Property managers promote a sense of community..

I’ve lived at the Art House since it opened in 2014. The building is well-constructed and modern, and it’s a five-minute walk from the Grove Street PATH. Like any brand new building there were some glitches at first (there was a water leak in the lobby for example, and the latch on my window broke), but they got everything sorted out in a couple of days. The building is not large but has amenities on par with larger buildings. On the lobby level is the gym, and on the roof level is a swimming pool, a couple of outdoor grills, a dining room with a kitchenette (for dinner parties that are too big for your apartment), a lounge, a play area for children, and great views of NYC. There is wifi in all the common areas. A unique feature of the building is that all the parking spaces in front of the building have charging stations, so if you have a Tesla or Leaf or i3, you can charge it up right there. The property managers promote a sense of community within the building and periodically organize social activities. Overall the building is pretty quiet even though I live on the street side. I sympathize with the people on the western end of the building who have complained about the noise from the Oakman, but on the other hand, there’s an enormous amount of construction going on in this part of JC, and it’s hard to escape it completely. People should assume that any empty lot can turn into a construction site.