Cohousing-L Mailing List: Brooklyn Cohousing looking for developer for "shovel-ready" site in Brooklyn

[Kristi Barlow (kristi]

Brooklyn Cohousing is looking for a Developer, preferably with  
cohousing experience, to come in and partner with us at our planned  
home at 1901 Eighth Avenue.

Project Achievements/Status:
We have dealt with the consumer protection issues at the Attorney  
General's office.
We have all building permits in place, schematic designs and design  
development complete, and an excellent local project management team  
vetted and ready to supervise construction.
This building is designed to be the first Passive House in the United  
States, achieving energy savings of over 75% over ordinary new  
construction multi-family housing.
Member Group is very strong and cohesive, have not lost a single  
member in 2 years on arduous self-development path.
Member financial commitment is high, and non-refundable.
See www.brooklyncohousing.org for detailed plans and project  
information.

We are 16 member households currently, will have 30 units total.
Acquisition/construction financing has proved exceptionally  
challenging in today's climate; we have determined that we need an  
equity partner to make it all work.

In past 2 weeks we have added 14 new associate households, and  
accepted 3 new "provisional members", ready to move into membership  
within 3 days of financing being secured.
2 more provisional members in process. We have an emailing list of  
over 650 people who want to live in cohousing in NYC (subscription  
growing weekly).

This is a once-in-a-career opportunity for a developer to establish a  
foothold as the first cohousing developer in New York City.

Serious candidates only please, time is of the essence. Must be  
prepared to bring a minimum of $3 million to the table to help us make  
this site work.

Contact us: developers [at] brooklyncohousing.org

--Kristi, a member of Brooklyn Cohousing