There are currently three major upscale housing developments in progress in the East Village ... each of which will have a retail component:
• 21 Jupiter
A 4,300-square-foot TB Bank branch has inked a deal here at Second Avenue and East First Street. And there are those Mars bar comeback rumors too.
• The Jefferson
There are two retail spaces available here on East 14th Street at the former Mystery Lot...
• 84 Third Ave.
As far as we know, there aren't any deals in place yet for 84 Third Ave., the 12 story retail-residential combo coming to the corner of East 12th Street.
There you have all that.
So let's take a look back at three recent developments to see how the retail component fared...
• 2 Cooper Square
The retail space remains empty... and on the market since the apartments hit the market in 2009...
• 52 E. 4th Street
The retail portion of the 15 stories of condo on the Bowery and East Fourth Street sat empty, save a few odd pop-up shops (remember Bowery Bazaar in 2009?)... until plans for a 7-Eleven were eventually unveiled ... the convenience store opened on Dec. 23, 2011.
• The Copper Building
The retail space here on Avenue B and East 13th Street remained vacant for several years until the East Side 99¢ shop moved in last October.
So, the three high-end developments have yielded a 7-Eleven and a 99-cent shop (which relocated from around the corner). Residents are willing to pay big money to live here, but retailers aren't as interested to follow suit... What's going on here?
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Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Monday, February 25, 2013
Ads for The Jefferson mock your crummy apartment
Last Wednesday, we noted the new ad campaign for The Jefferson, the condo going up now at the former Mystery Lot... we saw the ads on the East 13th Street side plywood ... there are also a few different ads now on the East 14th Street plywood ... such as!
...and...
The last one there is likely meant to be playful... like those Manhattan Mini-Storage ads that read "Why leave a city that has six professional sports teams, and also the Mets?" Still. Really?
Previously on EV Grieve:
City approves new building for Mystery Lot
The Mystery Lot likely facing a luxurious end
The last days of the Mystery Lot
Before it was the Mystery Lot
The Mystery Lot developers using famous dead comedians to sell condos at The Jefferson
...and...
The last one there is likely meant to be playful... like those Manhattan Mini-Storage ads that read "Why leave a city that has six professional sports teams, and also the Mets?" Still. Really?
Previously on EV Grieve:
City approves new building for Mystery Lot
The Mystery Lot likely facing a luxurious end
The last days of the Mystery Lot
Before it was the Mystery Lot
The Mystery Lot developers using famous dead comedians to sell condos at The Jefferson
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
The Mystery Lot developers using famous dead comedians to sell condos at The Jefferson
As you know, the Mystery Lot, the long-empty weed-filled lot off East 14th Street near Third Avenue, will soon be home to an eight-story, 83-unit luxury condo building.
For years, the land here was home to the Jefferson Theatre, which opened in 1913 as a B.F. Keith's vaudeville theater. The Cinema Treasures crew believe the Jefferson was in operation until 1977, when it ended its run as an XXX theater showing fare billed as "the adult film bonanza" for $1.99. The abandoned theater was demolished in 2000, and The Mystery Lot was born.
[Undated photo via]
Last night, a reader passed along a poster on the plywood outside the construction site, which shows how the new residences are being marketed.
Yes, you, too, "can live on a site once inhabited by W.C. Fields, Mae West, the Marx Brothers, Burns & Allen, Milton Berle and Jack Benny!"
This pitch will likely appeal to my grandmother, though can't say the same for your average condo buyer looking for private rooftop cabana terraces, a feature of six of the deluxe spaces.
There's also a teaser site now where you can register for information on "21st Century living in the heart of Olde New York."
Per previously released materials, shared building amenities include a library, fitness center, residents and business lounges, and a rooftop terrace with an outdoor kitchen. Perhaps there will even be Marx Brothers Film Festivals on the roof.
Find more on the old building's history at Jeremiah's Vanishing New York.
Previously on EV Grieve:
City approves new building for Mystery Lot
The Mystery Lot likely facing a luxurious end
The last days of the Mystery Lot
Before it was the Mystery Lot
For years, the land here was home to the Jefferson Theatre, which opened in 1913 as a B.F. Keith's vaudeville theater. The Cinema Treasures crew believe the Jefferson was in operation until 1977, when it ended its run as an XXX theater showing fare billed as "the adult film bonanza" for $1.99. The abandoned theater was demolished in 2000, and The Mystery Lot was born.
[Undated photo via]
Last night, a reader passed along a poster on the plywood outside the construction site, which shows how the new residences are being marketed.
