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The quiet, tree-lined streets of Brooklyn Heights have long been aMong the most sought after for real estate in New York City. Its proximity to Manhattan and an abundance of historic architecture — some of it dating back more than 100 years — has helped the area command some of the highest prices in Brooklyn.

紐約布魯克林高地(Brooklyn Heights)綠樹成蔭、幽靜無比的街巷一直是市區最爲搶手的置業之地。它毗鄰曼哈頓島，各種歷史建築雲集（有些可追溯至100多年前），從而成爲布魯克林區房價中的佼佼者。

While the district has largely escaped the wave of property development that has gripped the rest of Brooklyn in recent years, a small building boom is now taking hold in a neighbourhood unaccustomed to large-scale projects.

儘管布魯克林高地很大程度上躲過了樓市開發熱潮，而該股熱潮近年來又席捲了布魯克林其它區域，但小範圍房產開發潮如今正在這塊對大型樓盤項目“遺漏”的區域漸次展開。

According to CityRealty, a property-tracking company, at least six residential developments are in the construction or planning stages in Brooklyn Heights, set to bring more than 774 new homes to an area that measures just over a quarter of a square mile. Many of the new projects target the upper end of the market, where availability has traditionally been tight. “Low inventory has always been the biggest obstacle to buying real estate in places like Brooklyn Heights,” says Leslie Marshall, an estate agent at Corcoran’s local office. “Now there’s more development and that benefits the increasing number of buyers who want to be here.”

據樓市信息追蹤公司CityRealty統計：在布魯克林高地，如今至少6處住宅區正在建設或處於規劃之中，有望給這塊0.25平方英里多一點的彈丸之地新增774套新居。許多新開發樓盤針對高端市場，而昔日的高端樓盤供給一直屈指可數。“樓盤存量低一直是在布魯克林高地等區域置業的最大障礙。”房產經紀公司科科倫(Corcoran)紐約分部經紀萊斯利氠歇爾(Leslie Marshall)說。“如今布魯克林高地開發的樓盤漸趨增多，這讓有意來此居住的買家獲益更多。”

According to property appraiser Miller Samuel, prices have almost doubled since 2010. Already New York’s most populous borough, Brooklyn is still growing. More than 22,000 new apartments are on track to be built by 2019, says CityRealty. While much of the new construction will be in emerging areas such as Bushwick, Red Hook and Bedford-Stuyvesant, some of the building is under way in well-established areas too, such as Dumbo, Williamsburg and Brooklyn Heights.

紐約住宅房產估價公司Miller Samuel認爲：自2010年以來，紐約房價差不多翻了一番。儘管布魯克林已成爲紐約市人口最爲稠密的區域，但其人口仍在不斷增長。CityRealty聲稱到2019年時，布魯克林將興建超過2.2萬套新居。儘管很多新建樓盤位於Bushwick、Red Hook、以及Bedford-Stuyvesant等新開發區域，但仍有一些在建樓盤位於小飛象街區(Dumbo)、威廉斯堡時尚區(Williamsburg)、以及布魯克林高地等黃金地段。

“The Brooklyn market is seeing sales strength in just about every corner,” says Doug Bowen, a broker with Douglas Elliman. “Adding units and new property investment just make sense for developers.”

“布魯克林各個地段樓盤的銷售都很喜人。”Douglas Elliman經紀人道格貟榜(Doug Bowen)說。“因此地產商投資開發新樓盤也就有了充足的動力。”

And nowhere more so, it seems, than in Brooklyn Bridge Park, an area of Brooklyn Heights that hugs the shoreline in the shadow of Brooklyn Bridge. The area sat largely barren of property development for decades, but is now undergoing an ambitious transformation that includes new condominiums, upmarket hotels and restaurants. Pierhouse at Brooklyn Bridge Park, a hotel and condo complex developed by Toll Brothers City Living, includes 106 apartments with landscaped gardens and unobstructed views across the East River to Lower Manhattan.

布魯克林大橋公園(Brooklyn Bridge Park)如今似乎最爲搶手，它屬於布魯克林高地，位於布魯克林大橋附近的濱海地段。幾十年來，一直是未開發的處女地，但如今這裏正在雄心勃勃地“舊貌換新顏”，包括分契式公寓、高檔酒店和餐館在內的Pierhouse項目位於布魯克林大橋公園區，這個酒店與分契式公寓樓盤組成的項目由Toll Brothers City Living房地產公司負責開發，共 106套景觀花園式公寓，東河(East River)對岸的下曼哈頓區(Lower Manhattan)勝景一覽無遺。

Although the project will not be complete until March next year, 70 per cent of its homes have already been sold, including a four-bedroom penthouse with more than 5,000 sq ft of living space that was bought for $11.18m — one of the most expensive condominium purchases ever in the borough, according to David von Spreckelsen, president of Toll Brothers City Living. Prices for the remaining apartments range from $2.55m for a one-bedroom unit to $11.19m for a five-bedroom home.

