The bluestone-clad facade is coming together beautifully at 155 West 18th Street, where Izaki Group is developing an 11-story condo building between Sixth and Seventh Avenues.
The exterior and windows have reached the seventh story, and the structure looks close to topping out. The building, named The Flynn, will top out at 120 feet tall and hold 30 condos. Apartments will range from one- to four-bedrooms, and a handful of units will have private backyards.
ODA New York designed the project, and the look was inspired by Chelsea’s 19th century cast iron industrial buildings, according to the developer. It fits in well with its converted factory neighbors, because of its floor-to-ceiling windows set back in double-height frames.
155 West 18th Street, photo by Wade Zimmerman
Units will be spread across 57,802 square feet of residential space, and apartments will average 1,926 square feet apiece.
The first floor will include 6,440 square feet of retail and a 549-square-foot community facility, which will likely become a small doctor’s office. Three units will fill the second floor, along with a shared terrace, followed by three units each on the third through seventh floors. Three single-floor apartments will occupy the eighth floor, and three duplexes will take up parts of the eighth, ninth and 10th floors, topped by a full-floor penthouse.
155 West 18th Street, photo by Wade Zimmerman
Condo owners will be able to take advantage of a six-car garage, storage and a gym in the cellar, and a few lucky residents will get private roof decks.
Unlike many of the upscale condo projects near the High Line, 155 West 18th is close to several train lines, including the 1 at 18th Street, the 1, 2 and 3 and the C and E trains on 14th Street, and N/R at 23rd Street.
Izaki picked up the 10,000-square-foot development site for $16,622,833 back in 2012, and they began knocking down the property’s former occupants, a series of brick row houses, in early 2014.
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