Fantastick building hits market.Attention all fans of off-Broadway Off-Broadway Small-scale theatrical productions in New York City. The term was first used to refer to experimental plays produced on low budgets in small theatres, which provided an alternative to the commercially oriented Broadway theatres. theater: 181 Sullivan Street, the home of the record-setting musical The Fantasticks for 40 years, is on the market. And the property, located in a very desirable Greenwich Village Greenwich Village (grĕn`ĭch), residential district of lower Manhattan, New York City, extending S from 14th St. to Houston St. and W from Washington Square to the Hudson River. neighborhood, has a lot more going for it than just its storied thespian past. Braden Bell, who with some partners acquired the building two years before the show closed in 2002, just listed the building, which is vacant and has been prepped for a complete renovation. It's it's 1. Contraction of it is. 2. Contraction of it has. See Usage Note at its. it's it is or it has it's be ~have the second change of plans for the building. Originally, when The Fantasticks production was the tenant, Mr. Bell and his partners intended to renovate the theater and add apartments over it. Unfortunately, the production had no interest in seeing the space updated. The show closed about two years after Mr. Bell's acquisition. "We had workable plans to renovate the theater, but it wasn't was·n't Contraction of was not. wasn't was not wasn't be to be," he says. His most recent plans for the structure--an added floor, four high-end high-end adj. Informal 1. Appealing to sophisticated and discerning customers: a high-end department store; high-end video equipment. 2. apartments and a lobby on the ground floor--were set aside when he concluded the hot property market in Greenwich Village made a sale too good an opportunity to pass up. "This is a great chance for someone with a strong vision to come along and create something really special for themselves, while acquiring a bit of history," said Mr. Bell. "Buildings like this, especially with no tenants and a bare interior, don't don't 1. Contraction of do not. 2. Nonstandard Contraction of does not. n. A statement of what should not be done: a list of the dos and don'ts. become available very often in the neighborhood." The four-story brick row house, which dates back to just after the Civil War, is located on the east side of Sullivan Street between Houston and Bleecker, outside the Greenwich Village historic district. The broker, James Nelson For other uses, see James Nelson (disambiguation). James "Jimmy" Nelson (born 7 January 1901; died 8 October 1965) was a Scottish international footballer who played for Cardiff City and Newcastle United in the 1920s and 1930s and captained the famous Wembley Wizards of Massey Knakal, is marketing the building at $4.25 million. "The possibilities for this property are endless," he said. "It could be a single family home for someone, apartments or co-ops. The best prospect is probably someone with a one-of-kind idea they want to make reality." But whatever lies ahead for 181 Sullivan, one thing is clear--on some level or another, it will always be a dramatic space. |
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