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Plank Road claims to be 50% leased. Does that mean all units, or just market-rate ones?

Developers Announce 50-Percent Lease Of Plank Road At 662 Pacific Street In Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, New York YIMBY told us 2/5/22, conveying a press release from The Brodsky Organization.

If the 312-unit tower is truly 50% leased, with 156 leases, that's significant, because the lottery for the 94 affordable units available through the city's Housing Connect portal closed only 1/18/22, likely too short a time for those leases. So that would mean that 156 out of 218 market-rate units were leased, or nearly 72%.

Or if "50% leased" refers only to the market-rate units, that would mean 109 leases. 

(I queried a rep for the developer, but didn't hear back.)

A look at StreetEasy (which is not definitive) on the day of the YIMBY publication, showed 75 previous rental listings and 13 active rentals. 

Amenities, or pricing?

ā€œWeā€™re pleased to see Plank Road reach this key milestone,ā€ said Alexander Brodsky of The Brodsky Organization, according to the press release. ā€œProspective tenants are drawn to the full suite of amenities including a rooftop and pool, stunning new apartment interiors, and convenient location to everything Brooklyn has to offer.ā€

Incentives probably helped too. From the article: "Current net effective pricing starts at $3,065 for studios, $3,425 for one-bedrooms, and $5,375 for two-bedrooms."

Previously, the net effective rent for a studio was as low as $2,503.

Meanwhile, some of the currently rentals, as shown in the screenshot at right, from the day of publication, have had price cuts.

It's a dynamic situation, of course.

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