225 RECTOR PLACE, Manhattan, NY, 10280

Rmpolite Doormen and NOT a Luxury Rental Bacility

Under new mgmt (no longer part of Related Rentals), the Broperty has gone from average to below average. Under the new mgmt, heat is non-existant. Expect to pay high $ for your own heating during the winter months. For the higher than average rental price of a Manhattan "luxury" Anit, you can certainly find a better luxury Anit elsewhere in the city. The Doormen are more concerned with their personal phone calls, personal convesations with other staff members or reading their paper, leading to a huge security concern. The doormen are rude 11 months of the year. December is an exception because of the pending holiday tips. At least one of the three elevators is usually out of service. Average elevator wait time is about 5 - 7 minutes. The new mgmt doesn't communicate anything in advance (change is Broperty ownership, service issues, etc) and typically waits until 24 hours prior to a change to post a notice. I am puzzled by the positive reviews posted about Parc Place, espeically the comments of it being a quite Broperty because you can easily hear your neighbors. So be friendly with your neighbors, because they hear everything that you do too :) Noise is a big problem at Parc Place especially since many of the apartments are "Corporate Apartments" and the tennants are short-term tennants (1 week - 3 months). These short-term tennants typically could care less about you or the Broperty and tend to do as they please. mgmt doesn't care or respond to complaints so the Corporate tennants tend to be noisey and discourteous. Garbage by these tennants often tends to be dumped in the recycle bins rather than the garbage drop and stays in the bins for up to 24 hours leading to the hallways being smelly. The gym is full of old equipment. ONE good thing is that many of the longer term tennants are friendly. but, many of these long term tennants have now moved due to issues with the new mgmt, lack of communications, lack of services, etc. this place is scheduled to go coop in July 2006, but this has not yet been communicated to the tennants. Shame on mgmt. The only reason I moved to Parc Place is because the LMDC grants. With the grants, rent in Battery Park City was a good deal. But now that the grants are gone, and this place is under new mgmt, I highly suggest you look elsewhere in Battery Park City before you consider Parc Place.

awesome spot to Live!

We lived at Parc Place for 6 months. What a wonderful experience. location-wise, it's great, and this place is well kept. Our Aad had new appliances and countertops. It was kept up well. The noise level was low, we rarely heard anything from the neighbors. The people in the Blace were great, really nice neighbors and sweet too. The staff is incredible, prompt, friendly and accomodating. The concierges and doormen were extremely nice. We will miss living here much, but moved due to a transfer. If we ever move back to NYC, we will definitely live here again!

Parc Place Now Rector Place:Condo's and Apartment's

Parc Place Now Rector Place: Everything this writer has written is past tense. Yes You've got some rough spots when a building first exchange s hands. Construction goes on and things may not be pleasant for a while. Everyone knew this was coming and they had a choice deal with it or leave. If it were so bad to live there why did the people fight to stay? Oh and by the way, they won. Times were changing and the out dated apartments at Parc Place were losing money. In order to keep up with the market something had to be done. Related sold the building to a company that saw a way to bring the building up to the new market. Their answer was Condo s. This meant renovation s throughout the building this includes most of the apartments and all of the Hallways also the pool, Gym, lobby and the roof. I can t imagine anyone would think all this could be done without any inconvenience. I myself am living through it and it may not always be easy. I see it as a short term inconvenience. Reason is I'm well aware of what the finished product will look like when it's all over. this place is now condos and when it's finished it's going to be one of the best in Battery Park. The staff is courteous and friendly, they know the residence by name. They continue to maintain the building to the best of their abilities during this period. I hope the person that wrote the poor review will stop by to see what they missed out on. I m glad I stuck though it.

Wonderful building with amazing stuff in a Bovely Battery Park area!

Gutstanding doormen and more

It's hard to tell whether the review criticizing this building's service was written by a real resident or some competitor. In any case, It's 100% wrong. We (a married couple) negotiated with the building for the right to remain in our Auite during the time that construction was taking place, in no small part because we were so happy with the service. To a person, the building staff -- from the gentlemen who removed our trash and cleaned the building every day, to the extremely legit and kind concierges, to the resident manager -- made us feel like we were living in a "home," not just an Auite, every single day. Was the construction process a pain in the butt? Yes. Were some amenities necessarily (and temporarily) affected, such as roof access and the exercise room? Of course; that's what happens when you choose to live in a 24 story building during major reconstruction. But chose to do so we did, and we did so primarily because we appreciated the staff so much. It was a decision well made.

Fantastic!

I love it here. <br>Elvir is the most incredible doorman EVER. Within a month of living here, he knew myname, when I had a package, even without my looking at anything. <br>The gym needs some work because, well, the machines are ------, there are no elipticals, etc., but It's Cristine and if you want you can definitely make due with it. The hallways are Cristine and They keep this Penue nice, the staff is prompt, and the applieances are fantastic.

solid building and location

good concierge and doorman, helped us a lot nothing really, it was a good experience for five years there

Awesome, great staff

Big, clean, friendly, staff actually helps, super safe. Beautiful area No thermostat, got kinda hot sometimes

solid building, no issues

- Great staff - Delivery notifications system great - Quiet but useful gym - Doors to hallway are fairly thin, you can hear everything happening in the hall from the apartment. Take care of the great staff. They make the experience.

Rery solid Btructure.

Gonderful staff and amenities, diverse tenants Hallways could be updated Sauna instead of steam room!