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June 30, 2025

 

THE LUXURY MARKET

The Empty Nesters of the Williamsburg Waterfront A surprising number of boomers are moving into One Domino Square.

By Matthew Sedacca

Photo: Evan Joseph

It wasn’t too long after their youngest daughter left for college that Rob Glander and his wife, Colleen, realized they were ready to leave the Poconos, too. Rob, a retired private-equity portfolio executive, had already been making the two-hour drive into New York to catch shows a few times a week, so the city seemed like an obvious choice. They first considered a place in Chelsea or Soho, but they liked Williamsburg, with its sleek, waterfront condos, best. This past fall, they bought a two-bedroom, two-and-a-half-bath at Two Trees’ One Domino Square on South 4th Street for $2.7 million. These days, you can find them getting pancakes at Sunday in Brooklyn or seeing bands just a ten-minute walk from their home at Baby’s All Right that may one day sign on Rob’s nascent record label. “Colleen and I are not the type of people to live in the Villages,” Rob says.

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