儘管該樓盤明年3月份才能完工，但70%的公寓已經售出，其中就包括實用面積超過5000平方英尺、售價高達1118萬美元的4臥頂層豪宅——Toll Brothers City Living總裁大衛馮斯普里克森(David von Spreckelsen)說，它已成爲布魯克林區有史以來售價最高的分契式公寓；而未售出的公寓房售價介於255萬美元（一臥公寓）與1119萬美元（5臥公寓）之間不等。

One Brooklyn Bridge Park is a 12-storey building with 360 apartments that also includes a 3,000 sq ft fitness centre, a yoga studio and on-site parking. Douglass Elliman is marketing a two-bedroom, 2,550 sq ft apartment in the development for $3.6m. Prices for the 16 apartments that remain on sale in the building range from $995,000 for a one-bedroom unit to $4.99m for a five-bedroom home.

布魯克林大橋公園1號樓(One Brooklyn Bridge Park)總高12層，共有360套公寓房，此外還建有面積達3000平方英尺的健身中心、一間瑜伽室以及相應的停車場。Douglass Elliman房產經紀公司正出售該樓盤一套面積2550平方英尺、售價360萬美元的2臥公寓。在待售的16套公寓房中，售價從99.5萬美元（一臥公寓）到499萬美元（5臥公寓）不等。

“Brooklyn real estate has always been synonymous with older structures and prewar buildings,” says Tom Bohan, a broker with estate agency Weichert. “But the newer developments are attracting a lot of buyers with larger spaces and updated amenities.”

“以前一說起布魯克林的房地產，就等同於二戰之前老舊房子的代名詞，”Weichert房產公司經紀人湯姆娠襓(Tom Bohan)說。“但新開發樓盤的戶型大、先進設施一應俱全，各路買家紛至沓來。”

Traditional stock is still in great demand, though. Corcoran is selling a four-storey townhouse built in 1857 in Pierrepont Place that, at $40m, is marketed at a record sum for a residential property in the borough. The house has 16 bedrooms and 17,354 sq ft of living space, as well as more than 9,000 sq ft of garden and outdoor space.

儘管如此，老房子仍然供不應求。科科倫以4000萬美元的售價掛售一套位於Pierrepont Place、始建於1857年的4層連棟老宅，這是布魯克林區居民住宅有史以來的最高售價。這棟老宅共有16個臥室，實用面積達17354平方英尺，此外還有超過9000平方英尺的花園及戶外活動空間。

Not everyone is thrilled with surging property development in Brooklyn Heights. Several preservationist groups led by longtime residents oppose the rash of new construction, arguing that the building boom is altering the area’s historic charm and blocking its views of Manhattan. One group, called Save the View Now, lost a court fight in June to block the Pierhouse development when a New York State Supreme Court judge dismissed its lawsuit.

布魯克林高地樓盤開發一路飈升，並非人見人喜。由老居民領銜的幾個環保團體反對一窩蜂式地開發樓市，他們聲稱房地產開發狂潮正在改變該地區的獨特歷史風情，而且遮擋了遠眺曼哈頓島的視線。今年6月，紐約州最高法院(New York State Supreme Court)法官裁定其中一個名爲Save the View Now團體敗訴，該團體要求法院阻止Pierhouse樓盤項目的開發。

Yet developers and many long-time brokers in the area defend the building work. “It was inevitable that an area as popular as Brooklyn Heights would see more property development at some point,” says Leslie Marshall, of Corcoran. “But frankly many of these newer properties have taken pains to keep with the area’s architectural integrity and some of them are actually adding value to the neighbourhood.”

然而開發商與該地區許多資深經紀人卻竭力爲之辯護。“布魯克林高地這類搶手地段興建越來越多的樓盤是必然之事，”來自科科倫紐約分部的經紀人萊斯利氠歇爾說。“但平心而論，很多最新開發的樓盤竭力保持該地區的整體建築原貌，而且有些樓盤事實上讓布魯克林高地錦上添花。”