SB Manhattan Lofts

So I am writing this with the warning that we just moved in. However, after reading some of the other posts, I think I can address a bunch of the issues.
For one the unit we are in is amazing. The floors and kitchen seem to be in great shape and don’t feel cheap. Also, the air conditioning has worked really well so far.
As far as moving in goes, Erica was very upfront with which costs at move out would be deducted. I’m not sure if this is a new policy, but a lot of the negative reviews about move out were told to us up front. Also, Erica has made herself very available via text whenever we had a question.
We have found all of the other tenants to be very friendly. It’s an eclectic group which is different because we are both kind of boring and professional, but everyone talks in the elevator.
I have not seen any pee on the floor from pets. I’ve seen the cleaning lady moping the floors quite a bit. It’s very clean. Also, the unit was very clean upon move in.
Also, the doormen have been really friendly and have asked a few of my guests to sign in. They obviously can’t stop everyone but they try to be good. I haven’t seen anyone slacking off.
All in all it’s been a great experience so far. The location is incredible. Really really incredible. I’ll update if things go downhill!

I have been living here for 4 years and I love it !
I see people come and people go, most of you whiners on this page are people that didn’t pay the electric bill or left the place a mess and you lost your deposit .
Your deposit of 500 to 600 dollars WILL BE GONE ! Yes gone !
And that’s the way it is everywhere… they will clean and paint for the next tenant.
The water issue… yes they turn off the water sometimes to fix things –SORRY PEOPLE…
shits happens and it has to be fixed.
You don’t like it ?? Please leave !
This place has full occupancy 99% of the time so if you are not happy: LEAVE. Let others be happy by moving into your unit !
I love the maintenance people, cleaning lady, guards and Erica the manager. She is just wonderful but a straight laced and by the book manager.
The electric bill averages from 40 to 75 a month I think that is great. My other loft in the Arts District was 150 or more a month.
In general it’s a great building. Most of the people on my floor help each other out and the building is friendly, so I hope to be here until I am 80 years old ;)
Sooo malcontents… GO away and stop giving this building a bad wrap.
This is my home and I am proud of it !

I lived here for one year. It really was a terrible experience.
Our apartment was given to us filthy, The floor had some residue that I had to mop with lots of pressure. The windows were cleaned nicely. The top of the refrigerator looked like it hadn’t been cleaned in years and the top of the kitchen cabinets were also filthy. The top of our kitchen lamp was full of bird poop that we had to scrub off risking getting electrocuted. The reason I cleaned it all up myself, I was too embarrassed to complain.
My requests to fix things were always taken care of on time and properly. Maintenance was very nice. I always saw them mopping and painting, etc.
One month after moving in we had to fumigate, I don’t know for sure but based on what I saw, I think the prior tenant may have had a pest issue that was never reported. Anyway the unit was rented to me that way. They made me pay $ 150 half the bill and I had to throw hundreds of dollars worth of my belongs to get rid of clutter.
Security, on one occasion I had friends over and one of my guests complained how rude the security was to her, which I did not appreciate.
On one occasion, there was a fire in our building and I was in the shower. My friend who lived across the street text me to tell me about it. I had no idea and there was no alarm. I exited the building and could smell smoke in the hallways but yet no one notified us, the fire department was there. But the fire alarm should would go off on Saturday mornings for no apparent reason. Everyone would get out of bed and exit the building in their pajamas.
Deposit, after giving me a filthy apartment to begin with, they kept $ 500 of my deposit for painting and cleaning. I was not happy about that.
Utilities, there was always a $ 5.00 additional fee on my bill. They don’t tell you that when you move in. And the bill is always estimated based on a shared meter (that’s my understanding anyway).
This only tells you about my experience, I have met other tenants who have had pleasant experiences in the building so I guess it just depends.

