Abi Chelsea Condominium
455 West 19th Street, Manhattan, NY 10011
Overview
Abi Chelsea is a 10-unit condo in Manhattan, with 1 commercial unit.
- Offering plan: Accepted February 2018 · 414 pages · floor plans on page 55
- Finishes: 10-foot ceilings, engineered wood floors, stainless steel kitchen countertops, Vipp cabinets, a washer and dryer in each apartment, Boffi bathroom fittings and a VRF heat pump system for heating and cooling
- Prices: $3,366 a square foot on average, as first offered; $101.7 million in all ($77.5 million when first offered)
- Developer: Al Amir Holdings; principals Cary Paik
- Sponsor: NYC Prince LLC, represented by Gilbride, Tusa, Last & Spellane LLC
- Subway: 9-minute walk to 14 St/8 Av (A, C, E, L); 10 minutes to 23 St (C, E)
- Amendments: 8, the latest in November 2021
- Units
- 10 residential · 1 commercial
- Subway
- 9 min walk to 14 St/8 Av A C E L23 St C E, 10 min
- Developer
- Al Amir Holdings
- Principals
- Cary Paik
- Average $/sf
- $3,366Homes in Schedule A, as first offered
- Offering price
- $101.7 million total $77.5 million when first offered
- Floor plans
- Page 55 of the plan
- SubmittedDecember 2018
- AcceptedFebruary 2018
- 8 amendments
- First sale
- Latest sale
Units & Prices
Sales
From city records (ACRIS), through Oct 31, 2023.
First-Year Budget
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Property Taxes
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Amendments
Amendment 6 2020
First closing delayed to December 1, 2020 due to COVID-19; budget updated for 12-month period starting December 1, 2020; purchasers offered 15-day rescission right.
- First closing delayed from April 1, 2020 to December 1, 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic
- First Year's Budget now covers December 1, 2020 through November 30, 2021
- All purchasers offered right of rescission for 15 days after amendment presentation
- Schedule B revised with total projected expenses $620,384 and common charges $615,668
- Schedule B-1 updated with September 15, 2020 projections from JMV Consulting Engineering
- Schedule A updated to reflect new First Year's Budget beginning December 1, 2020
- Declaration recorded July 29, 2020 as CRFN 2020000214100
- Plan extended for 6 months
Amendment 5 2020
Fifth Amendment updates the offering plan for construction delays, changes selling agents, raises the commercial unit price, and modifies escrow arrangements.
- First Closing delayed from July 1, 2019 to April 1, 2020 due to construction delays
- Commercial Unit price increased from $12,000,000 to $14,000,000
- Selling agent changed: CORE Group Marketing LLC terminated effective October 1, 2019; Douglas Elliman retained for residential and commercial units
- First Year's Budget revised for April 1, 2020 through March 31, 2021 period; Common Charges increased less than 10%
- Right of rescission offered if First Closing does not occur by June 30, 2020
- Sponsor may waive Common Charges collection from First Unit Closing until sponsor determines
- Plan declared effective based on 3 residential unit purchase agreements executed
- Deposits moved to Interaudi Bank escrow account per sponsor's lender requirement
- Schedule A prices decreased for 1 home (median -10.5%): 7 $7,650,000 → $6,850,000
Amendment 4 Nov 19, 2019
Prices increased for 2 units.
- Unit 5N price raised from $2,940,000 to $3,132,000
- Unit 5S price raised from $2,970,000 to $3,160,000
- Schedule A prices increased for 2 homes (median +6.5%): 5N $2,940,000 → $3,132,000; 5S $2,970,000 → $3,160,000
Amendment 1 Dec 11, 2018
Amendment corrects floor plan measurement methods, delays first closing to July 1, 2019, updates budget and schedules, adjusts two unit prices, clarifies declaration language, adds corridor incorporation rights, establishes smoking policy, and updates FinCEN filing requirements.
- Floor plans corrected: units now measured to outside of exterior walls instead of midpoint
- First closing delayed from July 1, 2018 to July 1, 2019 due to construction delays
- First Year's Budget period changed to July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020
- Unit 65 price increased from $3,060,000 to $3,606,000
- Unit 7 price decreased from $7,800,000 to $7,650,000
- Declaration corrected: 5th and 6th floor corridors reassigned to proper unit owners
- New right added: owners of both units on 4th-6th floors may incorporate hallway into combined unit
- Smoking prohibited in indoor common areas; permitted only in units and outdoor terraces/balconies
- Schedule A prices increased for 1 home (median +17.8%): 6S $3,060,000 → $3,606,000
- Schedule A prices decreased for 1 home (median -1.9%): 7 $7,800,000 → $7,650,000
Team
- Sponsor
- NYC Prince LLC
- Developer
- Al Amir HoldingsReported by web.archive.org
- Principals
- Cary Paik
- Tax estimate
- Mazursky Group, Inc.Prepared the first-year real estate tax projection
- Construction lender
- Interaudi Bank$19 million recorded
- Structural engineer
- Simpson, Gumpertz & Heger, Inc.Named on p. 45
- MEP engineer
- JMV Consulting Engineering, P.C.Mechanical, electrical and plumbing · Named on p. 45
- Property report
- Fu Wilmers Architects PLLCPrepared the plan's description of the property and its condition · Named on p. 154
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Zoning
- Zoning district
- R8A
Today's zoning, from city data (PLUTO 26v2).
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