Reply With QuoteIt is clad in yellow, as are the hot models.
I was hoping this building would make better use of the odd angles of the intersection.
André Balazs Shows Off His New Beaver
Tue Nov 21, 2006
No, not that kind of beaver. We're talking about Andre 's newest residential project, The William Beaver House. God you people are so Junior High.
Now we don't usually spend time talking about Manhattan residential real estate development but we do have two good reasons to let you know about André Balazs's building plans for a ground-up "downtown lodge and residence" at the corner of William and Beaver streets.
· His plans call for bringing full fledged hotel living to downtown New York.
· We were in attendance at yesterday's preview lunch, which was hosted by André himself.
At the preview lunch, André and co had 4 Hanover Street (essentially rented promo space) tricked out to look like the proposed lobby/lounge of the William Beaver House. Modelesque waitresses flitted about serving cocktails in yellow uniforms--it appears yellow is the project's signature color.
The crowd was treated to a buffet-style lunch which was followed by a short speech by André. Actually it wasn't a speech. Instead, he played a Roger Rabbit-style movie that consisted solely of him talking to an animated black beaver. (We kid you not. If you think we are making it up, we will gladly upload the .mov from the usb tchotchke they gave us.)
Essentially, André informed his new beaver friend, who grips a martini glass and blinks impatiently, about the luxury services inspired by hotel living that will be found in the building.
Plenty of photos and more Beaver House talk post jump.
Now, since we are newish to the real estate game, we needed some clarification on a "downtown lodge and residence." According to AB, it seems to be a condo complex where you can subscribe a la carte to a myriad of different services, including, but not limited to: in-home technology repair, pay as you go rent-a-car, maid service, laundry valet, dog walking, etc. Furthermore, services like free WiFi, a 24-hour concierge, and a lap pool will be available to all residents.
The suites themselves, which are for sale, include an attaché kitchen, a space-saving murphy office, and voyeur showers that do come with louvered walls--yup, offering a closed setting to these open bathrooms has proven important at many hotels.
One extremely interesting bit of info, André claimed the lobby/lodge/common area (aka "Fireside") will be open to the public and provide cocktail service, just like a hotel lobby, unless it proves unmanageable. Can't wait to watch that play out.
The sales office will open on Monday November 27 and our friends at Curbed have this to say about pricing:
The sales office, slated to open November 20, will serve up apartments from $890,000 for a one-bedroom to $2.5 million for the penthouse with terrace, which if you're going to be serious about this whole impress-your-junior-Goldman colleagues thing, is really the only way to go.
Let's cut to the chase shall we? Long time readers know we are fans of many AB Properties hotels, so it was great to be able to talk hotel shop with André for five minutes. While he didn't drop many hints as to where his next hotel will be located, some folks in the crowd suggested that we sniff around London. As always, our ears are firmly planted on the ground. Stay tuned.
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It is clad in yellow, as are the hot models.
I was hoping this building would make better use of the odd angles of the intersection.
concerning the website:
Supercharging????? I am as much of a meathead as anyone, but supercharging...come on.
Also do Half-naked, anime-inspired, towel-wearing, kung-fu-watching, hot-tubing supermodels come with the building? If not, I expect to see a lot of middle-aged dudes wandering around looking for the "sexy" and finding....guys willing to "wrestle" in the fitness center (not that there is anything wrong with that)
"The William Beaver Experience" looks like they got Austin Powers to create Borat's idea of NYC.
DON'T miss it!
http://www.williambeaver.com/
Something about this makes me very very sad... And I though I had seen it all in this damn city.Originally Posted by Fabrizio
Some of those cartoons are somewhere in between tacky and idiotic.
Well, they've created a first:
million dollar apartments for losers.
http://www.myspace.com/williambeaver
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Ready for downtown:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=vuQzFo3eJqk
The groundlevel is very dull and adds nothing to enliven the streetscape.
Just a bad design.
o my gurrrr ...
William Beaver
Male
38 years old
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
United States
Wonder why they decided WB was to be 38
I guess he's a Super Beaver (life span of your normal beaver is 16-20 years).
How old is Balazs?Wonder why they decided WB was to be 38
This whole project is just becoming too weird for me, and the design is nothing to write home about. I'd like to see this generate little buying interest and be taken over by another developer.
gawker has labeled this joint a "condorm"
Is this NYC's version of LA's Chateau Marmont?
http://www.andrebalazsproperties.com/
Face it, his stuff is always a cut above average.
You want a not-so-boring developer? Here's your not-so-boring developer.
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