A Trip to the J Condo
Sunday is a great day for real estate porn. Me and the husband went for a walk around DUMBO, and I convinced him to take a detour with me and see what was up with the J Condo on the corner of Jay and Front Streets. We entered the sales office at 147 Front Street and were greeted by a friendly rep who had us do the obligatory sign-in. We were offered chilled bottles of Poland Spring (I accepted) while we waited for an agent to meet with us. In the lobby were ambient videos playing on sexy flatscreen TVs, and - hang on to your sweet tooth - bowlfuls of “official” J Condo chocolates, and candy canes hung upside down to look like the letter J. Frickin’ genius.
Our agent greeted us and took us through the sales office. There was an impressive scale model of the 33-story, 267-unit building, which lit up to highlight the different amenities. Snazzy. We also saw a model kitchen (the cabinet handles and appliances were reminiscent of our very own 53BP) and models of the bathrooms (the master suite bathroom was quite impressive in size but lacked enough medicine cabinet storage space, in my opinion).
We were shown a few 2 BR, 2 bath floor plans in the 760K - 825K range. One had a decent layout, but in terms of liveable space many of the rooms in our place here at 53BP are comparable, or bigger. All units had their own washer-dryer, which is nice. …But if you want anything at the J with a desirable Manhattan view, you’ll have to cough up at least $1M or higher. Occupancy is expected for Spring 2007.