One Ecker Lobby

As we wrote in July:

One Ecker Place has officially changed hands. And as a plugged-in tipster noted earlier this week, the sales office is positioning for a September grand (re)opening.

Asking $450,000 to $1,400,000 for the 475 to 1270 square foot units in 2008, the 51 condos are expected to be priced “in the $650 a-square-foot range, with the largest two-bedroom corner units priced about $800,000” in 2010 (i.e., reductions of around 40 percent).

The new owner paid $14 million for the building and is planning on spending another $5 million to finish construction and market the property. The previous owner had purchased the building for $13 million and invested the proceeds of a $15 million note converting the building to residential before losing the building to the bank.

Make that next week for the opening (or this weekend for the plugged-in people who are already on the interest list). And the junior ones with alcoves (which fit a queen sized bed) will start at $299,000; the one-bedrooms will start at $439,000; and the two-bedrooms will start at $599,000.

Our pick of the building is number 403, a top-floor corner two-bedroom with the view below, it’s expected to be priced in “the upper $800’s” where prices top out.

One Ecker Window

For those who have previously toured the building (or been in escrow), the interior of the units will look the same. The lobby, hallways and other common areas, however, have been redone with a bit more designer flair. Still no doorman or parking if either are musts.

Full Disclosure: The sales team which was selected to represent One Ecker advertises on SocketSite but provided no compensation for this post.

10 thoughts on “One Ecker Take Two (Or Three)”
  1. Might just move with the revised pricing – even in this market. Staffing the front door would really amp up the HOAs with only 51 units, but without someone there the owners are going to need to take other actions to keep the folks that previously called the Transbay Terminal home from napping on that nice lobby furniture . . . .

  2. ^ yup:
    $15/hr * 24*7*365 / 50 units = $18000 per unit per year for the minimal full-time staff.
    Be cheaper replacing the couch every week . . .

  3. People have complained before about how this building is right in the thick of things and so exposed. This is what some buyers want for convenience and views, and it also makes the vicinity uncomfortable for homeless travelers. The Transbay mess happened in part because that building was tucked away without much in use immediately adjacent. Here people are stuck in full view without especially easy exits in case of trouble. Staffing buildings is a huge expense, and the kind of buyers that want that level of service aren’t going to be considering these units in the first place.

  4. Cool location. Real urban living. Still a bit pricey per sf but closer to a decent buy-vs-rent comp than before. No parking will be an issue to many.

  5. Talk about homeless on doorstep live at belcher and 14th….anyway, life in the the heart of the city, cool space unique different, hope from all the stucco boxes that normally get built……
    Transit first, leave car hidden for weekend…

  6. Great looking units but very little natural light and no view (except for the top floor ones facing the Market Street direction) but those units are facing a busy garage with a very loud “car is coming” signal. The units facing the ally and the ones facing the Mission Street directions have no view and very little natural light,they just look straight into other office buildings, the same for the units that is facing the small courtyard of the building. The building is rather cramped in between tall office buildings. The units could work better for some kind of work/live space?
    The area is so cold and dead in the weekends and in the evenings and with a large amount of homeless people on the Market street, First street and Mission street.
    Great looking lofts, cool building but in the wrong location.

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