Amenities include Granite, Stainless Steel, Parking, Elysian Charter School
One of the hottest new amenities being offered in upscale urban condominium developments doesn’t have anything to do with granite in the kitchen, marble in the baths, steam rooms or simulator golf. It’s school.
As cities like Hoboken and Jersey City, once havens for college-age renters, have been transformed into condo-heavy communities brimming with young professionals, the population of babies and toddlers has inevitably increased.
Now, developers are striving to offer residents with children incentive to stay in their urban homes — by bringing high-quality schools right to their doorsteps.
Most of the schools being ensconced in large developments are private, but not all: in Hoboken, the developer Lawrence Bijou will build a 46,000-square-foot facility for the Elysian Charter School within a large residential building he plans to create in what is now a parking garage on Park Avenue. Charter schools are tax-supported but independently run.
Some developers even go so far as to say schools within large developments might become a must-have. “As a developer, you can put in your best finishes, add more and more amenities, offer better views, lovely architecture, But at the end of the day, you won’t be successful unless you provide the essential services that people find most important.”
Excerpts from New York Times
By ANTOINETTE MARTIN
Published: April 1, 2007
As cities like Hoboken and Jersey City, once havens for college-age renters, have been transformed into condo-heavy communities brimming with young professionals, the population of babies and toddlers has inevitably increased.
Now, developers are striving to offer residents with children incentive to stay in their urban homes — by bringing high-quality schools right to their doorsteps.
Most of the schools being ensconced in large developments are private, but not all: in Hoboken, the developer Lawrence Bijou will build a 46,000-square-foot facility for the Elysian Charter School within a large residential building he plans to create in what is now a parking garage on Park Avenue. Charter schools are tax-supported but independently run.
Some developers even go so far as to say schools within large developments might become a must-have. “As a developer, you can put in your best finishes, add more and more amenities, offer better views, lovely architecture, But at the end of the day, you won’t be successful unless you provide the essential services that people find most important.”
Excerpts from New York Times
By ANTOINETTE MARTIN
Published: April 1, 2007
Labels: condo amenities, Elysian Charter School, Hoboken Real Estate
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