Cumberland Court

[Rover]

Always funny to see single blocks gated off. But I guess when you live in a slum like Nichols Hills you gotta be worried about keeping the riff raff out, right?

This is like condo buildings in NYC having locked doors. I guess in ,urban utopia we still have private districts which have controlled access. Those urban dwellers just want to keep the riff raff out.

[LocoAko]

This is like condo buildings in NYC having locked doors. I guess in ,urban utopia we still have private districts which have controlled access. Those urban dwellers just want to keep the riff raff out.

There's still plenty of disdain for those setups among the broader city population, fwiw.

[jerrywall]

Always funny to see single blocks gated off. But I guess when you live in a slum like Nichols Hills you gotta be worried about keeping the riff raff out, right?

Heh... reminds me of the one street of Oak Tree which is gated off from the rest of the already gated neighborhood. I went to a reception at one of those houses, and the detached pool house is larger than my 4 bedroom home.

[Lazio85]

Cumberland Drive by lazio85, on Flickr

[Pete]

The Great Wall of Nichols Hills:

[Spartan]

That brick veneer wall borrowed from some new Del City housing addition couldn't possibly be appealing to anyone with a college degree. There's just no way.

This entire project screams of not thinking clearly and soberly. I tend to think consumers at a certain price point expect a certain fluency in good taste.

[turnpup]

In today's paper there was an article about Nichols Hills considering possibly enacting some sort of design review ordinance.

[thunderbird]

That brick veneer wall borrowed from some new Del City housing addition couldn't possibly be appealing to anyone with a college degree. There's just no way.

This entire project screams of not thinking clearly and soberly. I tend to think consumers at a certain price point expect a certain fluency in good taste.

You nailed it. I live about 8 blocks away and I'm in awe of how ridiculous it looks everyday.

[Pete]

[TheTravellers]

That's just so wrong........

[ditm4567]

That's just so wrong........

And why is that?

[PhiAlpha]

That's just so wrong........

LOL, why? Because a developer bought up a bunch of small houses in where the land was more valuable than the houses that were on it and chose to redevelop it?

[BG918]

LOL, why? Because a developer bought up a bunch of small houses in where the land was more valuable than the houses that were on it and chose to redevelop it?

I think he was referring to the site plan which is straight out of suburbia: gated ONE entrance and cul-de-sac preventing through access to Western. It ruins what would otherwise be a nice infill development.

[TheTravellers]

I think he was referring to the site plan which is straight out of suburbia: gated ONE entrance and cul-de-sac preventing through access to Western. It ruins what would otherwise be a nice infill development.

[Rover]

And yet they will sell out at some of the highest $ per sqft in the city.

[Pete]

Just FYI, the developers are just selling lots then it is up to the homeowners to select a builder.

$450K per lot; looks like they have sold about 7 of 23.


I know AHMM is building a home for Renzi Stone, for example.

[Rover]

Yes, both the developer and the builders will do just fine.

[warreng88]

Just FYI, the developers are just selling lots then it is up to the homeowners to select a builder.

$450K per lot; looks like they have sold about 7 of 23.


I know AHMM is building a home for Renzi Stone, for example.

That explains why they sold their home and are traveling for 8-9 months...

[CloudDeckMedia]

Why has this Nichols Hills development performed so much better than another similar one, that being on 63rd Street a couple of blocks east of Pennsylvania? Pete says that this one has sold 7/23 and two are under construction, but the 63rd Street development has only one finished and two more under construction.

[Pete]

^

Much better location, particularly the ability to stroll over to NH Plaza.

There are lots of good places to go there now: Trader Joe's, Pop's, The Hutch, Provision Kitchen, St. Mark's and soon to be Osteria and Hopdoddy.

[Rover]

Why has this Nichols Hills development performed so much better than another similar one, that being on 63rd Street a couple of blocks east of Pennsylvania? Pete says that this one has sold 7/23 and two are under construction, but the 63rd Street development has only one finished and two more under construction.

The ones on 63rd are actually less visible as there isn’t an entry from 63rd. Getting onto 63rd from the development isn’t particularly easy. And, it is somewhat more isolated. It isn’t gated.

[CloudDeckMedia]

The ones on 63rd are actually less visible as there isn’t an entry from 63rd. Getting onto 63rd from the development isn’t particularly easy. And, it is somewhat more isolated. It isn’t gated.

Cumberland won’t have a Western entrance, and it won’t be gated. But it has great walkability as Pete mentioned.

[Pete]

I believe Cumberland will have a key-coded gate to Western so at least residents can easily walk to all the places on Western as well.

[Pete]

Not exactly tearing it up here.

Lots are $450K.

[thunderbird]

Not exactly tearing it up here.

Lots are $450K.

I always thought it was a crazy idea, $2m+ and have no yard, what’s the point?

I get people not wanting to maintain a yard but when you are paying north of $2k a month in property taxes and insurance I don’t think hiring someone is a big deal. I’d rather have younger families in small houses living here.