My previous review was removed by Unilocal and I received a message from SB Manhattan Lofts.
Enjoy below
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This is Orlando H., the employee at SB Manhattan which you referenced in your Unilocal review of SB Manhattan Lofts on October 25, 2012.
I want to advise you that, in the State of California, it is a civil violation to post, publish, broadcast, or make it public knowledge, information which is false and biased towards the defamation of a hired employee; by which that information may have an adverse effect on the work environment, employ-​ability, and/​or employment of the person being defamed.
I believe that it has been made clear to you what the policies at SB Manhattan are, and your posts of this nature are to be removed and are not to continue further. I have been in contact with Unilocal regarding your post. This is your first and final notification, at which time a civil injunction against you — through the suepena of Unilocal’s profile tracking system and post record; for defamation of character; will take effect beginning Jaunuary 1, 2013.
Orlando H.

The building is in decent condition for its age, price point and layout based on its re-​use from an office building. The layouts give you a good choice and my unit has tons of light, exactly what I want since I work at home. I have been here 9 months and have found things to be good.
The Management has been fairly responsive thus far, Erica has been on the ball with requests, responds to text and inquiries and seems to have care about the people, especially of you try to get to know everyone there. The security is also good, Sean is great up front and keeps and eye out, again if you make an effort also.
Overall I am having a good experience, as much as many other properties in Downtown Los Angeles. Have no plans to move out when my lease is up, so hopefully Erica and the crew are still here to help me out. As a 10 year DTLA resident i have t say the key is communication, get to know everyone before you need them and it will be easier when you do need them.
Cheers!

Overall comfortable and secure living. My sister lives here and I live down the street, and I think we’re SB fans by now. Every time we have a concern it gets handled in a timely fashion. They are very attentive on the rare occasion something goes unexpectedly wrong and work diligently to fix it. Other than that, I cannot recommend enough the friendly disposition of everyone who works here.

Well, I’m updating this again now that I have moved out, and I am downgrading it once more to 1 star. I won’t get into the story but here are some facts you should be aware of before signing a lease here:
1. The utilities are not metered/​billed by the city. It is their own private company they have hired, it is unclear whether they are accurately metering (or metering at all) and you will pay a rate that is much higher than the state utility.
2. They charged $ 180 as a cleaning fee, and $ 350 as a painting fee. These fees are higher than they quoted in my move out inspection. Expect these fees to be on your bill when you move out.
3. Every time they communicate something to you about money, they use arbitrary dates and threaten a collection agency if you don’t comply by said arbitrary date. This makes for a very hostile environment every time you communicate with them. We felt it was not worth living under such circumstances.

I have to warn everyone of the problem that is the SB company.
The previous building manager, Nina, was amazing. She truly cared about the building community and worked hard to make it a great place to live.
But once she left, the entire place has gone down the pooper. I’ll give you a handful of reasons that this place blows:
1: the apartments are made of cheap parts. Within the first month of living there, our microwave handle fell off. Oh, and the air conditioner would occasionally just. .. not work. Hot air coming out of the vent in summer, yay!
2: the «facilities» were totally ignored. Broken gym equipment and a dirty, green jacuzzi upstairs.
3: noise complaints on New Year’s Eve that led to increased rent cost (not me, but my close friend)
4: constantly broken elevators.
5: what takes the cake.. . trying to claim that I owe MORE THAN MY SECURITY DEPOSIT in cleaning/​repair fees in my apartment. Now, I would honestly say if I had painted my apartment, or left it in an unclean state. But no, my husband and I worked hard to leave the apartment in better condition than we found it. And we have pictures to prove it!
I hate this apartment, which is sad because the unit was beautiful at one time. before they started driving up the rent and before they stopped caring about the tenant. AVOID SB PROPERTIES. The reviews on Unilocal don’t lie. They will screw you.

