CurbedWire: Lord Save This Midtown Bank Branch

Thursday, July 20, 2006, by Lockhart

The Wire, where intel, rumor, innuendo, and random reader questions come home to roost at the end of the day. Got Wire? Let it hang out; anonymity always assured. You'll feel ever so much better.

1) Upper West Side: Emails a tipster, "I noticed a cocktail reception happening on the Hudson Condo (right) roof deck last night (I live across the street and have a good view of it). All the scaffolding has just come down and this was the first time I have seen anything other than construction going on there. Wondering if any Curbed readers were there and have anything interesting to report - how sales are going, etc. The website says that the sales office has now relocated into the building, so I guess they are getting ready to start moving people in." [CurbedWire Inbox; more at WiredNY; listings at Halstead; official site]

2) Midtown East: Writes another tipster, "A few weeks ago, I walked by this enormous Chase branch at Fifth Avenue and 43rd (a landmarked international style building that is three stories with a roof terrace) during a union protest. Apparently, the union was protesting the possible closing of the branch, which I've heard rumored elsewhere. It was actually pretty humorous - the union protesters primary point was that with the bank closing, there would be too few bank branches in Manhattan. Hard to believe that any rational person could believe that Midtown has a shortage of banks."

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wonder if Louis and Moshe Kestenbaum were at that cocktail party. (Louis' son and wife are the developers of the project...on paper, anyway...) http://www.cityrealty.com/new_developments/news.cr?noteid=4938

By Anonymous at July 20, 2006 11:40 PM

Building looks nice if not fairly generic like most "luxury" condos in the city these days, but there is an abandoned NYC parks dept. swimming pool right across the street (on 60th). Talk about an eyesore. But given that the Parks Dept. 59th Street Rec Center which is also on the property with the pool seems to be fully functioning, I can't imagine that the site will be cleaned up any time soon.

By RR at July 21, 2006 9:54 AM

i was at the hudson building that night for a broker tour. the bottom floors will be rentals and the upper ones condos.

By george michael fan at July 21, 2006 10:33 AM

So this building is really mixed rentals / condos? I went to the sales office once to take a look and they never mentioned anything about that. Is there an obligation to disclose that info in the prospectus?

By anon at July 24, 2006 3:44 PM