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Re: Linden Street Construction
« Reply #30 on: December 09, 2010, 01:18:22 PM »
As of today, here are Chameleon Heights' new colors:
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Christmas present: the first views from 29 Linden
« Reply #31 on: December 25, 2010, 01:11:14 AM »
I took these pictures 8 months ago, but Santa asked me to wait until Christmas to post them, so here they are.

The most desirable view in this building would obviously be from the top unit closest to Anderson St, so that's where I shot from.

The French windows on the rounded corner area opened outwardly, but not wide enough to not be seen when I used my fisheye lens, so I moved over to the flatter conventional window to my right, which opened up and down.

However, the rounded "turret" area still stuck out far enough to be visible with the fisheye, so I finally wound up one more window to my right - the one that's circled in the first image below.

The second image shows the interior as I aimed toward the turret area. These first two images were taken with my cellphone and the others were taken with my grownup camera on slide film.

The third image shows what you can see of midtown Manhattan from that unit. Of course, the zoom lens makes NYC look a lot closer than it is. I really don't know how much - if any - of the Empire State Building can be seen from any of the other units..............maybe some from the unit below me, but I'd imagine that's it.

I had checked the train schedule before I left home and timed my visit to be able to get some pictures from that window of the main attraction for many of the building's future residents - the Pascack Valley Line commuter train, whose station is less than a block away.

The fourth picture shows the train crossing Passaic Street.

The fifth picture is the one I wanted - a microcosm of my neighborhood: the train pulling into the station, Anderson Street businesses, cars, Holy Trinity Church and School, Sears, apartment buildings, etc. You can even see the stores on Cedar Lane in Teaneck in the CVS/Teaneck Theater area.

I envy whoever occupies this unit. That person will be able to take this shot in all kinds of lighting and weather situations across the seasons.

But I got the first one.

It's what I wanted for Christmas.



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Re: Linden Street Construction
« Reply #32 on: March 13, 2011, 09:44:47 PM »

Sources advise that all work has stopped on this project, as well as all other Daibes jobsites, including in Edgewater.  Financial difficulties.

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Re: Linden Street Construction
« Reply #33 on: March 13, 2011, 10:01:42 PM »
I haven't seen any activity there in ages. I was thinking that maybe they were working on the interior, but I guess not.

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Re: Linden Street Construction
« Reply #34 on: March 14, 2011, 06:26:34 PM »
Fred Daibes lost tens of millions of dollars in the Bernie Madoff scandal.  It's hit the Daibes operation real hard, since most of their wealth isn't liquid, it's in buildings and built into mortgages.  I really hope that things turn around and they can complete this building.  And not with budget materials inside.

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Re: Linden Street Construction
« Reply #35 on: March 15, 2011, 09:51:50 AM »
That's only half the story. While Daibes claims to have lost $17 million, he's also being sued for $7 million in supposed ill-gotten gains by Madoff victim trustee Irving Picard - the guy who is also making financial life miserable for the New York Mets.

He's suing them for a reported BILLION dollars.

The Daibes story was in The Record 5 weeks ago:

http://www.northjersey.com/news/115541594_Trustee_sues_Bergen_developer.html


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Re: Linden Street Construction
« Reply #36 on: March 17, 2011, 10:05:41 AM »
Here's how the building looks from here as of this morning. Let's see how long it is before we see some changes.

Not long, I hope.

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Re: Linden Street Construction
« Reply #37 on: February 27, 2012, 04:48:35 PM »
Eleven months later, actual activity was seen this past February 16! (see photo)

The radical changes that had taken place in the interim on this project - which, I believe, was started in 1928 - are astounding!

Hard to believe it's the same building as the one shown in the previous photo.


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Re: Linden Street Construction
« Reply #38 on: July 11, 2012, 05:40:17 PM »
OK, so they're leasing now, apparently

go to www.29lindennj.com

Their most affordable unit is 930 sq ft... starting at $1600/Month!

I've heard similar ridiculous prices from other recent developments, like the Avalon at Wood-Ridge. What world are these developers living in?

My place is bigger than that, and I only pay $900/month, and have a parking space. Plus I don't pay water, hot water, or heat or cooking gas, just electric.
Only thing that place has over mine is a dishwasher and a "fitness room", and being very close to a station one station closer to NYC from mine. But I've got a gas stove (better than their electric), and I'm not that far from new bridge landing. And retro fitness is only $20/month, and you can use any of their locations

What the hell justifies a $1600/month price? Are young people my age renting these places? Who falls for this stuff?

