Now that the cat has been let out of the bag regarding The View, Rockrose's Jesuscondo on the Long Island City waterfront, broker Andrew Fine is no longer sworn to secrecy about his trip inside the unfinished building, as well as other juicy details. So far, the most talked about design element is the terraces-upon-terraces-upon-terraces facing the Manhattan skyline on the southern end of the building. Well, here they are! Yum. Also, of the much-talked-about $1,100/sqft average, Fine says this: "Prices for 'The View,' for now at least, start just below $1000 per square foot. While the average may be at or above $1100 per square foot, none of the prices quoted take into account the outdoor space. Two-Thirds of the units will have outdoor space ranging from 64sf-1500sf." So there you go. Also, the only units that are stuck with eastern views into yucky Queens are corner units that also look at nonyucky Manhattan. The building's eastern glass façade is actually a windowed hallway. We've added some photos of The View's views (say that three times fast!) to the gallery above, as well as some older renderings of LIC's version of 15 Central Park West.
· "The View", LIC: Separating Fact From Fiction [A Fine Blog]
· EastCoast 3 Revealed: This View is Not a Scam [Curbed]
· Feeling LIC's Heat, Part IIII: Beast of the East Getting Glassed [Curbed]
On Sunday, at the New York Observer's Luxury Living showcase at the Puck Building, Rockrose will finally reveal renderings for the company's first condo project along the Long Island City waterfront, the EastCoast building that will either validate or ruin LIC. Except, oops, liQcity already got its hands on some of the images, marked up by a source who really doesn't want other brokers marketing units in the building. The name of the 184-unit building is, ahem, The View at East Coast by Rockrose. The project is designed by Handel Architects, and those early rumors of sky-high LIC prices seem to have panned out. 1BRs will start at $760,000, 2BRs at $1.2 million and 3BRs at $1.465 million. Often referred to as EastCoast 3 to differentiate it from Rockrose's rental buildings at Queens West, The View will boast jaw-dropping views (oh, now we get it) of Manhattan. And Roosevelt Island, if that's your thing.
· Eastcoast 3 debuts as The View; Rockrose broker fees paid to tenants [liQcity]
· Feeling LIC's Heat, Part IIII: Beast of the East Getting Glassed [Curbed]
· Checking In: EC3 & CB2 at Queens West [Curbed]
Broker-blogger Andrew Fine checks in with the Queens West chunk of Long Island City, where Rockrose's third EastCoast building (and first EC condo) is currently getting bricked. He writes:
The building will not be named "East Coast", but I am not at liberty to divulge the name of what is to be a high end condo project. There will be terraces o'plenty, incredible unobstructed views, and prices to start at "over $1000 per square foot and average $1150 per square foot" according to a reliable source. Sales for the building are expected to begin in the spring, although there are unsubstantiated rumors that Rockrose may be considering a late change to rentals.
Forget the rumors, because Rockrose has extremely high expectations for this 20-story building. While buildings like the Toll Brothers' nearby Fifth Street Lofts seemed to top $1,000/sf almost as if by accident, EastCoast 3 plans on marching right out of the gate with record-setting LIC prices. It's shaping up to be the ultimate test of the state of the New York City market: new construction with amenity overdrive, charging Manhattan prices for non-Manhattan real estate. Will it work? We're psyched to find out. And if you forget where EC3 stands in the grand scheme of Queens West, we snapped a picture of the model when we checked out EastCoast 2 for Curbed Inside.
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