Yes, you, too, "can live on a site once inhabited by W.C. Fields, Mae West, the Marx Brothers, Burns & Allen, Milton Berle and Jack Benny!"
This pitch will likely appeal to my grandmother, though can't say the same for your average condo buyer looking for private rooftop cabana terraces, a feature of six of the deluxe spaces.
There's also a teaser site now where you can register for information on "21st Century living in the heart of Olde New York."
Per previously released materials, shared building amenities include a library, fitness center, residents and business lounges, and a rooftop terrace with an outdoor kitchen. Perhaps there will even be Marx Brothers Film Festivals on the roof.
Find more on the old building's history at Jeremiah's Vanishing New York.
Previously on EV Grieve:
City approves new building for Mystery Lot
The Mystery Lot likely facing a luxurious end
The last days of the Mystery Lot
Before it was the Mystery Lot
Monday, February 18, 2013
Mystery Lot no longer recognizable
As these photos by EV Grieve Former Mystery Lot Correspondent Katja show... our little graffiti- and weed-filled lot is all grown up now.. on its way to becoming an eight-story, 83-unit luxury condo building.
They can't take our memories, though.
Thursday, February 7, 2013
[Updated] Water main break on East 13th Street
@evgrieve huge water main break on 13th&2nd!! Flooding fast ! twitter.com/whiskandanchor…
— melissa (@whiskandanchor) February 7, 2013
1:24
Apparently the water is coming from the Mystery Lot construction site!
1:27
The NYPD is on the scene!
[Via @whiskandanchor]
1:44
A shot from East 13th Street, where a water main broke ... water still bubbling up from the depths... FDNY on the scene... photo via Marjorie Ingall
2:11
Report from the scene: The bubbling water has subsided. An inch or so at its deepest on East 13th Street...
2:23
Some photos via EVG reader Katja a little earlier ...
Con Ed is at the scene... and gave the all clear on electric and gas... However, an unknown number of residents will be without water for several days, according to what officials told Katja.
3:17
DEP on the scene ... photos via Katja...
4:55
Workers are digging into the guilty party...
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Speaking of East Village lots...
Former Mystery Lot update! With an old-fashioned time lapse showing the progress...
Thanks, as always, to EVG regular Katja for these photos... Previously.
Thanks, as always, to EVG regular Katja for these photos... Previously.
Sunday, January 27, 2013
Week in Grieview
[East 13th Street near Avenue A yesterday]
RIP M15 Select bus flashing blue lights (Tuesday)
Third Rail Coffee opening soon on East 10th Street (Thursday)
The Immigrant is expanding, but Mermaid Inn isn't (Wednesday)
The latest on the No 7-11 campaign (Wednesday ... Thursday ... Friday)
More FroFuckingYo (Tuesday)
There are a lot of Yorkies named Max around here, apparently (Thursday)
... and Kita the Wonder Dag of East 10th Street responds (Friday)
Mystery Lot replacement rises (Tuesday)
Olde Good Things opening on the Bowery (Friday)
Here's the trailer for the new Coen Brothers movie, filmed in part in the East Village (Thursday)
Barney got his ass kicked on East 13th Street (Tuesday)
Jane has worked with NYU students, gypsies and dogs (Wednesday)
Another East Village record store closes (Tuesday)
The Amazing Spider-Man in action on East 12th Street (Sunday)
This alleged shoplifter bit people after stealing Jimmy Choo boots (Thursday)
It was cold (Wednesday)
RIP M15 Select bus flashing blue lights (Tuesday)
Third Rail Coffee opening soon on East 10th Street (Thursday)
The Immigrant is expanding, but Mermaid Inn isn't (Wednesday)
The latest on the No 7-11 campaign (Wednesday ... Thursday ... Friday)
More Fro
There are a lot of Yorkies named Max around here, apparently (Thursday)
... and Kita the Wonder Dag of East 10th Street responds (Friday)
Mystery Lot replacement rises (Tuesday)
Olde Good Things opening on the Bowery (Friday)
Here's the trailer for the new Coen Brothers movie, filmed in part in the East Village (Thursday)
Barney got his ass kicked on East 13th Street (Tuesday)
Jane has worked with NYU students, gypsies and dogs (Wednesday)
Another East Village record store closes (Tuesday)
The Amazing Spider-Man in action on East 12th Street (Sunday)
This alleged shoplifter bit people after stealing Jimmy Choo boots (Thursday)
It was cold (Wednesday)
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Mystery Lot replacement starting to show itself on East 13th Street
While standing on East 14th Street near Third Avenue... you can see the noticeable progress of the new eight-story, 83-unit luxury condo building.
