There’s quiet, and then there’s multimillionaire quiet

Some developments are going the extra mile to give their residents an escape from the urban bustle of cab horns, construction and the not-so-occasional unfriendly pedestrian interaction in New York City. Luxurious condos in some of the city’s busiest and noisiest neighborhoods are increasingly employing advanced soundproofing technology to create tranquil living spaces, Curbed reported. […]

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Olympia Dumbo penthouse tops Brooklyn luxury contracts

Olympia Dumbo is back on top of Brooklyn’s luxury contracts. A penthouse unit at 30 Front Street last asking $17.5 million was the priciest listing to go into contract in the borough last week, according to Compass’ weekly report on homes asking $2 million or more. Fortis Property Group launched sales at the 76-unit condo in 2021, and it has since pulled in some of the most lucrative deals in Brooklyn. Between January and May

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Alloy’s 168 Plymouth Street lands Brooklyn’s top contract

Brooklyn brokers may have been guilty of aspirational pricing for the 19 luxury homes that went into contract last week. The asking prices for the 19 homes were discounted by an average of 5 percent from their initial listings, well above normal for Brooklyn homes asking $2 million or more. When the contracts were finally signed, the median asking price was $2.6 million and the average was $3 million, in line with figures for the

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Brooklyn luxury market can’t shake slump

Someone wake up the Brooklyn luxury market when September ends. Summer may have come and passed, but after a small rebound last week, only eight homes — three condos and five houses — asking at least $2 million went into contract last week, according to a Compass report. That’s just one more than the 2022 low reached three weeks ago. However, agents drenched in pain can take some solace in that the homes’ average asking

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Fortis’ Olympia Dumbo lures Brooklyn Nets star

Ben Simmons has yet to play a game for the Brooklyn Nets, but he’s clearly a believer in his future with the team. The troubled Australian superstar is in contract to buy a combined unit at Fortis Property Group’s Olympia Dumbo in the Brooklyn neighborhood, the New York Post reported. The purchase price won’t be known until Simmons closes, but Fortis was asking $13 million. The two units combine for 5,000 square feet and eight

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Dumbo apartment comes with unlimited Instagram moments

A two-bedroom Dumbo apartment on the market for $2.6 million has buyers wondering if they should do it for the ’Gram. The New York Post is reporting the condo on Washington Street in the trendy neighborhood has that extra something thanks to the fact it’s located on one of Brooklyn’s most Instagramable streets. The foot of Washington Street famously offers breathtaking views of the Manhattan Bridge and portions of the mid-town Manhattan skyline which, when

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Fortis’ Olympia Dumbo on track to be Brooklyn’s most expensive building

Pound for pound, Fortis Property Group’s 76-unit condo project in Dumbo is shaping up to be Brooklyn’s most expensive real estate. Since January, 18 units at 30 Front Street, dubbed Olympia Dumbo, have gone into contract with an average asking price of $2,458 per square foot, about $400 more than condos in the borough’s second-priciest building, Quay Tower in Brooklyn Heights, according to data from Marketproof. A freight elevator scaled the sail-shaped, 33-story building’s precast

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Dumbo penthouse asking $4.9M tops Brooklyn’s luxury contracts

All was quiet on the Brooklyn waterfront last week, as contract signings for luxury homes in the borough were led by a sub-$5 million offering. Unit 7FG at 205 Water Street in Dumbo was, at $4.9 million, the most expensive listing to go into contract, according to Compass’ weekly report on signed contracts for homes asking $2 million or more. The 12-year-old penthouse in the Toll Brothers building spans 2,778 square feet and has four

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Condo at 30 Front Street leads Brooklyn contracts — again

Fortis Property Group’s 30 Front Street continues to headline Brooklyn’s luxury market. For the seventh time since the start of February, a condo at the sail-shaped tower, dubbed Olympia Dumbo, placed at or near the top of Compass’ weekly report tracking signed contracts on homes in the borough asking $2 million or more. Unit 16A went under contract with an asking price of $6.2 million, more than any other home that sold in Brooklyn last

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