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Moinian Group Builds a New Office Building in West Chelsea
Commercial Observer | Feb 22, 2022
COMMERCIAL
Moinian Group Builds a New Office Building in West Chelsea
Commercial Observer | Feb 22, 2022
In 2016, at the height of New York City’s last luxury condominium boom, The Moinian Group filed plans to build a 40-unit condo building at 220 11th Avenue in West Chelsea, designed by Zaha Hadid. Hadid died that year, and Moinian decided to construct a 10-story office project on the site instead.
The family-owned real estate firm has controlled the block-long site between West 25th and West 26th streets for 20 years, since it acquired the vacant lot from a parking operator in 2002. Finally, in early 2020, it broke ground on what it called the Hudson Arts Building, a 200,000-square-foot office property designed by STUDIOS Architecture. During the pandemic, the developer put construction on hold, and the site remains a hole in the ground. But Moinian restarted work this year, with hopes of completing the project by the time the office market rebounds. The developer hopes to wrap construction by the end of 2024.
Like many of its peers nearby in Chelsea and Hudson Yards (where Moinian is constructing 3 Hudson Boulevard), 220 11th Avenue will feature a glassy translucent facade with floor-to-ceiling windows, cutouts in the facade to allow for terraces, and setbacks on the top two stories to create a 12,500-square-foot wraparound roof deck. The ground floor — which will house retail — will have double-height ceilings, and the office floors will range in height from 14 to 17 feet.
The lobby has a unique design, with veined, black-and-white marble floors and a matching, angular marble desk. The walls will transition to the ceiling via strips of dramatically curved marble, which will be milled into continuous, smooth pieces.