NEW YORK, NY – January 22, 2024 – Ariel Property Advisors (Ariel) has announced the sale of a development site offering nearly 50,000 buildable square feet at 250 West 30th Street in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan. The property traded for $15,875,000.

An Ariel team comprised of Founding Partner Victor Sozio; Director Howard Raber, Esq.; President and Founder Shimon Shkury; and Associate Director Gabriel Elyaszadeh, along with Harold J. Bordwin, Heather Milazzo, and Matthew Bordwin of Keen-Summit Capital Partners LLC, represented the seller, Bridget Realty LLC.

Currently home to a vacant 50-foot wide, three-story, 14,811-square-foot commercial building, the site’s flexible M1-6D zoning offers the potential to build a commercial and residential mixed-use development up to 49,375 total buildable square feet as of right.

“The sale of 250 West 30th Street confirms that there is still robust demand for well-located Manhattan development sites suitable for condo projects,” Sozio said. “Located between 7th and 8th Avenues, one block south of Penn Station, this area is seeing a number of new residential developments.”

Raber added, “Condo development sites have remained attractive in Manhattan because their construction isn’t dependent on the expired 421a tax abatement program, whose absence has contributed to a downturn in development sales in the outer boroughs.”

The property is near Madison Square Garden and Hudson Yards as well as transportation via several major subway lines including the 1, A, C, and E lines, and the West Side Highway, providing quick and easy access to the rest of the city and the Tri-State area.