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Visit to Brix

October 7th, 2006 · Comments · By Matt

Today I went and visited Brix, and no I wasn’t one of the people camped out in lawn chairs at 8am (I was off sailing today).

Here are some misc notes:

  • Architect is Mithun
  • The 10th building is wood frame construction
  • The Broadway building is steel stud construction
  • The floor IS NOT concrete slab which I found surprising
  • Only the 2 story townhomes/lofts get exposed beam ceilings
  • Only 2 finish packages available
  • The upgrade list is coming but will have items like: hardwood throughout, range hood, rain showerheads, W/D upgrade to Whirlpool
  • HOA’s are going to be less than $0.50/square foot
  • Amenities: Big lobby, roof top deck
  • The ceiling for the flats on the Broadway side are 8′8″
  • They are not marketing views from any units because any views that there might be will likely go away when the other side of the street is developed
  • Though they are marketing the neighborhood
  • They’ve signed on a local coffee shop as a tenant and are looking for more tenants. They will not be signing a nightclub
  • There’s 1 parking spot per unit. An extra spot is going to be $20-25k
  • Units comes with storage
  • The kitchens have movable islands or carts

My impressions: I don’t like the faucet line they’re using (the latest from Delta), I don’t like their engineered hardwoods, I don’t like a lot of their cabinetry and I don’t like how far north this project is on Broadway. I also don’t like that they don’t have any west facing lofts. But I do like their larger open one bedroom floor plans. While initally I thought I’d be excited about this project I’m going to give it a pass.

Here are the floor plans:

Here are some photos:

Brix Model (Broadway Side)Brix Model (Broadway Side) Hosted on Zooomr
Brix Model (10th Side)Brix Model (10th Side) Hosted on Zooomr
Brix CourtyardBrix Courtyard Hosted on Zooomr
Brix KitchenBrix Kitchen Hosted on Zooomr
Brix KitchenBrix Kitchen Hosted on Zooomr
Brix BathroomBrix Bathroom Hosted on Zooomr
Brix BathroomBrix Bathroom Hosted on Zooomr
Brix BathtubBrix Bathtub Hosted on Zooomr
Brix ShowerBrix Shower Hosted on Zooomr
Brix SchemesBrix Schemes Hosted on Zooomr
Brix Reservation BoardBrix Reservation Board Hosted on Zooomr

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  • Tom
    Sorry, I missed that last pic in your post. That's pretty impressive how quick the units went, being the first day of release. Looks like there's a decent chance they all might get reserved before the public offering.
  • Hey Tom, if you look at this photo, http://static.zooomr.com/images/257152_c130c243.... You can see red magnets placed on all the units that have been reserved. I bet the conversion rate is around 50%.
  • Tom A.
    Matt -
    Did they mention anything about prices? Looks like their prices won't be finalized until the week of the 16th?

    Wanted to go today just to take a look at the floor plans and get an idea of prices, but had too much on the to-do list. Could you tell if many people were actually signed up to reserve units?
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