I have lived in this building for five years and can honestly say the management and owners here are the worst in the world. First off if you are thinking about renting in this building know that each unit doesn’t have it’s own electric meter each floor does. So what happens is each floor just splits the bill. So if you are paying for your neighbors power. So say they run their AC all day you and your lucky neighbors get to split that.
Also, which I just found out the hard way, if you decide to go month to month on your lease they will just give you 60 days to quit and get someone in there who will sign a lease.
The building uses their own cleaning and fix it people so when you move out don’t expect any security deposit back. They will create a fake invoice on how much it cost to fix everything or clean everything when you leave so you get nothing back.
Do not move in here. It is not worth the headache.

If you’re considering leasing an apt here, run away. Run far, far away!!!
I am so sad that Nina quit. She got things done around the building and really made this a great place to live. Unfortunately, the new manager is difficult to get a hold of, and doesn’t respond to e-​mails in a timely manner. The quality of the building has just gone way downhill in the last several months:
–The hallways that used to be cleaned daily are now unkept, dirty, and smell horrible.
–«Security» is anything but. I should clarify: The guy who works Thursday nights and the guy who studies a lot are great security guards and I have no qualms with them. It’s the other two who are either 1) Too busy chatting up women to monitor the security cameras and people coming into the building; 2) Can’t be bothered to say hello to you when you try to be friendly and say hello first; or 3) Not at the desk for long periods of time, especially at night. Which brings me to my next point.
–Security constantly lets guests of tenants in without checking in first. I’ve even had to start keeping my front door locked while I’m home because complete strangers have wandered into my apartment, without even knocking, saying they have no idea where they are supposed to go. This has happened SEVERAL times.
–My air conditioning decided to break down for the second time this week and it is now 83 degrees inside. But no one will fix it because it’s the weekend. YAY. It’s only been the hottest week of summer and my dog looks like he’s about to pass out, but whatever.
(Edit: It’s now 86 degrees at 8am on Sunday, Aug 12^th. Mind you, my apt. faces the courtyard so it’s this hot without direct sunlight. Several of my neighbors are without air too, and it’s even hotter in their units because they all face the street/​sun. I called Erica this AM begging for someone to fix it. No dice. How do you not have at least 1 weekend maintenance man on call for a building this size?! When I first moved in, there was ALWAYS someone on call. What’s wrong, Barry, can’t afford to pay a little overtime anymore?)
–Some tenant has been letting a homeless guy into the ground floor garbage room to sleep at night. I know, because I’ve seen it happen. When I told security what I’d witnessed, he was busy chatting up a girl in the lobby. He told me he’d «look into it» but just went right back to his conversation.
–Expect to see prostitutes coming in and out of the building.
–The building manager seems to think that it’s perfectly acceptable to allow people to move in at all hours of the night, and without any monitoring. Last night I came home at 11 to find people loudly moving into the building. I’ve also seen people moving in at 2 in the morning. The worst was last week when someone moved onto my floor and blocked all of the elevator and stairway doors with their heavy furniture. My fiancé and I had to move their stuff out of the way just to get out.
–Speaking of, move-​ins are given control of one elevator, so you’d think that’d leave 2 free for the rest of the building, right? Wrong!!! 1 elevator isn’t enough for the movers so they end up using all three and then it takes 10 minutes just for the elevator to arrive to your floor. And even then you can’t use it because it’s either stuffed with furniture, the movers, or everyone else trying to leave the building. Does security do anything about it, like ask the movers to use the 1 elevator they were given permission to use? Nope!!! They could care less.
–The water is shut off for repair almost monthly. I get it, it’s an old building, but you’d think they’d have replaced the pipes or fixed the pipes or done something with the pipes by now. Nope. Sometimes we don’t even get notified that the hot water has been shut off and I end up stepping into an ice-​cold shower stream at 6am.
–Horrible tenant retention. I’ve only lived here since March 2010, and I’ve already lived here longer than most other tenants on my floor.
I’m giving 4 stars for the awesomeness of my individual unit, and negative 2 stars for the building as a whole. Average: 1 star. And even then I’m not sure SB Manhattan deserves that.

