1]

They're still working on it --

The north facade of 48 Bond (which can be partially seen from Great Jones Street) is still "under wraps".

[brianac]

Updated On 04/21/08 at 03:16PM

$20 million in sales at 48 Bond close


http://s3.amazonaws.com/trd_three/images/32475/Bond48_articlebox.jpg (http://ny.therealdeal.com/assets/32475) 48 Bond Street


By Adam Pincus

The first seven sales at the swanky 48 Bond Street, a newly constructed co-op building, officially closed with the city last month, according to records posted by the Department of Finance today.

While the 11-story, 14-unit building, which was built by Gold Development, is sold out, the records offer the first glimpse into how much the units are going for. Sales for those units totaled $20 million with prices ranging from $1.9 million to $4.9 million.

The sleek, black granite-and-glass structure was designed by Deborah Berke & Partners Architects and marketed by Stribling.

It is one of several luxury buildings that has transformed the short street just north of Houston. The project sits next to hotelier Ian Schrager's high profile and much-buzzed about 40 Bond and across the way from 25 Bond.

Residents began moving into 48 Bond a few weeks ago. A duplex penthouse unit is being reserved for the sponsor, according to the developers.


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