Construction is nearing completion on 155-165 West 29th Street, a 17-story self-storage facility in Chelsea, Manhattan. Designed by Mancini Duffy and developed by Highland Development Ventures and The Davis Companies, the 223-foot-tall reinforced concrete structure will yield 180,000 square feet and 6,300 storage units. The developers acquired the interior rectangular in early 2021 for $62.5 million, and construction costs are estimated around $84 million. Div West 29th Street LLC is the owner, Cauldwell Wingate is the contractor, and McNamara Salvia is the structural engineer for the property, which is located between Sixth and Seventh Avenues.
Façade installation has wrapped up since YIMBY’s last update in late August, when the building had recently topped out. Sidewalk scaffolding still surrounds the first level, but this should likely be removed this spring as work above is practically done. A pair of two new wooden water towers cap the structure on the southeastern edge of the roof line.
155-165 West 29th Street. Photo by Michael Young
155-165 West 29th Street. Photo by Michael Young
155-165 West 29th Street. Photo by Michael Young
155-165 West 29th Street. Photo by Michael Young
155-165 West 29th Street. Photo by Michael Young
155-165 West 29th Street. Photo by Michael Young
155-165 West 29th Street. Photo by Michael Young
155-165 West 29th Street. Photo by Michael Young
155-165 West 29th Street. Photo by Michael Young
155-165 West 29th Street. Photo by Michael Young
155-165 West 29th Street. Photo by Michael Young
155-165 West 29th Street. Photo by Michael Young
155-165 West 29th Street. Photo by Michael Young
155-165 West 29th Street. Photo by Michael Young
155-165 West 29th Street. Photo by Michael Young
The main rendering shows the wide southern elevation and the final look of the windowless dark gray façade, which is composed of horizontally corrugated metal panels and flat gray surfaces, with some featuring an imprinted grid of recessed squares. Below is a second rendering of the ground floor that shows floor-to-ceiling glass surrounding the front doors and drive-in loading dock. YIMBY last reported that the Class A self-storage facility will incorporate all-electric systems with full climate control, electronic access control, security monitoring, motion-sensor lighting, and a comprehensive sprinkler system.
155-165 West 29th Street. Designed by Mancini Duffy.
155 West 29th Street is expected to be done this spring.
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Breathtaking
What a sad building.
One has to wonder, why this was not built as a hybrd with a storage base, and a tower above with rental apartments, (unless neighborhood zoning doesn’t allow for the height, albeit set-back).
The building is best used as is on the lower floors with no views, and great light/views from above 200feet.
My bewilderment is fairly simple: I just cannot see how in this Manhattan location a building to store inanimate stuff in pencils out as more profitable than a building of high rent apartments for human beings.
I’m also bewildered. Why does this building need two huge water towers?
Just as a technical matter…likely sla required sprinkler system. I’m sure the there is an office restroom/kitchen and likely restrooms on some higher levels so nobody craps their pants while sorting their hoard on a friday night.
WOW, 17 stories of “crapapoolza”!
🤣
Odds are most people will be paying high fees to store furniture, out of date clothing, knick knacks, camping/sporting equipment, etc., for years (decades?), only to be disposed of in either thrift stores, flea markets or antique shops later?
Proof positive we are a CONSUMER SOCIETY, that is out of control! 🤔
Some people are just wired with a need to hang onto stuff, for a variety of reasons, some more rational and understandable than others.
That said, storage facilities aren’t just for individual renters to packrat away their out of style grandparents dining table and books they read – or attempted to read that they’ll “get back to sometime” – or boxes of every sentimental memento since childhood that can’t just be stored in their head or their tiny apartment. In many cases business use these storage facilities as a more practical or affordible solution to storing inventory or other things that would possibly require renting warehouse space that might only be available at a required minimum of space that isn’t needed and is much more expensive.
I’m not knocking the existence of these facilities, it just seems they make MUCH more sense in other areas of the city, ideally those that are already industrial.