I love my apartment and have lived here for about a year, but can’t wait to move out. The new manager (Erica) doesn’t seem to know what she’s doing. The AC is constantly being shut off, and same with the hot water for «repairs.» It happens about twice a month. If you come to her with a situation that needs to be taken care of, (in my case my washer/​dryer caught on fire, and the AC not working) she will quickly say, «Well, technically we have 72 hours to come out and fix it.» They still haven’t given me a new washer and it’s been 5 months, so I have to use the ones in the basement that are always being used. I’m so sick of it. I pay too much a month to be dealing with this low level of service.

Update: 6−28−12
DO NOT TOUCH THIS OR ANY SB PROPERTY WITH A 30 FOOT POLE!
This is a corrupt organization that is only after your money and does not care about the living conditions of the tenants.
As we speak they are trying to screw mw out of my security deposit and charge me for things when I know they were not broken and the condition of the apartment when I left. DO NOT MOVE HERE! DON’T DO IT!!!
Can’t find my previous review of this place for some reason… but here it goes, again.
First and foremost, I want to state that the spaces in this building are very nice. The love the layout of my apartment and I get plenty of compliments when people come to visit… but it ends there.
You will, as I do now, eventually HATE living here. Here are the reasons I cannot wait to move.
1. PARKING If you’re considering living here, hopefully you dont have a car, because if you do, just tack on another $ 150.00 to your rent. And it’s still a block away, which isn’t terrible but you have to dodge dog shit and piss on the street as you walk from the lot to the building. Hopefully you can hold your breathe that long cause that’s what I do. Also, if for some reason you forget to put your parking pass up one day or it falls from your rearview, it will be towed and guess what, you’re paying the fees to to get it back. I shelled out $ 250.00 in addition to my parking spot one month.
2. CLEANLINESS: This building smells and is dirty 90% of the time. The only time is clean is the hour window right after the cleaning lady. After that, it stinks all day of dogs, piss, and there’s always smudge marks on the floor from people, gum, or whatever else.
4. BUMS: I have nothing personal against the homeless, but they’re a different breed here. Just get ready to be harassed daily for change, etc.
3. NOISE: Now this is the least of my problems living here as I anticipated the noise from living in the city… but this particular street takes the cake. People continously honk their horns and the club crowd shout at the top of their longs just talking to each other. It’s cool at first but enough is enough.
All in all, I did enjoy my time here at SB. It was close to my job (a block away) and I’ve met some cool people. But if I fully knew what I was getting into, I would have never moved in.
If you’re looking to move downtown, go to the arts district (little tokyo) or try to stay as close to staples center as you can afford. Once you get past Hill, it gets really dirty and grimey.

Im warning you. It’s a dump. the front door smells like a fecal deposit from skid row.
and forget about the management.

I am actually registering on Unilocal to post this review.
I have lived at SB Manhattan, at 215 W 6^th St, for almost two years.
I know that the apartments are aesthetically appealing. That appearance is a well-​oiled veneer.
Things to consider before you move in:
— Constant staff turnover (security staff exempt)
— Perhaps pause to consider how that staff turnover might effect you over the length of your tenancy. I have met three building managers and heard of another two. In less than 24 months? I have sent my rent checks to the same address for 14 of those 20+ months. Suddenly my rent checks were no longer received (but debited from my checking by billpay), and I had to pay over $ 100 in late rent fees. When I sent my rent in, well in advance. Annoying.
— Semi-​frequent, unexplained, emergency alarms. They go on long enough to require evacuation. I’m only aware of these occurring in the middle of the night.
— Dog friendly, not «owner considerate.» I love dogs. I don’t expect to hear my neighbor’s dog howl for more than 30 minutes after 11pm. I also don’t expect trash to pile up around the trash chutes on weekends (message me [can you do that here?] for pictures).
— Maintenance is unpredictable. I put in a request for light fixture repair more than a year ago. I gave up and bought lamps. Other tenants I have known have hired handymen.
— I have actually never been given a front door key. Another resident copied their front door key. When I forgot my front door key one night I was sent an email telling me that I could purchase a front door key for $ 3. There is a 24 hour doorman for these situations. I digress.
I’ve been in the States for nearly 10 years, and I’ve always liked where I’ve lived. This is the first time that I have given notice without having signed a lease at a new apartment.
I hope you can tell that that says something.

