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Monthly Archives: January 2010
Where the Views Don’t Change
The New York Times’ Living In column covered Brooklyn Heights earlier this week, noting that, as NYC’s first landmarked neighborhood, not much has changed in the area over the last 50 years; there’s a 50-foot height limit on buildings and not much in the way of new construction. The good news is that the one [...]
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MyHome, Brooklyn is an interactive web site offering a new vision of real estate development. Our goal is to lower risk for all parties and improve satisfaction among buyers and sellers alike. Our site is divided into four parts: Peruse You Own for possible single-family residences or homes within multi-family properties of 10 units or [...]
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Opportunity of the Day: 259 Pacific Street
While the outside of this perfectly located property, 259 Pacific Street, doesn’t look like much, we have very high hopes for the inside. We’re thinking of this as a two-family, and because of its condition, it’s amenable to a number of configurations and sizes (you can check out some of these potential layouts on the [...]
183 Columbia Heights: The Walk Through
It seems like only yesterday but my walk through of 183 Columbia Heights occurred in the spring of 2007, the last time this property was being actively marketed for sale. The property has been meticulously maintained, inside and out, since it was taken over by the Watchtower in 1986, and it feels very solid when [...]
Opportunity of the Day: 54 State Street
At 54 State Street, we’re envisioning ten large one-bedrooms, 720 square feet each, in a building that was once mistakenly slated to be torn down before the Brooklyn Heights Association and the Department of Buildings stepped in. While the outside is now protected, the insides have been completely gutted, allowing for an entirely reinvented space [...]
