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berman realty sucks! — Brooklynian

berman realty sucks!

belzjm
belzjm
edited November -1 in Park Slope
so they kicked out super savers on 7th ave and it's now been empty for almost 2 years!!

for someone who owns so much property in the neighborhood, it seems a bit disrespectful to me to keep a PRIME space empty for this long because you're either 1. being greedy or 2. don't seem to understand the laws of supply and demand and don't realize that if the space hasn't rented in 2 years, it's time to lower the price.

how about thinking about the neighborhood which has given you so much instead of holding out for a couple extra bucks? no space on 7th and union should be vacant for 2 years.

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  • belzjm
    belzjm
    and yes, i think i posted something similar before but it's been another year and still it sits there!!
  • briggs
    briggs
    We used to rent from them. They were actually really good landlords, but the one thing they absolutely will not do is budge on price, regardless of the economy. We loved our place but had to move because there were other bigger and better places, literally on the same block as ours, for a lot less. They will definitely let something sit empty until they get the rent they want.
  • 8thandprez
    8thandprez
    We rented from them as well and liked them a lot. It's too bad the store is sitting empty... that place always seemed like it needed a LOT of interior work (rickety, uneven floors) before it could be used for something other than a discounty store.

    I would hope that Berman sees the bigger picture: empty storefronts make the neighborhood look less attractive and consequently less desirable to potential residential tenants in their buildings.
  • belzjm
    belzjm
    "I would hope that Berman sees the bigger picture: empty storefronts make the neighborhood look less attractive and consequently less desirable to potential residential tenants in their buildings."


    i agree with this wholeheartedly. now there is this space empty, the space where tasti delight was, slope sports closed up, the sit down portion of la taqueria, the 2nd floor over brown harris stevens and a host of others...

    it's time for landlords to get real. there's a TON of space open on 7th avenue these days and it's time to get to a price where businesses actually want to come in. it will only attract more business by doing so.

    as it is now, landlords are killing 7th avenue.
  • jamzer
    jamzer
    Berman didn't kick out Super Saver. The owner chose to retire and Super Saver was the last of about 4 or 5 businesses he closed down.

    I rented from Berman for three years and found them to be a perfectly fine landlord. The fact that I did not have to pay a broker's fee was gravy. Far from being an absentee landlord, the Bermans live, work and pray in the community. I often delivered my rent check right to his wife (who I believe recently passed away). She used to hang out in their office on 7th Avenue. The family belongs to, and are active in, Garfield Temple. I'm sure they want nothing more than to see 7th Avenue, and all of Park Slope, flourish.

    Berman does not suck.
  • caseopele
    caseopele
    Jamzer wrote: Berman didn't kick out Super Saver. The owner chose to retire and Super Saver was the last of about 4 or 5 businesses he closed down.
    That's not what the employees of Super Saver were saying. They said Berman raised the rent and the owners couldn't afford to pay so they had to close.
  • 8thandprez
    8thandprez
    I will say this, at the risk of appearing to be an elitist, entitled Park Slope resident: Super Savers was a shithole. Sure, it had a decent selection and prices were ok, but the place was a blight on 7th Avenue.
  • caseopele
    caseopele
    Super Savers was a blight on 7th Avenue? I really wish you were kidding, unfortunately I know you're not.
  • armchair_warrior
    armchair_warrior
    this reminds me of the economic divide of park slope. being between 5 and 6 ave. if you go above that you find older and more economically successful folks. while you venture lower you get cheaper digs and younger people generally.
  • prezst
    prezst
    sorry jamzer, but there was a typo in your posting. berman preys in park slope, not 'prays.'
  • belzjm
    belzjm
    i was also told by the employees that berman raised the rent thus the reason why they closed.

    and what is a blight is an empty storefront sitting there for 2 years.

    along with the other 20 vacancies within 10 blocks.
  • jamzer
    jamzer
    caseopele wrote: That's not what the employees of Super Saver were saying. They said Berman raised the rent and the owners couldn't afford to pay so they had to close.
    Maybe you should have spoken to the owner to get the truth.
  • caseopele
    caseopele
    Jamzer wrote: [quote=caseopele]That's not what the employees of Super Saver were saying. They said Berman raised the rent and the owners couldn't afford to pay so they had to close.
    Maybe you should have spoken to the owner to get the truth.

    Sorry, I don't rub elbows with owners and I'm more inclined to believe the employees.
  • 8thandprez
    8thandprez
    caseopele wrote: Super Savers was a blight on 7th Avenue? I really wish you were kidding, unfortunately I know you're not.
    No, I wasnt kidding. I mean, sure, it was a decent store to buy some essentials but the place wasn't exactly the Taj Mahal aesthetically and wasn't a dreamy shopping experience. The employees weren't exactly friendly either (and I sure as hell wouldn't take their word over the owners' on the reason for closing).

    I agree, however, that a parade of empty storefronts is more of a blight than a crappy discount store.
  • goodprospect
    goodprospect
    I will take a discounty store like this over a chain store of any kind any day of the week (okay, except for Bloomingdales or the like, perhaps) in my little town. Anyway, it wasn't a dollar store - those are way crummier - it was simply an Rx-less drug store, which I occasionally patronized. Whatever the reason that it closed, 7th Avenue (and Flatbush around the corner, where Park Heights Stationers used to be) is looking far sadder than it used to. I hope the owners of these spaces are willing to take a few dollars less to keep or rent to stores that will benefit the community - and I say this as a (residential) landlord myself.
  • caseopele
    caseopele
    The employees were always friendly to me, I got to know a few of them over the years.
  • 8thandprez
    8thandprez
    Regardless, it's a blight now. Funny how many more empty storefronts there are in North Slope vs South Slope (where I now live). Seems like we're doing pretty well down here (although John Burke is our version of Berman).
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