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Ainsley Condominium

228 13th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215

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Overview

Ainsley is a new 28-unit condo in Brooklyn, with 20 parking units and 24 storage units.

  • Offering plan: Accepted January 2025 · 514 pages · floor plans on pages 244–249
  • Finishes: Wood floors, quartz kitchen countertops, a washer and dryer in each apartment, Misano bathroom fittings and a VRF heat pump system for heating and cooling
  • Prices: $1,563 a square foot on average, as first offered; $51.6 million in all ($47.6 million when first offered)
  • Common charges: $288–$807 a month, the sponsor's first-year estimate
  • Developers: OMNI Build Inc., Saffayeh Construction Corp., Saffayeh Development LLC and Innovative Brownstone Development Fund LP; principals Elie Fouerti, Robert Saffayeh, Vyacheslav Faybyshev and Gabriel Saffayeh
  • Sponsor: 228 13th Street LLC, represented by Tsyngauz & Associates, P.C.
  • Neighborhood: Park Slope, Brooklyn
  • Subway: 5-minute walk to 4 Av-9 St (F, G, R); 5 minutes to Prospect Av (R)
  • Amendments: 3, the latest in December 2025
  1. SubmittedApril 2025
  2. AcceptedJanuary 2025
  3. 3 amendments
  4. First sale
  5. Latest sale

Sales

28 of 28homes sold (100%)
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From city records (ACRIS), through Aug 31, 2026.

First-Year Budget

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Property Taxes

The plan's first-year tax estimate, checked against the city's real bills.

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FigureThis building1Lumina226 units · 0.4 miaccepted 2024630 Grand332 units · 1.6 miaccepted 2025
Common ChargesPer Square Foot / Month$0.51Lowest$1.05$0.61
Average Offering PricePer Apartment$1.7MAbove peers$1.41M$1.59M
Average PricePer Square Foot$1,563In line$1,433$1,570
Average Unit SizeSquare Feet1,086 SFLarger981 SF1,015 SF
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How We Got This
  • Comps: the closest Brooklyn plans on size, $/SF and launch date, within 2 miles when possible.
  • Figures: each building's own offering plan, filed with the NY Attorney General. Nothing is estimated.
  • Checked: a price list publishes only when its math adds up, and building pages cite the plan pages.
  • Labels: In line is between the comps; Below/Above peers is past both by up to 15%; Lowest/Highest by more.

Closing Costs

The buyer pays the NYC and NY State transfer taxes, which a seller usually pays.

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Amendments

Amendment 3 Dec 22, 2025

Amendment updates construction status, revises unit square footages, changes prices for one residential and one storage unit, and revises real estate tax information.

  • Temporary certificate of occupancy issued January 7, 2026 and April 6, 2026; final certificate expected June 2026
  • Square footage revised for 26 residential units and penthouse units, 8 parking units, 3 parking space licenses, and 8 storage units
  • Terraces and balconies square footage adjusted for multiple units
  • Offering prices revised for Residential Unit 104 and Storage Unit ST21
  • Property assessed value $638,100.00 (actual) and $150,084.00 (transitional/taxable) for tax period July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026
  • Projected first-year real estate taxes for residential units $17,597.00 for 2025/2026 tax year
  • Real estate tax escrow will be placed for unsold units; units anticipated to be separately assessed for 2026/2027 tax year

Amendment 2 May 5, 2025

Condominium name changed to 'The Ainsley Condominium' and plan declared effective upon acceptance of six unit purchase agreements.

  • Condominium name revised to 'The Ainsley Condominium'
  • Plan declared effective upon acceptance of six residential unit purchase agreements (21% of units offered)
  • Six units counted for effectiveness: 105, 306, 405, 406, PH3, PH4 with storage units and parking spaces

Amendment 1 Apr 21, 2025

Sponsor revised the offering price of Residential Unit PH4.

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Team

Sponsor
228 13th Street LLC
Principals
Elie Fouerti, Robert Saffayeh, Vyacheslav Faybyshev, Gabriel Saffayeh
Tax estimate
MGNY Consulting Corp.Prepared the first-year real estate tax projection
Construction lender
Valley National Bank$17 million loan stated in the plan
Interior designer
Input Creative StudioReported by rentable.co

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Zoning

Zoning district
R6B

Today's zoning, from city data (PLUTO 26v2).

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