I live here now and have for a couple of years. I can’t wait to get out.
The plumbing was cheaply done. They turn the water off an average of a day a month to work on it. Not convenient.
The elevators are cheap, go out regularly and are not fixed promptly. Hauling ass up ten flights might be good exercise, but it’s incredibly frustrating if you’re in a hurry. This is a constant irritation. Constant.
Building management tends to rotate through a cast of incompetents about once every four months. No one is responsible.
The appliances are bottom-​of-​the-​line cheap. The washer and dryer combo simply doesn’t work.
The gym has terrible machines. The treadmill looks like something your grandmother would buy for walking.
The landlord is notorious for withholding security deposits.
It smells like piss outside 24 – 7. I don’t know if it’s homeless people or dogs. Or drunks?
For this, it’s terribly overpriced. Stay away from the SB buildings generally.

Updated 6÷19÷13 *Lived here a total of 2 ½ years
So I wanted to come on here and update my experience (almost exactly one year later from my last post) living in SB Manhattan now that I have moved out.
First things first *DONT MOVE HERE!
Initially when I moved in and even up to about a year I really did enjoy living in SB Manhattan, yes it did have its problems but it was nothing to big. That was until our beloved building manager Nina moved onto another job. Things from that point on turned sour. The management of the building went down the drain, elevators remained non functional for weeks, security seemed to only be there for the pay check, dogs began to defecate in the hallways and urinate in front of the building, and maintenance request went unanswered. Living in the building really went down the gutter, it became very noticeable that people were upset with management when there was a rush of tenants moving out of the building. I would estimate that within a few months time 6 tenants moved out of the building on my floor.
Don’t get me wrong the actual units are beautiful, with exposed brick, concrete walls, 20 foot ceilings, and that industrial look and feel that add a certain aesthetic to your living space that you would pay a ton for in New York. After that, you are in for trouble, because you cannot rely on management for any help.
Now that I have moved out I am in the process of trying to get my security deposit back of $ 600, + a $ 200 incentive for allowing my unit to be shown while I was away, but now it seems near impossible with SB Properties Management. Upon leaving and moving all of my items out, I spent one whole day detail cleaning my unit, from the walls, to the fridge, to the restroom and even went to home depot bought a can of paint and freshly painted the walls. The unit looked brand new by the time I was done. I receive an itemized disposition for my security deposit in my email from the sb properties management in which they charge me $ 350 for paint, a $ 25 trash removal fee and $ 150 for my utilities. I seriously couldn’t believe my eyes when I received the email. Now I am diligently trying to call and email without any response as to why these charges are added. These people are shady, they screen your calls and emails and will not return them. I am currently in the process of filing a claim in small claims court.
I have found information that may be helpful to anyone who moves into here. Please arm yourself with information so that you can protect yourself.
Here is also a link with information in regards to Barry Shy who is the property owner/​developer aka slum lord of SB properties
Please stay far away from this place, and I would say any SB owned property for that matter, it may look good once you get in, but all that glitters is not gold, this is seriously a coal mine with a gold façade on the outside.

