Manhattan Real Estate: Clubbers Find A Home in Chelsea’s Ohm
“…what we have here is a well-guarded luxury stash house in an isolated and anonymous location that’s also somewhat near a very active nightlife destination. Gee, who’d be interested in that?” – Curbed.com
Ohm
Where could they be referring to, you ask? The 34-story far west side luxury redevelopment project: Ohm. While the surrounding redevelopment is slow going, Curbed sites the New York Times reported that a new sales pitch is linking Ohm to the West Chelsea club scene. Repeat: The pitch is that “this is not Midtown West — this is Chelsea.”
Apparently the Knitting Factory is booking bands to play bi-monthly, resident-exclusive concerts in addition to DJ’s, karaoke and open mic nights.
But who is going to move there? Clubbers. Lots of them. Squeezing into pricey apartments going for $3,600 per month. They even plan ahead to make sure your stuff is secure in your very own apartment safe.
“You may trust your friends and roommates, but you don’t have to. And every medicine cabinet has a keyed lockbox for pharmaceuticals. Viagra, Vioxx, Vicodin — nobody needs to know but you,” says Jeffrey E. Levine, the chairman of Douglaston Development.
One more time:
“So what we have here is a well-guarded luxury stash house in an isolated and anonymous location that’s also somewhat near a very active nightlife destination. Gee, who’d be interested in that?”
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