Visit to Brix
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:
- Brix – Roanoke Series 2 Bed 2.5 Bath 2 Story Townhome 1344sf
- Brix – Summit Series 2 Bed 2 Bath Den 1099 sf
- Brix – Belmont Series Open 1 Bed 1 Bath 550 sf
- Brix – Belmont Series Open 1 Bed 1 Bath 636 to 663 sf
- Brix – Belmont Series Open 1 Bed 1 Bath 724 to 809 sf
- Brix – Montlake 2 Bed 2 Bath Flat 973 sf
- Brix – Olive Series 1 Bed 1.5 Bath 2 Story Loft 770 sf
- Brix – Olive Series 1 Bed 1.5 Bath Den 2 Story Loft 946 to 988 sf
- Brix – Roanoke Series 2 bed 2.5 bath den 2 Story Townhome 1154 to 1177 sf
- Brix Steps to Ownership 1
- Brix Steps to Ownership 2
Here are some photos: