Construction is steadily rising on 227 West 19th Street, an 11-story residential building in Chelsea, Manhattan. Designed by DXA Studio and developed in a joint venture partnership between RoundSquare Development and VM Properties Group, the structure will yield eight condominium units and accompanying amenities. The property is located on an interior lot between Seventh and Eighth Avenues.
The reinforced concrete superstructure has surpassing the halfway mark and is closing in on the roof height of its eight-story neighbor to the east. Scaffolding and black netting cover the entire southern elevation, but the triangular protrusions of the floor plates for the building’s balconies are clearly visible through the shroud. Based on the pace of progress, 227 West 19th Street could likely top out before the end of summer.
227 West 19th Street. Photo by Michael Young.
227 West 19th Street. Photo by Michael Young.
227 West 19th Street. Photo by Michael Young.
227 West 19th Street. Photo by Michael Young.
227 West 19th Street. Photo by Michael Young.
The rendering in the main photo from the construction board previews the finished look of the building and its distinctive pleated balconies lined with garden beds. The structure rises uniformly up to the eighth floor, which features loggias framing a setback on the eastern half of the building. It is unclear whether this space will serve as a private terrace or the communal roof deck listed among the property’s amenities. The final three stories have an L-shaped massing culminating in a flat roof with a light gray bulkhead at its rear. The façade will be composed of red brick with fluted bond patterns adding texture on the angled walls behind the balconies. This fluting is also utilized extensively on the first two stories.
The site was formerly occupied by a two-story structure, as seen in the below Google Street View image from before its demolition. Round Square and VM Properties Group purchased the property from JT Falk & Co. for $5.95 million in October 2023, in a deal brokered by Zach Redding and Dylan Kane.
227 West 19th Street in Chelsea, Manhattan via Google Maps.
Residential amenities will include a fitness center, concierge service, and the aforementioned landscaped rooftop terrace.
The nearest subway from the site is the 1 train at the 18th Street station along Seventh Avenue.
227 West 19th Street’s anticipated completion date is slated for August 2026, as noted on site.
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I didn’t know about this one. Rendering looks great – hopefully it turns out as much.
I would like to see the layouts of the apts-I probably can already guess, but they’re NEW so they’ll sell.
Pretty good, I think?
I know this will be beautiful love to live here.
Contemporary yet contextual sweet spot achieved!
+1
Love those “pleated balconies”, more buildings should copy..
Our nation owes a debt to the brave Navy SEALs who smuggled those talented Iranian bricklayers out of the heart of Tehran.
More of this.
I see what you did there 👀
Ooooh…I like it.
love it !
Bravo developer and architec DXA
Big improvement
Very fitting façade for Chelsea. Well done
Unfortunate to have a building of that height on a mid-block site in the middle of residential Chelsea, but with the City of Yes zoning chances have paved the way for non-contextual development everywhere.
Are you complaining just to complain? Did you not see the blue 12 story or so building just a couple doors down and also the vintage stone building next to it? Those buildings are midblock.
Onward Upward. PERIOD!