OUR NEIGHBOR NEXT DOOR

In case you haven’t noticed, there is a high rise going up next door to our offices – well, it’s not THAT high, nine stories. Anyhow, I was visiting the Drexel Highlander (Drexel Development www.drexeldev.com) and was totally impressed with the finish-out quality. Starters, they hired a first-class architect in Cole Smith and his iron work fences on the opera balconies are exquisite, as is his hardware throughout. No central hallways – a coded elevator allows direct entry to each residence and there is a service hallway to the freight elevator. Saving all those hallways gives the units expansive square footage — ranging from 2100 to 3500 square feet…but with the city views and high ceilings they actually seem much larger. Marble floors, counters, all the bells and whistles…and I particularly liked the view into the offices of D Home. So Rebecca, if you think you can keep tabs on David, I am considering buying one of the units facing D – no more excuses for being late to meetings!— and then, while you’re at lunch, I can keep an eye. On things.