NEW YORK | Avalon West Chelsea | 27 floors - Page 4

sbarn · #61 Posted **May 13, 2013, 6:34 PM**

Avalon Chelsea races on.

Cladding is going up on the low rise portion:

Close up on the cladding (looks pretty boring):

The tower portion is on the rise, there is an army of workers on site:

Views from 11th Avenue:

(photos by me)

NYC4Life · #62 Posted **May 13, 2013, 6:38 PM**

Looks like it might be a mediocre building, but it'll still help build up the area around the High-Line.

sbarn · #63 Posted **May 30, 2013, 3:03 AM**

Cladding continues on Avalon Chelsea:

Meanwhile the highrise portion (27 stories) of the project continues to rise:

babybackribs2314 · #64 Posted **May 30, 2013, 4:33 PM**

The cladding on this is heinous, but it's nice to see the tower progressing... I guess...

Construction Update: The Avalon West Chelsea, May 2013

mrnyc · #65 Posted **Jun 24, 2013, 9:27 PM**

massive blockbuster!

antinimby · #66 Posted **Jun 25, 2013, 4:48 PM**

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Originally Posted by babybackribs2314

The cladding on this is heinous,

That's what Avalon does: cheap looking buildings usually with plastic-like wavy, reflective glass, AC vents and exposed floor plates.

For example, Avalon Chrystie: http://www.dpreview.com/galleries/79...lon-reflection

antinimby · #67 Posted **Jun 25, 2013, 5:17 PM**

Compare that with the quality of Stern's 500 W 30 St.

Tectonic · #68 Posted **Jun 25, 2013, 6:48 PM**

I'd like to see the rent pricing.

Spotila · #69 Posted **Jun 25, 2013, 11:06 PM**

Agree with some of you on this one, looks a bit...rough.

mrnyc · #70 Posted **Jun 26, 2013, 1:17 AM**

it looks like a college dorm, which is probably close to what it will be, a post-college dorm.

ILNY · #71 Posted **Jul 14, 2013, 3:04 AM**

Yes, its college dorm, but it is not that bad...

Crawford · #72 Posted **Jul 15, 2013, 12:25 AM**

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Originally Posted by mrnyc

it looks like a college dorm, which is probably close to what it will be, a post-college dorm.

Maybe, but one bedrooms will be 4,000+. I don't know too many post collegiate folks who can pay that.

I assume the residents will trend young, but won't really be the postcollegiate crowd. New construction in Chelsea of all places is way out of their range.

mrnyc · #73 Posted **Jul 15, 2013, 1:01 AM**

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Originally Posted by Crawford

Maybe, but one bedrooms will be 4,000+. I don't know too many post collegiate folks who can pay that.

I assume the residents will trend young, but won't really be the postcollegiate crowd. New construction in Chelsea of all places is way out of their range.

no apartments are in their range or out of their range. its all about the 'rents range.

i still think it will, given the population you see coming out of the other avalons.

but whether it does or doesnt skew that crowd, it still looks like a big blah dorm bldg. at least so far.

giantSwan · #74 Posted **Jul 15, 2013, 1:11 PM**

I live in the area...it's the worst looking project going up in chelsea right now...

I'm sure it's going to be expensive because it's chelsea, but I can't believe they are putting up such banal crap in the neighborhood right now. (especially this size and scale)

Hamilton · #75 Posted **Jul 15, 2013, 1:41 PM**

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Originally Posted by Crawford

Maybe, but one bedrooms will be 4,000+. I don't know too many post collegiate folks who can pay that.

I assume the residents will trend young, but won't really be the postcollegiate crowd. New construction in Chelsea of all places is way out of their range.

Note that this building is pretty close to Google's NYC headquarters. Your typical person in finance or working at a tech company in NYC is making $80,000-130,000 out of college. These kids take a one-bedroom, add a temporary wall in the living room, and voila, you have a two bedroom. At that salary range, $2,000 a month isn't so bad.

antinimby · #76 Posted **Jul 15, 2013, 1:52 PM**

And look how thin those floors are. I think if you dropped a bowling ball, you might crack it.

Crawford · #77 Posted **Jul 15, 2013, 5:20 PM**

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Originally Posted by Hamilton

Note that this building is pretty close to Google's NYC headquarters. Your typical person in finance or working at a tech company in NYC is making $80,000-130,000 out of college. These kids take a one-bedroom, add a temporary wall in the living room, and voila, you have a two bedroom. At that salary range, $2,000 a month isn't so bad.

Maybe, but those temporary walls aren't usually allowed in nicer buildings, though. I doubt Avalon would allow it considering the rental demand for new construction.

And fancy developers tend to require 50x gross. That means minimum 200k for a $4,000 one bedroom. Folks starting in finance and tech don't have those kinds of base salaries (though they do in finance following bonus, but that's irrelevent for income qualification).

Just based on the people I know, folks just out of college aren't really looking in places like Chelsea. You find them in Williamsburg, South Slope, Astoria LIC, Hoboken, JC, Harlem, far East Village/LES, etc. Even if they're earning six figures, they want to be in a younger neighborhood. Though maybe I'm just out of the loop.

mrnyc · #78 Posted **Jul 17, 2013, 2:34 AM**

^ most of the non-wealthy just out of college crowd cannot afford those areas anymore. its bushwick for them.

today

a first look inside lol!

JACKinBeantown · #79 Posted **Jul 18, 2013, 3:37 AM**

This POS came out of nowhere.

mrnyc · #80 Posted **Jul 18, 2013, 12:26 PM**

^ all the avalon pos came unwanted out of nowhere.

there is is another bldg planned to go into the lot between avalon west and the highline, lets hope its nice and tall enough to block out some of this bland monster.