Not so much on East 13th Street though... until now... As you can just make out a few things starting to rise above the plywood...
Meanwhile, for a time-lapse of sorts aerial view... courtesy of EVG reader Katja...
And, of course, how it will look one day on East 13th Street...
[Via Curbed]
Previously on EV Grieve:
City approves new building for Mystery Lot
The Mystery Lot likely facing a luxurious end
The last days of the Mystery Lot
Friday, January 11, 2013
Is an 11-story building in Avenue C and East 14th Street's future?
Our Mystery Building Tour continues... on Wednesday, we looked at the activity happening at the long dormant 6 Avenue B ... today, we turn our attention to the corner of Avenue C and East 14th Street...
The R&S Strauss auto parts store here closed in the spring of 2009. And nothing has happened with the building since then (save the addition of more graffiti...)
According to the Massey Knakal Web site, the building was sold in January 2009 for $12.3 million. As the site noted: "The lot measures 114’9” x 88’and has a total buildable square footage of approximately 36,125 sq. ft. for residential use or 68,262 sq. ft. for a community facility, which will likely be the ultimate use of the property."
Turns out the buyer was Arun Bhatia, who currently has plans in place for a dorm at the former 35 Cooper Square. And the developer filed plans for a new 11-story building here on Dec. 23, 2009, per DOB records. The City disapproved the plans later in 2010. They are apparently still pending.
We've heard nothing of these plans the past two-plus years. And, perhaps, this isn't the best time to be building an 11-story residential building here. After all, this intersection suffered the worst flooding in the neighborhood the night of Superstorm Sandy.
[Photo by Jane Israelson Rubin via Facebook]
On that topic, we've asked several people who live nearby if they've seen anyone in this building following Sandy. No one has. So is there, say, 10 feet of water in the basement here?
Regardless, this is another corner ripe for development. As Jeremiah Moss wrote about R&S back in May 2008, this corner represents "an opening for the overall Meatpacking effect that is rippling up and down this main artery to reach deep into the East Village. The site has 'flagship opportunity' written all over it."
Some day, for sure.
The R&S Strauss auto parts store here closed in the spring of 2009. And nothing has happened with the building since then (save the addition of more graffiti...)
According to the Massey Knakal Web site, the building was sold in January 2009 for $12.3 million. As the site noted: "The lot measures 114’9” x 88’and has a total buildable square footage of approximately 36,125 sq. ft. for residential use or 68,262 sq. ft. for a community facility, which will likely be the ultimate use of the property."
Turns out the buyer was Arun Bhatia, who currently has plans in place for a dorm at the former 35 Cooper Square. And the developer filed plans for a new 11-story building here on Dec. 23, 2009, per DOB records. The City disapproved the plans later in 2010. They are apparently still pending.
We've heard nothing of these plans the past two-plus years. And, perhaps, this isn't the best time to be building an 11-story residential building here. After all, this intersection suffered the worst flooding in the neighborhood the night of Superstorm Sandy.
[Photo by Jane Israelson Rubin via Facebook]
On that topic, we've asked several people who live nearby if they've seen anyone in this building following Sandy. No one has. So is there, say, 10 feet of water in the basement here?
Regardless, this is another corner ripe for development. As Jeremiah Moss wrote about R&S back in May 2008, this corner represents "an opening for the overall Meatpacking effect that is rippling up and down this main artery to reach deep into the East Village. The site has 'flagship opportunity' written all over it."
Some day, for sure.
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
East Village stories to watch in 2013 (Part 1)
• The reopening of St. Brigid's on Avenue B
[From October]
The restoration/renovation of the historic Avenue B church is winding down after several years... last we heard from a St. Brigid's watcher, the church is expected to reopen in the first few months of this year... and we can't wait to see the inside... Bonus question: Will neighbors ever get used to the bells?
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• Filling in the Mystery Lot
Ah, our old friend the Mystery Lot...
[Some time ago]
...will soon look like this on East 14th Street/13th Street east of Third Avenue...
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• The end (and new beginning) of Astor Place
Workers are quickly erecting the 430,000-square-foot office complex at 51 Astor Place ... which will shape up this year to look like...
Building aside, the city is also expected to dramatically reconfigure streets, parks and traffic islands around Astor Place and Cooper Union ... leaving us with that Midtown feeling...
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• 84 Third Ave. grows taller
We learned last month that the Karl Fischer-designed building rising at 84 Third Avenue at East 12th Street will be 12 stories, not nine as originally expected. Of any of the area's new development, this just may look like the most out-of-place project. And that's saying something.
