The folks from El Ad invited me to the Franklin Place sales office next to All Good Things for a pre-opening* visit. It’s a lovely space (formerly home to Antik/Hostler Burrows); I have to think businesses will be drooling over it—if Steven Alan isn’t already planning on a pet-supply shop there.

To the left is a model of Franklin Place (a.k.a 371 Broadway), which was designed by ODA and will be 20 stories and have 53 units. You get a much better sense of its shape from the model than from the renderings posted on Curbed the other day. Here it is from the northwest (the street to the left is White; the one with the sculpture is Franklin Place, the alley that runs between White and Franklin). Click to enlarge.

From the northeast (Broadway is on the left):

From the southeast (Franklin Street is on the left):

And from Broadway:

The Broadway side will be commercial (residences start on the second floor), because of course the entrance is on Franklin Place. It’ll be set back 34 feet from the street, like the Crosby Street Hotel:

The sculpture is by Roy Nachum. And on the left side is the entrance for cars; the garage has room for eight cars. It sounds like it’ll have an automated parking system like at One York.

The model also offered a good sense of the façade, which will be a brick that’s more gray than black (as it has appeared in renderings), with attractive curved frames on the sides without lot-line windows. Ceilings are 9’2″ on floors 2-14, 10’2″ on floors 15-19, and 12’5″ on the 20th floor. The windows start two feet from the floor in most apartments, going all the way to ceiling—and they’re floor-to-ceiling when they face outdoor space.

Andres Escobar & Associates did the clean interiors; the sales office has a demo kitchen and bathroom with brands such as Poggenpohl, Bosch, Sub-Zero, and Waterworks. Some kitchens have pot-fillers above the cooktops and wine fridges; all have garbage disposals.

As for building-wide amenities, there’s an exercise room/lounge on the sixth floor, and a kids’ play area on the fourth floor. And here’s what the rooftop pool deck—with cabanas and grills—will look like, according to the model. (My being tall means that not everyone gets this view.)

More than a third of the units are already in contract, including all five of the studios. And the building is only five stories complete….

*It officially opens today but people were already coming through.

The Franklin Place sales office is at 104 Franklin (between Church and W. Broadway), 212-966-5400.

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