The Central Park renovation project profiled on these pages a little under a year ago is finished and for sale. Located at 255 Huntington Avenue at the corner of Vorhees the 3,386 sq.ft. single-family residence received an extreme home make-over by BRO commenter ‘Sal’ Zambito.
Zambito and his partner Tim Sick, under the auspices of Rita LLC, purchased the home at a late-2005 foreclosure and spent the last two years bringing new life to the place. Besides a new color scheme, the most visible change to its street presence is the addition of a cupola. The four-bedroom, three and half bath home is listed at $449,900.
“There were fifteen, 30-yard dumpsters of debris in this place,” says Zambito.
Says Zambito, “There weren’t any structural surprises. We hired an architect as well as a structural engineer and completed interior bracing for the weight of the cupola.”
“The neighborhood reaction has been great. An older lady who lives nearby says she wants to buy it for her daughter out-of-town so she’ll move back to Buffalo,” says Zambito.
At last count, Sal has bought, renovated, and sold almost 60 city properties over the past 16 years. An investment of several million dollars according to Zambito.
One of the more interesting projects that he is working on is a condo conversion project in the West Village. The Whitney condominium project will feature six units, each with 1,093 sq.ft. of living space. Sales will begin when the offering plan is approved by the State in a few months. Pricing has not been set but is expected to be under $100/sq.ft. The property will be featured on this year’s downtown housing tour on June 28th.
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