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• A dorm for 35 Cooper Square
The former 35 Cooper Square was demolished 18 months ago here at East Sixth Street. Perhaps soon in the New Year we will learn more about developer Arun Bhatia's plans for a 9-story dorm, which are currently on file with the DOB.
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• Something for 100 Avenue A
[A scene outside 100 Avenue A yesterday by Bobby Williams]
Not much seems to be happening at 100 Avenue A, where East Village Farms closed in February 2012. The city disapproved the first round of plans to renovate the space, including adding a "dwelling unit" and roof garden on the upper floors.
The sidewalk outside the storefront has mostly been used to accommodate some people in need of a place to sleep this past year.
However, in one small bit of progress, the DOB did approve the foundation work here back on Nov. 9, per city records. Will we finally see work start on the renovations in 2013?
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• Development for the former Mary Help of Christians school, church and lot
Staying on Avenue A ... the saga of the Mary Help of Christians Catholic Church enters its fifth year... The Catholic Archdiocese sold the church property, which includes the Don Bosco Salesians rectory adjacent to the church and the church's former school on East 11th Street, for a reported $41 million. Douglas Steiner, owner of the Brooklyn Navy Yard's Steiner Studios, is the new owner, and he has plans for in the works for an 80/20 residential development.
...and this promises to be an enormous development ...
[Via Off the Grid]
Will the church be demolished to make way for the new housing? (The Landmarks Preservation Commission has already turned down requests to landmark the circa-1917 church.) Or will at least part of the church be incorporated into the design of the new building, much like NYU did by sort of including the façade of St. Ann's into the entrance of the 12th Street dorm?
Meanwhile, nothing will likely happen with the new development until workers have shored up the eastern wall at the East Side Community School on East 12th Street.
Tomorrow: East Village stories to watch in 2013 (Part 2)
[From October]
The restoration/renovation of the historic Avenue B church is winding down after several years... last we heard from a St. Brigid's watcher, the church is expected to reopen in the first few months of this year... and we can't wait to see the inside... Bonus question: Will neighbors ever get used to the bells?
-----
• Filling in the Mystery Lot
Ah, our old friend the Mystery Lot...
[Some time ago]
...will soon look like this on East 14th Street/13th Street east of Third Avenue...
-----
• The end (and new beginning) of Astor Place
Workers are quickly erecting the 430,000-square-foot office complex at 51 Astor Place ... which will shape up this year to look like...
Building aside, the city is also expected to dramatically reconfigure streets, parks and traffic islands around Astor Place and Cooper Union ... leaving us with that Midtown feeling...
-----
• 84 Third Ave. grows taller
We learned last month that the Karl Fischer-designed building rising at 84 Third Avenue at East 12th Street will be 12 stories, not nine as originally expected. Of any of the area's new development, this just may look like the most out-of-place project. And that's saying something.
-----
• A dorm for 35 Cooper Square
The former 35 Cooper Square was demolished 18 months ago here at East Sixth Street. Perhaps soon in the New Year we will learn more about developer Arun Bhatia's plans for a 9-story dorm, which are currently on file with the DOB.
-----
• Something for 100 Avenue A
[A scene outside 100 Avenue A yesterday by Bobby Williams]
Not much seems to be happening at 100 Avenue A, where East Village Farms closed in February 2012. The city disapproved the first round of plans to renovate the space, including adding a "dwelling unit" and roof garden on the upper floors.
The sidewalk outside the storefront has mostly been used to accommodate some people in need of a place to sleep this past year.
However, in one small bit of progress, the DOB did approve the foundation work here back on Nov. 9, per city records. Will we finally see work start on the renovations in 2013?
-----
• Development for the former Mary Help of Christians school, church and lot
Staying on Avenue A ... the saga of the Mary Help of Christians Catholic Church enters its fifth year... The Catholic Archdiocese sold the church property, which includes the Don Bosco Salesians rectory adjacent to the church and the church's former school on East 11th Street, for a reported $41 million. Douglas Steiner, owner of the Brooklyn Navy Yard's Steiner Studios, is the new owner, and he has plans for in the works for an 80/20 residential development.
...and this promises to be an enormous development ...
[Via Off the Grid]
Will the church be demolished to make way for the new housing? (The Landmarks Preservation Commission has already turned down requests to landmark the circa-1917 church.) Or will at least part of the church be incorporated into the design of the new building, much like NYU did by sort of including the façade of St. Ann's into the entrance of the 12th Street dorm?
Meanwhile, nothing will likely happen with the new development until workers have shored up the eastern wall at the East Side Community School on East 12th Street.
Tomorrow: East Village stories to watch in 2013 (Part 2)
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