Last week Curbed reported that the New York City Planning Commission approved the proposed parking plan for the new residential project at 200 Eleventh Avenue in Chelsea.
Up to fifteen residences at the project will include their own "Sky Garage". And yes, the Sky Garage is just what you are probably thinking… Owners will drive into an elevator (at the ground floor) which will bring them directly up to their unit's floor, where they can drive into a personal garage. I'll admit, I think the Sky Garage is pretty nifty (you can view a video of the Sky Garage on the project's website).
I enjoyed reading the minutes from the New York City Planning Commission review of the project. NYC's zoning code would have allowed up to three (3) parking spots for the project (there are 16 total units in the project) and the local community did not support the request for increased parking at the project.
The Commission's approval was based in large part on the diminishing amount of available parking in the neighborhood (due to the development of nearby parking garages into other uses) and high rates of auto ownership in this income range (unit will reportedly sell for between $2000-3000/square foot or $6.8M for a 2,328 square foot apartment).
The developer of 200 Eleventh Avenue is YoungWoo & Associates LLC and the architect is Selldorf Architects.
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October 21st, 2007 at 10:41 pm
While conseptually this is really interesting, I wonder about whether the costs involved really are worth building it this way instead of having a more typical garage. I suppose this does solve some privacy/safety/laziness issues for some parkers.
October 21st, 2007 at 11:03 pm
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November 12th, 2007 at 12:27 am
I agree, the concept is interesting and I would also question whether the costs justify the convenience of parking outside of your apartment unit.
Then again, the project is certainly priced at a luxury level, so I guess the prospective buyer of a unit is not going to be as sensitive to the costs of this type of (or any other) amenity as I would be!
April 17th, 2008 at 7:42 pm
111 8th Avenue, the former Port of NY Authority building in Chelsea, has elevators large enough to bring a tractor trailer with freight up to the floor where it needs to be delivered. So this is not an entirely new concept.