Reply With QuoteIt's more a 1.5x height floor than a 2x height floor, and yes they're leaving it in the dust - doesn't appear to be receiving any special treatment.
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Yup, am I crazy or are they clearing the double-height floor a LOT faster than they had said (2 months?)?
It's more a 1.5x height floor than a 2x height floor, and yes they're leaving it in the dust - doesn't appear to be receiving any special treatment.
They've been pumping concrete up top since before 7 AM today however still no crane jump yet.
I'd say they're preparing to...Originally Posted by BrooklynLove
Also, they've already started framing the second floor above the setback on the east side of the building. You can see it from Fulton St by the McDs.
I saw that crane extension parked on Spruce this morning. Getting Big
It's starting to eclipse the Chase tower ...
From down below it really glistens in the morning sun (much more so than is apparent in the photos) ...
And it's growing fast ...
The east face is showing lots of style ...
Juxtaposed with the old Federal Reserve Building farther downtown along William Street ...
8 Spruce
^ Gorgeous beyond belief.
You can already see how the light is going to play with the surface of this one.
I really have my fingers crossed that they do something more exciting with that corner missing a column than slap up some cinder block and have it look like all the other corners. It's begging for something interesting like a large glass patch or some such. I don't recall this corner being shown well in the renderings, but here's hoping.
The lower corners all have poured concrete columns, so it would be very odd to erect this upper portion with open corners and then box them in with blocks after the fact.
I'm with you: A glassed corner up high will really make the upper floors float above the rest -- and look frigging excellent, to boot.
I'm loving this building. Gives newfound meaning to morning wood.
thank you Roldan, Lofter and Zip. Great stuff today.
You're very welcome! Speaking of the other photos, the ones from brooklyn are great and are going to be really sick when this thing is done. Also, is it me, or does it look like the top setback is moved south on the east wing? The corner column just looks like it's in a really strange place.
How much does everyone think these apts will go for?
I think I read somewhere what they anticipated the rents to be (this was pre-bubble popping), but I can't find it.
Assuming the market is plateaued when it opens (are there new projections to completion date?):
studio: 2300 - $2600
1 bedroom: 2,800 - $3,800
2 bedroom: 4,000 - $7,000
3 bedroom: 6,000 - $10,000
The higher end is for apts on high floors, such as 50+. These apts will also likely have incentives such as months free, allowing the advertising of a lower "net effective" rent. Meaning, the prices I have listed are base prices.
What does everyone else think?
(PS: These are merely the prices I think they will aim for, not what I believe to be fair market value)
A few days ago from/near the Bridge
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