Mysterious Powerhouse rentals hit the market in Long Island City

I’ve been living here for close to 6 weeks. The construction is still on going but they have made a ton of progress. Gym is open and roofdeck is nearly completed (should be by the time it warms up).

Don’t believe it. I’ll bet these rentals are definitely coming from the developer.

Those rentals are absolutely from the developer. What a scam. Why don’t they just be up front about it?

I like #7′s use of the word “brought”

the 7 train has been fine lately, besides it’s not that bad of a walk to the E train…or even take the G and transfer to the L…it’s not like you are trapped just because the 7 train is down.

I think L haus is far more of an eye sore!! Ugh!!! I kind of like the way the Powerhouse looks, it’s very industrial. It’s nicer than some of the other ugly buildings they have put on the water.

I don’t think it is Elliman, but I’ll be shocked if these units weren’t from the developer and not some unrelated investor.

I’m renting in the Powerehouse and I gotta tell you this place is a dog. Classic signs of a project running out of juice and going cheapo on everything. Worst is sound insulation … paper walls, hollow doors. There’s a dog in a unit at the opposite end of the hall, maybe 8-10 apartments way. I can hear it bark clear as day wherever I am well within my apartment. One walks down the halls and confronted by voices … you swear someone just snuck up behind you but it is just other residents speaking in normal voices behind closed doors, but you can hear everything plain as day. So much for privacy. You literly blush when your neigbors are making whoopie, and heaven forbid someone on your floor has a party. The website and promos talk about a fancy intercom system: not there and no sign of it but every apt has a big gaping hole in the wall with wires hanging out where it was planned to be. Nifty pool table finally was put up of the lobby … too bad late at night it’s used by a bunch of nonresidents who look like they belong in a real poolhall. The indoor parking is outdoor parking in a junk lot around the corner available at prices in excess of the indoor lots in the buildings all around there. To add insult to injury, the view is disappearing and fast. The block between the Powerhouse and the river is the first to be developed in the big planned public housing project. The owner of the tennis bubble that is now there shut down and was quoted in the press as saying that the city just told him it is “ready to put a shovel in the ground.” That public housing project will probably be better built than this intended-to-be-high-end condo….