OIt’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 second residential development in the series.
VITAL STATS
Units/Prices: 41 total — seven 1-bdr. (starting at $900,000), twenty-five 2-bdr. (starting at $1.6 million), eight 3-bdr. (starting at $2.5 million), one 4-bdr. ($6 million)
Price per sq. ft.: $1,150–$2,000 (units priced individually according to amenities)
Units pre-sold: 50%
Date of completion: January 2008
Building dimensions: 10 floors; 120 ft. high; 116,000 total sq. ft.
Interior designers: Garrett Gourlay and the Brauser Group; custom closets in master bedroom by Transform
Architect: Garrett Gourlay, RA
Architect has also done: Citibabes (Soho private family club), Vesta 24 condominium
What’s nearby: New York Foundling Hospital, Center for Jewish History, Apex Technical School
Subway: 18th St. 1; 23rd St. 1; 14th St. F, L, V; 23rd St. F, V
Zoning status: as of right — the developer needed no approval for variances from either the city or Community Board 4
Lot was originally: a 4-story parking garage with retail and a 6-story building with bar and restaurant
Amenities: (building) landscaped rooftop with outdoor shower and gas barbecue, storage unit in each apartment, fitness center, club room with outdoor landscaped Zen garden, lobby package room with refrigerated section; (unit) master bedroom custom-designed walk-in closets by Transform, washer and dryer, lava-stone showers, wood-burning fireplace, iPod docking station with speakers in the master bedroom, premium kitchen appliances including Miele dishwasher and oven-appliance package, Miele built-in cappuccino maker and Sub-Zero refrigerator
— Compiled by Ariel Vered
