THE CONDO BOOK PROJECT

Chess Builders

Held the general construction permit on the New Building job for 5 New York City condominiums, as the Department of Buildings records it. Each building below links its DOB job. A contractor replaced partway through still counts for the building.

Buildings
5
Residential units
145
Average $/unit
$718,121
Years
2007–2014
ManhattanBrooklynQueensBronxStaten Island 88 Union Avenue Condominium, 88 Union Avenue70 Union Avenue Condominium, 70 Union AvenuePowerhouse Yard Condominium, 2-26 50th AvenueCaroline, 597-601 Ocean Parkway80 Middleton Street Condominium, 80 Middleton Street

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Recent Growth

Chess Builders's buildings and units by year for the last 6 years, and whether the pace is rising or falling.

No buildings accepted since 2021. 0% of all 4 dated buildings are from the last 3 years.

Year acceptedBuildingsUnits
2026 to date0—
20250—
20240—
20230—
20220—
20210—

Latest: 88 Union Avenue Condominium, accepted Feb 6, 2014. 1 plan without an acceptance date isn't counted.

Strongest Relationships

The firms named most often on the same buildings as Chess Builders, at least 2 in common.

Sponsor's counsel

From the same offering plans as the table below. A firm's own affiliates aren't counted.

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CondominiumAcceptedUnits$/unit
88 Union Avenue Condominium88 Union Avenue · Brooklyn · new constructionNamed as Chess Builders LLC · Sponsor: V Partners LLC · DOB job 320200359 ↗ · permits 2011–2012201410$500,000
70 Union Avenue Condominium70 Union Avenue · Brooklyn · new constructionNamed as Chess Builders LLC · Sponsor: Union Walton Realty LLC · DOB job 301933344 ↗ · permits 2008–201220135$1.26 million
Powerhouse Yard Condominium2-26 50th Avenue · Queens · new constructionNamed as Chess Builders LLC · Sponsor: Chess Realty Lic, LLC · DOB job 402556355 ↗ · permits 2008–2010201083$585,733
Caroline597-601 Ocean Parkway · Brooklyn · new constructionNamed as Chess Builders LLC · Sponsor: Duo Ocean Parkway, LLC · DOB job 302217900 ↗ · permits 2008–2009200744$526,750
80 Middleton Street Condominium80 Middleton Street · Brooklyn · new constructionNamed as Chess Builders LLC · Sponsor: Joel Zelcer · DOB job 320722456 ↗ · permits 2013–2014—3—

$/unit is the offering price on the AG record divided by the residential units; the average is across the plans with both. Different spellings of one contractor's name are counted together.