Apartment rentals New York with Chelsea

If you’ve ever searched for an apartment in New York City, you’ve probably used, or at least have heard of Craigslist. And if your result was anything like the typical experience, you probably saw some small, dusty apartments in need of repair that were not worth the price tag. Sure, great pre-war apartments exist all across Manhattan and Brooklyn, but they aren’t your only option.

HAP Investments, the mid-size real estate investment group responsible for new construction apartment buildings in Manhattan such as HAP 6 and HAP 4, has released plans for a new apartment building in Chelsea. The building, which is being called HAP 8, is located at 215-219 West 28th Street.

First conceived of in 2009, the Pier 57 makeover, located across from the Westside Highway at 15th Street, is finally underway. The first stage of the development, headed by developer YoungWoo and Associates, will take the form of a mall made of shipping containers. YoungWoo and Associates will set up shipping containers as stores for approximately 60 retailers with an expected completion date of this April. The Hudson River Park Board and community advocates chose Lot-Ek and YoungWoo as the designers for the new Pier 57 over competing designs from the Related Companies and the Durst Organization. What they liked about Lot-Ek and YoungWoo’s design was the provisions for green space, reductions in vehicular trips, and the respect for the pier’s industrial history. One of the only questions is whether or not rents will go up in West Chelsea again once the project is completed.