The New York City Department of Housing, which brokers these projects, needs to more closely examine its standards, as do many of the city's financial institutions which support the construction of these buildings.
According to Ellen Baxter, who brokered the project, and who has worked for thirty years to create housing for low-income and homeless people in West Harlem and Washington Heights, some residents didn't want a modern building, and they didn't like the one Adjaye designed.
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So far, several brokers said, the project has not substantially affected real estate prices.
Converting a sugar mill is an expensive and lengthy project, brokers said.
Brokers say the project is indicative of the appetite for industrial space -- and to a lesser degree office space -- by companies like Comdisco that are involved in servicing the technological and telecommunication needs of today's businesses.
Among those standing in the heat for the picture taking were Harrison's mayor, Raymond J. McDonough, and officials from Advance Realty Group, the development company; from Insignia/ESG, the brokers for the project; and from the MetroStars.
Power experts and real estate brokers said the project might be the first privately owned one to generate the kind of high-quality, reliable power needed for computer operations.
Residential brokers said the project signaled another step in the ongoing gentrification of the East Village, which has seen a number of new bars and restaurants open in recent years, followed by new rental housing and, now, condominiums.
