Good Afternoon!
Happy Wednesday!
I hope you all had an incredible New Year’s celebration! With the arrival of 2024 comes many plans for what’s to come. This week, I’ll highlight a new building gearing up to re-shape the face of New York, a restaurant worth heading to before reservations can’t be made, and of course, the color I will select as my paint swatch of the year!
64 University Place is a welcome addition to Greenwich Village. Bustling with life and activity, University Place is a hub for the community while charmingly tucked away downtown.
The homes in 64 University are understated and clean with gorgeous, oversized, arched windows allowing a seamless blend of home and the outdoors.
The project has been marketed only in a whisper campaign, a sharp turn away from the typical over-exposure of properties. The quieter marketing approach is one I tend to see as valuable given society’s insatiable need for something no one else has.
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The amenities in the building are boutique and tailored to the discerning buyers who will be calling the building home. Tailored to residents’ needs, every facet of the building provides a benefit to homeowners - furthering the community feeling the project is creating.
Right around the corner off University and 12th is Villanelle. A “New American” (jury is still out on that meaning) restaurant, Villanelle is Danish in interior styling and boasts a seasonal menu with fare from more traditional dishes to plates like New Zealand Red Deer loin.
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The color swatch of the week has become something many of you mention when you talk about Finding Space. I live for that. To kick off 2024, I wanted to choose a color I saw as important. Natures Gift is a muted green/grey combo that brings color into your space while allowing the room (no pun intended) to continue to play with color and texture in other pieces.
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As I mentioned last week, there is much to come with Finding Space in 2024. I am incredibly excited to share all I have coming, and what the team is working on!
Chat soon.
Jonathan
Happy New Year Jon! Sorry we missed you. Thank you for another great read!!
I need to find a space to paint that color-love it!