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Business and Pleasure on Salros Road
PROPERTY PROFILE Brian Sullivan/Maury People $815,000
The property located in the Mid-Island district, is one of the more interesting and unique spaces we have profiled. It's a hybrid; a mixture of living space, storage and commercial space. A re-used building with all new surfaces. A property with many green features and details you might not expect in a mixed use commercial/residential space.
Aquiet dead-end lane off of Appleton Street in the mid-island. Several of the properties on this road are mixed-use. There is activity during the day, and it is quiet at night. The neighborhood, which is one of the island's most affordable, is convenient to mid-island shopping and to the public schools. Despite its density, the neighborhood is the gateway to one of the island's nicest walking trails, as well as a large playground.
Our tour of this unique property begins with the wide-open crushed stone driveway and thoughtful use of granite landscape materials. Here you'll find plenty of parking as well as a legal loading zone for commercial use. The lot next door is currently unim- proved, but will share the loading zone space when it is developed.
The building is comprised of four separate condominium units; each could be owned separately. There are two; two bedroom one bath apartments that include a massive heated basement ideal for storage and/or a work area. The other two condos are open workshop spaces that are approx. 850 + s.f. on the first floor each with their own half baths and forced hot air heat. The front and rear of the building are mirror images of each other except for one detail. The rear unit's workshop sliding barn door is on the side of the building; the front unit's is on the front of the building.
To reach the basement space, one takes the 8-foot wide stairs from the outside to a pair of double-hung, extra wide glass doors which let in plenty of natural light. The ceilings in the basement are ten feet high, making this an ideal space for a photo studio, paint shop, metal or woodworking shop. It's also an excellent, heated and bone-dry storage space given the area's elevation and newly poured concrete foundation walls.
The first floor of each unit features a large and sunny commercial space, the floor plan is unobstructed by any supports. It also has its own half-bathroom. Loading materials access is available via the sliding 9-foot by 8-foot barn door or through a secondary entrance. The uses of the space are only limited by one's imagination. We picture a boat building operation here, a commercial kitchen for a catering company, a wood shop, an artist's studio, a gym, martial arts or yoga studio or even the loft-like office possibly for a designer, publisher, internetrelated business or ad agency.
The second floor living spaces are something that need to be seen to be fully appreciated. One accesses the second story via a central stairway that bisects the building. The three, overhead, teardrop, pendant lights and the funky, raw, galvanized steel fire doors provide a clue to the almost-urban feeling of the living spaces beyond.
Each of the apartments offers several features of the revitalized "green" building movement, such as clear cypress reclaimed doors, re-purposed antique frosted glass transoms, energy efficient double-pane windows and doors and bamboo flooring (bamboo is a fast-growing renewable resource and produces a floor that wears like iron but has a light blond hue like southern pine or white oak.) The two ample bedrooms per unit share a single full bath with a combination tub and shower. Central air conditioning and forced hot air throughout both apartments controls a climate from humidity and cold alike.
The kitchens are smartly appointed with grey countertops, a deep, white porcelain sink, white appliances and stone tile floors. Nearby is a pair of sliding full-length glass doors which bring you to a wonderful second story deck, ideal for barbecuing, lounging and dining. In all, the feeling of these living spaces is smart, airy and loft-like.
These four condo units are offered in pairs, each pair includes one half of the building; a two bedroom, one bath apartment, the large basement and the wide open unobstructed shop. Again these spaces can be held in separate ownership as condos suitable for a number of commercial and residential uses. This property is perfect to meet the needs of
one business using all the space, or for multiple
like minded individuals who would share the spaces to meet their own personal needs. An investor could collect income on mixed use rentals for positive cash flow and then sell each unit separately. Each half of the building is offered at
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