East Village Apartments at 326 and 328 E. Fourth St. Available for Rent

September 2, 2012 by Leave a Comment

326 and 328 E. Fourth St.With the cultural vitality of the East Village, the 326 and 328 E. Fourth St. apartment building, newly revamped at an old historic preservation site, is available for rent Sept. 1, 2012.

Located between Avenue C and Avenue D, the sparkling units – which range from $3,500 to $8,000 per month – have all the history of a former artists’ collective and burial society and all the classic good looks of a quintessential Manhattan apartment.

Picture elegant recessed indoor lighting, oak paneled and exposed brick walls with crown and baseboard molding, ebony hardwood floors, black and white tiled hallways and oversized windows for a sun-filled living space.

For those who like to cook and entertain, the apartments feature open gourmet kitchens with Italian Carrera marble countertops and stainless steel appliances. A large private patio is also available, along with direct access to a rooftop sun deck with unobstructed views of the sweeping Manhattan skyline.

Price breakdown for 326 and 328 E. Fourth St.:

Two bedroom / one full bathroom apartment

Price: $3,500/month

Three bedroom / one full bathroom apartment

Price: $4,150/month

Three bedroom / one full bathroom apartment

Price: $4,250/month

Three bedroom / two full bathroom apartment

Price: $5,000/month

Four bedroom / two full bathroom apartment

Price: $6,000/month

Five bedroom / three full bathroom apartment

Price: $8,000/month

Before its renovation, preservation groups battled it out to landmark what was formerly the Uranian Phalanstery and First New York Gnostic Lyceum Temple at the 7,661-square-foot site. Despite Village controversy, The Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation approved destruction in November 2010.

The demolition fueled the creative brainpower of the five-story building’s developer, Terrence Lowenberg, and architect, Ramy Issac. The duo drove home their vision for reconstruction until it became the gut-renovated building – known as Icon EV – that stands today.

The five-story building is made up of side-by-side townhomes located across community gardens with 10,000 square feet of air rights, 46 feet of street frontage, and a 46 by 30 foot rear garden, according to the listing broker.

Previews of the 170-year-old modernized building are now available and apartments will be up for grabs over Labor Day weekend beginning Sept. 1, 2012.

To schedule an appointment to view available apartments at 326 and 328 E. Fourth St., please call us at (212) 400-4838 or e-mail keytothecity@AkerlyRE.com.  To view online listings of other property currently available in the neighborhood, please view our map of NYC Sales Listings.

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Printing House At 421 Hudson Street to Become Condos

April 17, 2012 by Leave a Comment

The Printing House - West Village condos at 421 Hudson StreetTheRealDeal reports that the Printing House, the former West Village warehouse turned apartment building at 421 Hudson Street, will become condominiums at the end of a conversion process. The projected open date for the new condominium is set for September of this year.

Construction on the new West Village condo will begin soon, according to new owners Belvedere Capital and Angelo Gordon & Co. Conversion specialist Myles Horn has been brought in to refit the Printing House for its new use.

The Printing House, which is located on 421 Hudson Street, currently houses 95 rental units, mostly one and two-bedroom apartments. Prices for the rentals were last priced as starting at $3,800 per month, according to streeteasy.com.

The conversion process would create larger units, including some three and four-bedroom apartments. Also, plans are in place to redo the hallways, lobby, elevator, and third floor vestibule. More renovations are planned for the future.

Horn said that no prices have been set for the completed West Village condo. However, he did note that residents of the new condos would get a one-year membership to Equinox gym. Equinox operates a facility in the ground floor of Printing House.

If you would like to view available units at 421 Hudson Street aka The Printing House, please call us at (212) 400-4838 or e-mail keytothecity@AkerlyRe.com.

