Following the holiday break, you’ve seen work resume in the 870 lobby. Below is a status update:
• The main lobby floor will be removed this Tuesday, January 14th. We realize that residents in the lower floors of the building are disproportionately impacted by the noise of this work, and appreciate your flexibility and patience during this phase of the project.
• Re-tiling is taking longer than expected, and longer than was initially communicated to residents. Based on revised estimates from our contractor, we expect the floors to be completed towards the end of January. We expect the remainder of the work on the 870 lobby to be completed by the end of February.
• Some residents have asked about saving the older lobby tile for use in repairing tiles on the upper floors. After consulting with our contractor, he has advised that cleaning off the grout from the older tiles is a nearly impossible task, unfortunately making them essentially unusable for that scenario.
• You may have noticed paint samples currently in the lobby. Here are the colors that we’ve selected with input from our designer: walls (OC-32 Tapestry Beige in eggshell finish), ceilings (OC-13 Soft Chamois in flat finish), chair railings (OC-13 Soft Chamois in satin or pearl finish), crown moldings (OC-117 Simply White in satin finish), doors and frames (2133-10 Onyx in pearl finish).
• Regarding our external doors (to the street), after further review with our contractor, designer and architect, we have decided to retain the current doors. This is mostly being done as a cost-savings measure. The doors will be repainted as part of the project. You will, however, see new doors in 860 to coincide with a more comprehensive vestibule re-design in that building.
• Among the next steps that you’ll also see is installation of new lighting fixtures.
As always, if you have any concerns about the contracting work, please contact Sam Rosario at 646-709-7481 (cell) or our Managing Agent Howard Landman at 212-483-0700 or hlandman@sirenmgt.com.