Posted by Leonard Steinberg, president of COMPASS on April 26th, 2015 Yesterday a literal forrest invaded West Chelsea: numerous massive, fully grown trees were being installed at 500 West 21st Street, the almost completed building by Sherwood Equities……Sherwood Forrest perhaps? The massive scale of the trees, some over 40ft in height, had on-lookers mesmerized. I… [Read More]
THE GETTY:VICTOR HOMES, SHVO, PETER MARINO BUILDING REVEALED
Posted by Leonard Steinberg of URBAN COMPASS on December 6th, 2014 Victor Homes and Michael Shvo revealed the Peter Marino-designed building located at the old Getty Station site at 24th Street and Tenth Avenue (239 Tenth Avenue) in West Chelsea, New York at Design Miami as part of the Art Basel fanfare, which naturally had… [Read More]
NEIMAN MARCUS GOES WEST: HUDSON YARDS MANHATTAN LUXE!
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on September 4th, 2014 Where will all those chic new homeowners coming to West Chelsea do their shopping? Neiman’s of course! A quick hop onto the Highline Park will take swell Chelsea dwellers a few streets north to Hudson Yards. Yes, its official: Neiman Marcus is coming to the West Side… [Read More]
FOOD MARKETPLACE/EATERY COMING TO WEST CHELSEA!
Posted by Leonard Steinberg of URBAN COMPASS on August 4th, 2014 Far West Chelsea residents like myself love living here, but certainly miss one component: good food. Now there is news that HUDSON MARKET is coming to 303 Tenth Avenue, a few doors down from Avenue’s School! The gourmet-style marketplace/eatery will have a mix of products and… [Read More]
LIMESTONE COMES TO WEST CHELSEA
Posted by Leonard Steinberg of URBAN COMPASS on July 20th, 2014 Limestone, a facade material most associated with tony Park Avenue and Fifth Avenue uptown buildings has emerged in……of all places….West Chelsea, Downtown New York! Very few buildings Downtown boast this beautiful material: 15 Central Park West clad its entire facade in Limestone to emulate… [Read More]
560 WEST 24th STREET – WE LOVE THIS BUILDING!
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on June 7th, 2014 I cannot help but gush over this exquisite building currently under construction in the heart of West Chelsea: Its location is superb, perched aside 200 Eleventh Avenue across the street from Gagosian Gallery, between the Hudson River Park and the Highline Park, around the corner from AVENUE’S SCHOOL…..and… [Read More]
RELATED TO BUY THE MOST IMPORTANT SITE IN WEST CHELSEA?
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]
DAILY NEWS ARTICLE ABOUT 560 WEST 24th STREET
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on March 14th, 2014 Great article about 560 West 24th Street in this morning’s DAILY NEWS: http://nydn.us/1goCJjZ
AVENUES SCHOOL SOLD?
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on March 6th, 2014 Rumors swirling that AVENUES SCHOOL has been sold to the Fisher Family (THE GAP)? And they are adding space!
WEST CHELSEA RIVERFRONT SITE SELLS FOR $ 714/sf
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on February 2nd, 2014 The Atlantic Foundation, a nonprofit funding group founded by an heir to the Johnson & Johnson fortune, has sold a development site at 540 West 21st Street in West Chelsea for $50 million, or about $714/sf to Casco Development Corp, which is controlled by a foreign real estate investor… [Read More]