Brix condominiums – 530 Broadway E
Developer: Schnitzer West / Architect: Mithun
Gallery condominiums – 2911 2nd Ave
Developer: Schnitzer West / Architect: Mithun
Twenty-Five on the Park condominiums, (unfinished) – 1800 11th Ave
Developer: The Dwelling Company / Arctitect : hiding
Auction Madness!! Bargain Insanity!! All Out Bidding War!!
So what went wrong here, developers? From super slick, pseudo-neighborhood ads to minimum wage, plastic auction arrows?
Boring? Overpriced? Speculation? Gambling addiction? Chicken bingo? Pull-tabs? Booze? What . . . ?
Still . . . we humbly admit to finding the exterior of these condos barely better than some of the high-larious atrocities the city is stuck with, i.e Veduta, Montage . . .
But, maybe it’s not the economy. Maybe we’re just not that into you.
September 13th, 2009 at 10:13 pm
The exterior of 25 of the Park may be ultra-trendy particleboard that’s going to look pretty sad after 10 years or northwest rain, but think of all of the great things you can do with the unfinished interior.
Better hope you get a swell deal on one of these turkeys, because you’ll be spending a lot of time at Lowe’s buying drywall, paint, plumbing, and electrical fixtures before your new pad is livable.
September 18th, 2009 at 8:23 pm
We are definitely not into them! The Twenty Five on the Park has a great location too! Those places aren’t even finished, and it’s a drag to see empty city space where people could be living. Not the best condos, but not the worst (I’m thinking of the Cobrizo as the worst). Still, when I walked up and tapped on the red panels in between the units, the metal buckled and it was clear the wood was plain ol’ particle board. Sigh.
September 19th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
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September 23rd, 2009 at 11:32 am
Sign holders make $20 an hour. Just sayin…
April 13th, 2010 at 9:49 am
I when I moved here from the midwest, I thought that the people here had absolutely no taste, because that people were actually paying for cheaply constructed, poorly designed, condos with granite countertops sitting on particle board. The architecture in this area is generally horrific, and these “new construction” houses are not much better. Glad to see that someone share’s my opinion and I’m not just being a “midwest snob”, ha ha ha