200 Brannan

Wow! In love with 200 Brannan. Proud owner and awesome building. Highly recommended.

This place is a fantastic building hands down. Lived here on the third floor since 2008 and have only had positive experiences with concierge, management company, and building as a whole. I have friends who bought in other buildings but wish they would have purchased or rented in 200 Brannan. Can’t beat the location, especially with new Oracle arena going in.

Phenomenal place to live, would be so sad to leave when the time comes. We have lived in SOMA for the last 16 years and we’re original owners at 200 B. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this building and the neighborhood. Some of the biggest pluses for 200 B are the neighborhood is fantastic, and the community in this building is incredible. I have numerous friends in every building in South Beach and by far, the community here seems to be the most outstanding! The building is well-​maintained, the PM and staff have worked out some kinks since we began and things have been wonderful. We have a very diverse and very proactive community which is tremendously important in building a better living experience. We’ve experienced such excellent client service from our concierge, Joseph DeBorba and he’s become valuable a part of the family. I’m REALLY picky about where I live, it has to be right for me and as an ex-NY’er, this building has always felt like home.

We’ve lived in South Beach for almost 20 years and love the neighborhood. It’s clean, safe and convenient. We are original owners at 200 Brannan and are thrilled with just about everything. The large landscaped courtyard feels like you’re living in an oasis in the middle of the city. By and large it’s well run, well-​kept, a nice community and a very civilized place to live. Our concierge, Joseph, is fantastic!

I do not understand why the reviews that are really accurate about this building get sent to the filtered section. So, please read filtered section reviews so you are not unduly influenced.

I am one of the original tenants and i work out of the apt. in the AM’s. I have never been bothered by noise and i am used to quiet bec. i have another home in a country setting. This is a unique property. The condos are more like a NYC duplex apt. than a loft that doesn’t utilize the upstairs space very well. Having first floor patio apts. or 5^th floor penthouses with roof decks also contributes to the building’s uniqueness. And last but not least, the park like grounds lend a feeling of community and makes the dwelling much less alienating/​cold than a high-​rise like The Brannan.
But 200 Brannan is not for everyone. It is inhabited by a diverse group of people: boomers, young couples with children, gay couples, single working women and dogs. If u are looking for something low key, with unique architecture and a fabulous location (1 block from the water, local cafes and restaurants) then this is it.
Please note that many years ago I lived in a small town house development featured in the Los Angeles Book of Architecture. We also had some building problems that needed correcting and some people too. That is all part of the living experience when u are not in a single family home.

Great building, I dunno who are these disgruntled ppl posting crappy reviews

Great location. Large units (2BR/​2ba from 1500 – 2100 sq ft). Great concierge and security guards. Small but usually empty and serviceable gym. Nice courtyard interior. Very dog friendly.

I would like to review the building management but considering these are unidentified ‘warehouse-​converted condos/​lofts/​real estate companies…’, perhaps that is why just the lobby is up for review? In any case, I posted a picture so you know where to go when you want to complain about the incessant construction noise.
Do NOT consider living here (or working out of here or in any .5 mile radius of here) unless you enjoy hearing the sounds of jackhammers. Nonstop, all day. For the next year.
The property management is clearly inept at overseeing construction projects/​deadlines at this building. Even the office staff at the actual 200 Brannan Street corner office AND in the ‘200 Brannan Lobby’ (which is technically on Delancey Street) were both informed by management that the daily 7AM-​8PM jackhammer sessions, which have gone on for over 2 weeks, should have ended a week ago but no one seems to have a clear answer for what is going on.
At the 200 Brannan Street office (at Delancey), the friendly lady said «At least they started after 8am today». Her positive attitude is the only justification for the default 1-​star.
The street permit signs (which take up a quarter of the block’s available parking spaces for no necessary reason being the construction is taking place on the building walls…) display that construction is permitted to go on until September 9, 2010. Property management should have these workers park in the building, not taking up street parking. It is tacky and quite frankly brings down the property value of your complex. Most complexes in this area have underground parking– therefore street parking here has been a luxury for visiting friends/​family or clients of local residents/​businesses– until now, and apparently through the entire summer.
When filing a noise complaint with the city it appears 200 Brannan has requested a permit to perform construction all along its Delancey Street property until May 2011. I am sure they will fail to mention this information if you are somehow coerced into even considering signing papers here. Don’t do it– you have been warned!
I am from Manhattan so my tolerance for noise is high, that said the noise from 200 Brannan is the worse I have ever heard… so excruciating painful that I am considering moving as I work out of a home office. Plus waking up daily to the sound of drills, hammers, and other loud machinery is just not good for the psyche. I live across the street in a newer complex that has decent windows to block out noise, for I have never even heard the ‘loud’ bridge construction that so many complained about– and I am a block away. In my entire 2 years living here I have never had one noise issue. The 200 Brannan jackhammers though– different story.
What exactly is this construction– oh, just ask reception in the lobby. It is all ‘aesthetic’; they are drilling fake railings into the wall (so it appears to have patios apparently?).
Clearly the property management/​owners do not work anywhere near here, or notice that their contracted construction projects are not being completed on schedule. This is their JOB to oversee and REGULATE that these construction deadlines are being met on time, and as much as I would like to poorly review the construction company– I must give them credit for taking advantage of the negligent/​incompetent management at a building who wouldn’t notice if the job takes one week as scheduled or until next May.
Well with a budget that flexible– I will be sending over my bills from the year-​long office relocation, and for the spa treatments necessary until then to alleviate the stress endured from making every waking moment in my apartment feel like hammers are banging against my skull.

Hmm, not sure how this ended up on Unilocal (I did not add it), but hey, it’s a good looking lobby for all I know.
Not sure if this is a 5 star lobby, but who knew one could review a lobby in the first place on Unilocal?So there, 5 stars it is.