Chelsea

Housing Lottery Launches for The Andrea at 280 Eighth Avenue in Chelsea, Manhattan

By Vanessa Londono

The affordable housing lottery has launched for The Andrea, a 13-story mixed-use residential at 280 Eighth Avenue in Chelsea, Manhattan. Designed by SLCE Architects and developed by Red Apple Group under the RA 280 Development LLC, the structure yields 104 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 26 units for residents at 40 to 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $38,400 to $227,500.

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Sketch of The General Theological Seminary. Credit: Beyer Blinder Belle Architects

Vanderbilt Receives Last Approval For New York City Campus In Chelsea, Manhattan

By Max Gillespie

Vanderbilt University has received approval for academic programming from the New York Board of Regents, marking the final approval necessary in the creation of its campus in the Chelsea, Manhattan. The new Vanderbilt University–New York City campus, the university’s first outside of Nashville, will span 2.7 acres and include 13 buildings covering nearly a full city block bounded by Ninth and Tenth Avenues and West 20th to West 21st Streets. Academic programming is set to begin in fall 2026.

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550 West 21st Street. Photo by Michael Young.

550 West 21st Street Rises Above Street Level in Chelsea, Manhattan

By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

Construction is now above street level on 550 West 21st Street, a 23-story residential building in West Chelsea, Manhattan. Developed by Legion Investment Group and AVRS Partners LP, which took over from Casco Development, the 250-foot-tall structure will span up to 172,000 square feet and yield 83 condominium units. The nearly 0.5-acre project site is located at the corner of West 21st Street and the Hudson River Greenway.

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One High Line's public park. Photo by Michael Young.

One High Line’s Public Park Opens at 500 West 18th Street in Chelsea, Manhattan

By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

Construction is complete on the new landscaped public plaza at One High Line, a two-tower residential development at 500 West 18th Street in Chelsea, Manhattan. The park sits to the east of the twisting 36- and 26-story structures and was designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Field Operations in a private-public partnership between the City of New York and Friends of the High Line. Suffolk Construction was the general contractor.  The towers, designed by Bjarke Ingels Group for Witkoff Group and Access Industries, are also complete and span around 900,000 square feet with 236 condominium units in one- to five-bedroom layouts. The property also includes a Faena Hotel. The development is alternately addressed as 76 Eleventh Avenue and straddles the High Line on a trapezoidal plot bounded by West 18th Street to the north, West 17th Street to the south, Tenth Avenue to the east, and West Street to the west.

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144 West 15th Street. Photo by Michael Young.

New Park Revealed for 143 West 14th Street in Chelsea, Manhattan

By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

New plans have been revealed for a forthcoming park at 143 West 14th Street in Chelsea, Manhattan. Developed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which owns the through-block parcel that also contains a five-story building at 144 West 15th Street, the park will replace a vacant lot between two wall murals. The property is located between Sixth and Seventh Avenues.

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