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51 Astor Place is Revealed to the World

February 24, 2012 by Leave a Comment

51 Astor Place is Revealed to the World

51 Astor PlaceSince the Starbucks that once stood there was closed and demolished, there’s been a fair speculation as to what would go up at 51 Astor Place. Designer Edward Minskoff revealed his designs to Curbed and EV Grieve back in June of last year which revealed a black glass and granite office tower with retail space on the ground floor. However, aside from one released rendering of the building’s exterior, 51 Astor Place remained something of a mystery even as construction began in July of 2011.
This Wednesday, we got a better idea of what Minskoff’s new building will look like when the building’s new website debuted. The site provides a layout for 51 Astor Place complete with projected floor dimensions and designated uses for specific spaces. The basement and ground floor of the building have been designated for retail purposes, while offices will fill the other 11 floors of the building. The 5th floor also features a rooftop garden. The ground floor also has a 13,000 square foot space designated for educational purposes. The site also includes renderings of the building’s exterior, office lobby, and fifth floor office (right next to the rooftop garden.)

Construction on 51 Astor Place is projected to be finished by early 2013.

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David Schwimmer Revealed as Owner East Village Townhouse

February 16, 2012 by 1 Comment

331 East 6th StreetBack in September, we covered the demolition of 331 East 6th Street, an historic East Village townhouse that was in the confines of the proposed East Village historic district. Now, the New York Post reveals that the owner of the demolished East Village townhouse is none other than Friends star David Schwimmer.

After purchasing the building for $4.1 million in 2010, Schwimmer was reportedly informed by the Landmarks Preservation Committee that the East Village townhouse could have potentially been given landmark status. Despite this, the building was demolished by the end of the summer of 2011. Schwimmer is allegedly planning to build a six-story residence with a working elevator and roof terrace, according to plans filed with the city.

Locals were furious with the demolition of the historic building, and their ire turned to the actor after rumors circulated among the blogosphere that he was most recent owner. Contractor Charlett Hobart told the Post that “People who have been living here a long time don’t like new people coming in here and tearing down old buildings.”

Representatives for Schwimmer have refused to comment on the situation.

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290 Mulberry Street Goes Rental

December 27, 2011 by Leave a Comment

290 Mulberry Street was one of the casualties of the credit crisis, and it has remained vacant despite being close to completion for some time. Now, Crain’s reports that the former condo project will finally be completed and go on the market as rental apartments.

Originally conceived in 2008, 290 Mulberry Street was originally conceived as luxury condominiums; all apartments in the building were full-floor apartments with a shared terrace measured at 2,600 square feet. Reports had even priced the top-floor penthouse at $7.5 million. However, Cardinal Real Estate-the building’s developers-was a victim of the Lehman Brothers collapse in September of 2008, and their lender CIT Group threatened to foreclose on the building. CIT Group then went bankrupt themselves, and Cardinal countersued, thus tying the fate of the project in legal knots.

290 Mulberry Street has since been sold for the asking price of $25 million. The new owners intend to use the original developers, as well as original design firm SHoP Architects and the original construction crew. There is still about six months of work to be done on the building, so rentals at 290 Mulberry Street probably won’t be available until late 2012.

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Designs for New East Village Apartment Building Revealed

December 13, 2011 by Leave a Comment
East Village Apartment Building at 316 East 3rd Street

East Village Apartment Building at 316 East 3rd Street

The designs for Karl Fischer’s new East Village apartment building have been revealed. The designs, which were leaked to The Local yesterday, show an East Village apartment building designed very much in what has become Fischer’s controversial style: rows of full-length glass windows and glass-trimmed balconies with red-brown brick trim.

The project, which is being developed and financed by Brody/Amirian, is being built with the intent of being entirely rentals, a rarity among new developments. However, this new East Village apartment building, like seemingly all of Fischer’s projects, does not come without controversy.

Fischer’s new building stands in the site of a former townhouse located at 316 East 3rd Street. Preservationist groups in the neighborhood advocated preserving this building and others like it, saying that its status as a pre-Civil War townhouse in the East Village makes it unique among the structures in the neighborhood. Greenwich Village Society For Historic Preservation president Andrew Berman cited the East Village’s history as a waterfront hub, saying that the townhouse-which may have been home to waterfront merchants-was one of the few remaining historic links to that time in the neighborhood’s history.

However, the Landmarks Preservation Committee approved the demolition of the townhouse, saying that modifications made to the building’s exterior had decreased its historic value. While preservationists were disappointed with the decision, developer Eric Brody remained optimistic in the face of the controversy, saying that he hopes to bring “new life to an underutilized asset and [add] value to the area.”