I’d have to agree with reviewer Jenna N. My unit is small. I live alone, but because it’s wide open I feel as though I have a great deal of space. I’m coming from a 3200 square foot house mind you, a house that was divided up into lots of small rooms, most of which I never visited.
Any complaint I register is responded to quickly. I do have a leak that seems a bit difficult to fix, but this is not for lack of trying.
I love the convenience of the neighborhood. I walk out the door and almost everything I can possibly need is near by. I’m within walking distance from 3 bars. Heh.
Among things that are important to me, as I do computer consulting from home, are a good AT&T signal and fast broadband. I get 20Mb/​s down from Time Warner Cable and my iPhone always has 5 bars in the building so I don’t even need a land line.
Sometimes things can get a bit loud in my area of the building, though not often, and I recognize that people need to cut lose once in a while. I like the fact that people have pets, though some of those dogs are really big and I can’t figure how they can manage to keep such big boys indoors all the time. There’s this one little yap yap dog out in the courtyard, that needs a diazepam periodically.
There are homeless people around. I haven’t seen them in the building.
As Jenna indicated, Nina is a fantastic manager. She a sweetheart and she works really hard, often proactively on weekends and after hours. I’ve sent Nina email about a problem and had maintenance show up within the hour. She works so hard and is so responsive, I almost hate telling her if I have an issue.
The doormen are also good, helpful, and informative. Bruno showed me the ropes from the day I moved in.
Concerning negative reviews, here’s the thing, this is Downtown Los Angeles and a very large apartment building. This means living with human beings of all sorts. Some are courteous and considerate, some are not. If you want a gated community with an utterly sterile environment, I suggest one of the cottage cheese ceiling places with cheesy carpet in other parts of the city.
My biggest complaint is that I wish there was some way for me to pay my rent electronically. Those cashier checks get expensive.

UPDATE: 05÷08÷12
NOTES:
ELEVATORS (3) have not worked properly for the last 3 years. You may have to wait up to several minutes for an elevator to arrive and when it does you step in and the elevator buttons are all lit up, meaning the elevator stops on every floor. I’ve been told by management that «it will be fixed tomorrow», «we’re waiting on a part», «they’re working on it now», however it has shown this pattern for 2 yrs now — so has the management. Elevator Number 3 was out of commission completely (not working) for what seemed to be well over a week. Last week the LAFD had to be called to free a trapped tenant…1−½ hours to get them out.
UTILITIES are not metered, meaning you get some crazy utility bill once in a while. I received a bill for well over $ 450 one month. I called management and they said to take it up with the utility company. I called the utility company and they said take the matter to the building owner. After a run around, I discovered the bill was a result of a cost for new $ 100K AC rooftop condenser/​chiller unit passed on to the tenants. Eventually the bill was dropped but it took several telephone calls and I’m still not sure how my utility bill was and is currently being determined. Water repair is a constant, shuts down water for a day. Then you get brown water burting from faucets after «repair work».
WASHER/​DRYER in the majority of the apartments is a machine the size of a dishwasher that is supposed to wash and dry. However, if you ask most tenants who have this combo-​unit the majority of them will tell you it doesn’t work. Even a maintenance worker suggested that approximately 60 machines in this building alone are broken. Most tenants use the four machines in the basement, these machines are usually unavailable — in use — high demand. Quarters are needed to pay for use.
AIR CONDITIONING comprises an air handler built into each apartment. The chilled air is a result of a fan blowing air over a coil of cold water piped from the roof top unit. The air handler unit is very loud. Sleeping with it the AC or heat on takes some getting used to. Imagine sleeping next to a running exhaust fan on your night stand, that’s what it is like. Once I arrived home to find my apartment was almost 90 degrees. The AC appeared to be running but only the fan was pushing the warm air around — no cold air. I called the management and was informed that they hadn’t turned-​on/​commissioned the AC unit on the roof yet. In other words, I was without AC because the owner turns off the roof top AC chiller unit at a certain time of the year and eventually and at their schedule turns it on sending the chilled cold water to the air handler in ones apartment unit. This was June when I had no AC because, as the owner’s son stated, «we haven’t turned it on yet».
WINDOWS have never been washed (exterior) since I moved. I was assured that they will be cleaned by Olivia (a property manager) at least once a year. They are very very dirty. The windows are old and single pane, meaning that they do not help in reducing street noise.
ROOF TOP POOL AREA is usually dirty. The plastic outdoor furniture is broken or in need of replacement. The glass table tops are always filthy. The hot tub is not respected by tenants and this means I have discovered cigarette butts in it and bubble bath foaming.
The «swimming» pool is not heated and is small.
GYM EQUIPMENT is neglected. The equipment appears to be missing parts or not working at all. The treadmill was completely broken for 6-​months. I gave up visiting the gym because of owner neglect and possible tenant abuse that I don’t know if the treadmill has even been repaired/​replaced yet.
SECURITY is always friendly and polite. The front entrance door slams shut when a tenant enters or leaves the lobby/​building. On several occasions the front door lock was completely broken. There is a tacky ATM machine in the lobby.
KITCHEN APPLIANCES work well. It is a nice kitchen lay-​out but small and not enough countertop space. The granite tops are also nice.
BATHROOM is nicely equipped, highlights include modern chrome faucets, marble and ceramic tile wall finishes.
LIGHTING to the kitchen is provided by one bright but fluorescent fixture.
CLOSET SPACE in my apartment is well undersized and fitted with a cheap wire ‘shelf & rod’.
IN GENERAL, the building has potential to be a nice place to live but in my opinion the owner is either overwhelmed with issues or is trying to save a buck with routine maintenance and operational costs. In the past year the demographics of tenants has changed. This may be a result of lower rents. Overwhelmingly, more graffiti, garbage, uncleanliness, noise, & tenant partying has become a problem

