Volume 1, Number 34 | The Weekly Newspaper of Chelsea | May 11 - 17, 2007
Open house
THE ONYX CHELSEA
(http://onyxchelsea.com/index2.html)
Luxury condominiums
261 West 28th St. (at 8th Ave.)
Bronfman Hayme Real Estate Developers, LLC
It’s no secret that gentrification—wrought by the city’s real estate boom, recent re-zonings and the High Line—is radically reshaping Chelsea and its adjacent neighborhoods. With crane sightings multiplying daily, and residents ducking under scaffolding every third block to shield themselves from the next mystery development, Chelsea Now thought it high time to expand its real estate and housing coverage by rolling out a bi-weekly column chronicling the new kids on the block. Here, the first residential development in the series.
VITAL STATS
Units/Prices: 52 total — twenty-four 1-bdr. (starting at $700,000), twenty-four 2-bdr. (starting at $1.3 million), four 3-bdr. (starting at $1.7 million)
Price per sq. ft.: $1,100–$1,500
Units pre-sold: 90%
Date of completion: late summer 2007
Building dimensions: 11 floors; 115 ft. high; 80,000 total sq. ft.
Interior designer: Fxfowle Architects
Architect: Fxfowle Architects
Architect has also done: New York Times building (in-progress), Condé Nast building, Jacob Javits Center renovation and expansion
What’s nearby: Fashion Institute of Technology, Whole Foods Market, Midtown Tennis Club
Subway: 28th St. 1; 34th St. 1, 2, 3; 23rd St. C, E; 34th St. A, C, E;
Zoning status: “as of right”—the developer needed no approval for variances from either the city or Community Board 4
Lot was originally: three vacant 4- and 5-floor walk-ups with street-level retail
Amenities: (building) 24-hr. doorman, cold storage designed by Fresh Direct, gym, common roof area parking; (units) washer/dryer, radiant-heated floor in master bath, wine cooler, floor-to-ceiling glass windows, central air and heat pump in every room, and premium kitchen appliances including a Viking stove, Subzero refrigerator and Bosch dishwasher
—Compiled by Ariel Vered