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Re: Linden Street Construction
« Reply #39 on: July 12, 2012, 06:53:02 AM »
That's about average price for most of Hackensack, $1600 for 930 sf.  Prospect Ave rents for more than that.  Never heard of an apartment over 900 square feet renting for $900 or less, unless you want to go to an inner city neighborhood in Paterson.  If you got that in Hackensack, you got a really, really good deal, quite nearly the deal of the century.

In 2007, I was renting 550 sf one-bedroom unit for $1000 a month, in a very modest 4-story building in a mediocre neighborhood, with no building ammenities except a laundry room in the basement. It was clean and quiet and management (Swensen) was excellent and responded immediately for any service call.  I looked all around Hackensack for a larger apartment for about the same rent, and found nothing. That's when I moved out of Hackensack.  Now it's 5 years later, and probably rents are about the same or a little more.
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Re: Linden Street Construction
« Reply #40 on: July 12, 2012, 12:04:47 PM »
I may not be correctly remembering the size of my place. But it's sizeable in my eyes.

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Re: Linden Street Construction
« Reply #41 on: July 12, 2012, 04:04:13 PM »
http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/29-Linden-St-Hackensack-NJ-07601/2118508787_zpid/#home-facts-comparison

Check out "Year built"! What happened to 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011?

That picture sure isn't from 2012.

Be sure to hit the informative "View Virtual Tour" link and click on "Photos", "Video", and "Floorplan" - all of which are empty.

Makes you wanna run right out and sign up.

The architectural rendering (second image) looks nice and includes people hanging out across the street waiting either for their prescriptions to be filled at the Rite-Aid or for their laundry to be finished at the laundromat.
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Re: Linden Street Construction
« Reply #42 on: January 13, 2013, 03:46:42 PM »
OK, so I finally used a tape measure to meausre my place

about 552 sq ft. of use/general space, that is, the living area plus the hall plus the bedroom

59.5 sq ft kitchen, but that includes the counterspace and stove and fridge

25 squ ft bathroom.

my rent was $900/month the first year. They did bump me up 5% to $945/month this year.

that's $1.41 /sq ft / month of gross space.  $1.63 / sq ft / month if you disclude kitchen and bathroom. This is for a 1-bed 1-bath.

$1600 for 930 sq ft gross space turns out to $1.72 / sq ft / month. I still think it's exorbitant. I don't know who's renting these kinds of "upscale" places but it's silly, and I hope these greedy owners have trouble finding tenants.

The avalon developments, another of which is being built by the River Side Square Mall, have similar exorbitant prices. They boast things like fire pits and a gym or a swimming pool. Yeah, but with that much more money I could rent the usage of those things separately and STILL be ahead with my rent in a more reasonably priced place.

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Re: Linden Street Construction
« Reply #43 on: January 13, 2013, 07:59:52 PM »
It's all relative, my friend, different people have different priorities.  Having lived in a house for most of my childhood, I once rented a 550 sf apartment.  In fact, I did it twice at different stages of my life, and for different reasons.  550 sf was simply unbearable for me.  I absolutely had to have a bigger place.  I found that I can survive as a single person in 900 square feet, and be perfectly content.  Even though I'm missing a few "must" ammenities such as washer/dryer in my unit, and a private bathroom accessible only from my Master Bedroom.  I do have a walk-in closet, a coat/shoe closet, and a big balcony, all must's in my book.

I know other people who's tolerance is at 1200 sf, or even 1500 sf. They simply can't live in a smaller place.  Standards are shifting and most renters want a certain floor plan, they want granite countertops, they want washer-dryers in the unit, they want walk-in closets, and the all-important master bedroom suite including a luxurious tile bathroom.  If Hackensack can't provide these, we go the way of Paterson.

It's barely economical to build in this economy, and if high rents cannot be achieved, the builders will simply go away.  Hackensack is lucky, at this time, that there are developers who want to build the more upscale buildings. Otherwise the housing stock in general just gets older and older, and more and more substandard.  And then instead of looking for "luxurious", there will be no prospective tenants other than poor struggling families who's only concern is having 3 tiny bedrooms with 3 tiny closets, for their kids.

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Re: Linden Street Construction
« Reply #44 on: January 14, 2013, 10:38:53 AM »
Sounds like being spoiled to me. My parents live in Alpine and we lived in Tenafly before that and I never minded my 550 sq ft apt.

and no concern for the existence of housing for those poor struggling families? The poor should all just disappear?

 

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