I’ve lived in the SB Manhattan for a year now.
The upside is that it’s close to my school, in a trendy and unique area, and has a pool on the roof. That’s what sold me about living downtown: you can have a freakin’ pool. on your roof. The actual units are also nice: marble bowl sinks in the bathrooms, hardwood floors (though they’re probably fake), and a great view. Most of the security guards and other staff are quite nice, as well.
However, I’ve only used the pool once or twice. Being in law school means you never have time to do anything fun. Plus, the pool closes at night, which is a shame, given the beautiful skyline views late at night.
The in-​unit washer/​dryer is a total waste of time: no matter how many times you run it, it will never dry your clothes. Take them to a fluff’n’fold instead.
The A/​C unit is awesome, though we rarely use it. It can cool down the entire apartment in three or four minutes — definitely an industrial-​strength unit.
The gym area leaves a lot to be desired: the machines have been constantly broken for the past year. Usually one or two of them work, but I’ve never seen all the equipment operational at any given time. And it’s only four machines.
All in all, a decent place to live, particularly for the price and location. But the broken gym equipment, rooftop hours, and the washer/​dryer prevent this from being a four– or five-​star rating.

You pay a high premium because you believe that the services you will receive are well worth the price. Do not be deceived by those thoughts when thinking of renting at this location. Bait and Switch — for your business, they will do the dog and pony show. They will be responsive and try to sell you a unit as quickly as possible. Once you’re in, the candy coded smile sunshine is turned off and the world turns cold. Try to get maintenance to attend to your property — good luck. Try to get property management to respond — which one, they switch to a new one once a month b/​c the last one quit. Got a leaky faucet — I hope you have plenty of pots.
Apart from that which is mentioned above, and is completely true, the basement level is bigger than a football field with only three coin operated junior laundry units. Five pieces of exercise equipment, 2 radio equipped saunas (Uhm, sub-​basement — no signal!) and a junior poor table. All of this takes up less than 20% of that space.
Elevators work when they feel like it — make sure to bring it a treat or you may be waiting in the elevator for more than 15 minutes while it contemplates the meaning of Floor #5.
With all that said, there is one good thing about the building… the sidewalks are always washed — with dog urine.
This place sucks big time, but would be a gem if property management knew some customer service and it wasn’t owned by Slum Lord SB of SB Properties.