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More Roadblocks for 145 Perry Street in the West Village

December 3, 2011 by Leave a Comment
145 Perry Street in the West Village

145 Perry Street in the West Village

Currently, 145 Perry Street in the West Village is the location of a beige, two-story building that developers have been trying to repurpose into something else. The most notorious plan in recent years was proposed by developer Scott Sabbagh: a seven story hotel on the corner of Perry and Washington Streets. That proposal did not go over well with West Village residents, and the size of the hotel was first reduced to include townhouses in the development, and then it was abandoned altogether after the neighborhood was re-zoned to prevent anything but residential structures from being built.

Now, architect David Helpern – who came up with the original design-has proposed a different take for 145 Perry Street: four townhouses, three along Perry Street with a large fourth townhouse on the corner of Perry and Washington Streets in place of the hotel. Helpern’s proposal to the Landmarks Preservation Committee emphasized a communal garden behind the townhouses as well as the added residential space.

Despite the adjustments, the LPC turned down Helpern’s new proposal for 145 Perry Street, sending Helpern back to square one for his development. Reportedly, LPC members were not impressed with Helpern’s fourth townhouse, saying that the design of the building made it resemble “a very unfortunate government building.”

No word yet on when Helpern will return with new renderings for 145 Perry Street or if he will return to the LPC at all.

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Converted West Village Condos: 607 Hudson Street

November 26, 2011 by Leave a Comment
607 Hudson Street - West Village condos

607 Hudson Street - West Village condos

607 Hudson Street is the newest converted condominium in the West Village, and it might be the most luxurious. Set to start selling this coming spring, 607 Hudson Street features ten planned units varying in size from 3,200 square feet to almost 10,000 square feet.

The building has been in the West Village for years, but it was most well-known around the neighborhood as a nursing home, which it had been since 1958. (Before that, the building had served as a hotel.) However, the building had become inadequate as a nursing home in recent years, and the owners of the building, who had also set up a new facility on West Houston Street, were looking to sell.

After being on the market for four years, 607 Hudson Street sold for $33 million. The new owners, FLANk Developers, had previously made their presence known with the Novare, an eight-unit condo on West 4th Street that was converted from a 150-year old church. Both this and their second development at 385 West 12th Street sold out quickly, so expect units at 607 Hudson Street to go fast.

To find out more information about this building, to schedule a private showing, or to speak with our team about your real estate needs, please e-mail keytothecity@akerlyre.com or call (212) 400-4838.  To view more listings on our neighborhood based map, search our NYC Sales Listings on Village Confidential.

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West Village Condos: The Printing House at 421 Hudson Street

November 19, 2011 by Leave a Comment
The Printing House - 421 Hudson Street

The Printing House - 421 Hudson Street

Some condo conversion projects, like the St. Vincent’s Hospital plan or the Charles Street warehouse, are met with disapproval for the drastic changes they bring. The Printing House building at 421 Hudson Street is not one of those. Converted into a condominium in 1975, 421 Hudson Street has served as a residential building for more than thirty years.

The former printing building, which was one of the city’s first commercial-to-residential conversions, has been home to rental apartments for some time, but new owners purchased the building for $70 million with the intention of converting 421 Hudson Street into luxury condominiums. The building made headlines briefly after a bidder for the building filed a lawsuit against the former owner, Mountbatten Equities, claiming that the seller was not listening to their bid in good faith. (The Wall Street Journal has a summary of that controversy as far as it’s been reported here.)

In the meantime, renovations are planned for 421 Hudson Street. The current rental units will be vacated and re-designed as condo units. (The current size for a one-bedroom in the building is 750 square feet, so expect that to get bigger for the conversion.) Common areas, such as the building courtyard and the lobby, will also be renovated. The lawsuit is not expected to interrupt the conversion process.

Printing House rooftop pool

Printing House rooftop pool

Earlier this year, Equinox purchased and renovated the luxury, private gym located in the building and now known as the Printing House by Equinox.  The facilities include sweeping skyline views from high floors, state-of-the-art equipment, and an extraordinary rooftop pool that opened earlier this year.

To schedule an appointment to view available apartments at 421 Hudson Street, please call us at (212) 400-4838 or e-mail keytothecity@AkerlyRE.com.  To view online listings of other property currently available in the neighborhood, please view our map of NYC Sales Listings.

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