Posted by Leonard Steinberg on May 14th, 2014 I would argue that the site at 511-525 W. 18th St in West Chelsea that is about to be bought by RELATED is the most important build able site in the West Chelsea area. While some skeptics may argue that paying more than $700/sf for this site was absurd, and… [Read More]
FROM INSTAGRAM TO INSTA-ART?
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on February 2nd, 2014 February’s REAL DEAL reports on our INSTAGRAM event where we printed and framed 49 Instagram shots from our account ‘luxury_loft_team’ as “INSTA-ART” to stage an apartment (a New York first?): Social media meets society? http://therealdeal.com/issues_articles/social-media-becomes-the-latest-staging-tool/
SHVO NO: ANOTHER GAS STATION SHUTS DOWN IN MANHATTAN!
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on August 12th, 2013 The Getty/Lukoil gas station at the corner of Tenth Avenue and 24th street is no more: sad-faced cab drivers were seen driving away from the site that for decades had been a re-fueling stop as the building prepares itself to be demolished to make way for Michael… [Read More]
ZAHA HADID COMES TO WEST CHELSEA
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on July 16th, 2013 Zaha Hadid, the Pritzker-prize-winning architect is coming to West Chelsea: the 11-story condo building coming to 520 West 28th Street, developed by Related, is perched on a site that was actually quite limiting, according to Hadid, keeping her signature TWA-terminal-esque grand swooshes in check. With two wings of uneven heights,… [Read More]
508 WEST 24th STREET: A BEAUTIFUL ADDITION TO WEST CHELSEA
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on June 22nd, 2013 The chic art gallery block on West 24th Street between 10th and 11th Avenues, home to Gagosian, is getting a swell new neighbor…….a facade rendering has now been revealed: Designed by Cary Tamarkin, the concrete and black steel windowed building is quite a looker and brackets the… [Read More]
SHVO NO!
Posted on May 22nd, 2013 Michael Shvo is back……and this time he is returning as a developer, having partnered with an established developer to buy the LUKOIL/GETTY gas station (reported fist here, btw….). Shvo, with developer Victor Homes, beat out competitors to acquire 239 Tenth Avenue, a gas station site at Tenth Avenue and West… [Read More]
LUKOIL SITE ON TENTH AVENUE SELLS
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on May 1st, 2013 The illustrious LUKOIL site at 239 Tenth Avenue at the corner of 24th Street in the heart of the West Chelsea Arts District has supposedly gone to contract after multiple bids…..and it appears the price was several million dollars over the asking of $ 18,95million. The site… [Read More]