Sales have been temporarily suspended at the luxury condominium development at 20 Henry St. in Brooklyn Heights.
As first reported yesterday on BrooklynHeightsBlog.com, Halstead Property, which has the exclusive on sales and marketing for the conversion, took their online listings down “pending completion of the building’s construction by next fall.”
Jill Feldman, a spokesperson for Halstead, confirmed the report yesterday and told the Eagle that the company “decided to temporarily suspend sales until people can actually go into the units and see what they are buying.”
It probably has a lot to do with the economy, but buyers don’t want to commit anymore without “seeing something closer to a finished product,” she added.
It is unknown exactly when that will be, but Feldman estimates it’s between six and nine months away.
Plumbing and electrical work and flooring installation is underway in the original Peaks Mason Mints building.
As for the new building to be constructed in the courtyard area, “we’re awaiting delivery of the steel” for the structure, she said.
Meanwhile, the sales office for the development, located up the street at 114 Henry, has been closed and “we are moving out of the space,” Feldman said.
When the 38 units do go back on the market, it is possible that there will be an onsite sales office.
As previously reported, the two-building development is a project of Shelly Listokin and Stanley Listokin of Urban Realty Partners. It will have both restored and newly-constructed units ranging in price from $580,000 to $2.56 million and are a mix of studios, one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom homes. Sherida Paulsen of PKSB Architects designed the development.
Formerly the Peeks Mason Mints Candy Factory building and known locally as the candy factory, the older building has 11-foot ceilings, large windows and spacious floor plans.
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