245 West 14th Street (Village Green West)
245 West 14th Street, New York, NY 10011
BBL 1007647503 · BIN 1088525
- Year built
- 2013
- Type
- Condominium
- Units
- 27
- Floors
- 12
- Landmark
- No
- Amenities
- Full-time doorman and concierge, live-in superintendent, landscaped rooftop terrace, fitness/wellness center with sauna and treatment room, resident lounge, children's playroom, bicycle room, private storage, elevator
- Financing
- Condominium framework; verify minimum down against the by-laws at offer stage
Every recorded sale at this building, 2016–2025
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf
- $2,176
- Listing discount
- 3.8%
- Recorded sales
- 45
- On record
- 2016–2025
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A Private Pricing Opinion — what your apartment at Village Green West would likely sell for today, what it costs to sell, and what you’d walk away with — reviewed personally against condition, exposures, renovation quality, and the competition actually on the market.
Village Green West is Chelsea's new-generation boutique condominium at the seam where three neighborhoods meet. Twenty-seven residences across twelve floors, developed ground-up by Alfa Development to a LEED Gold sustainability standard, the building was conceived as a full-service alternative to the walk-up and loft stock that defines the blocks around it — a doorman lobby, a wellness center, and a landscaped roof deck in a scale that still reads as intimate rather than institutional.
The address is the argument. West 14th Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues sits at the crossroads of Chelsea, the West Village, and the Meatpacking District, with the A/C/E and L at Eighth Avenue and the 1/2/3 at Seventh Avenue both within a block. Alfa's "industrial chic" thesis — a 19th-century industrial-era aesthetic executed in orange-red brick with dark metal detailing — was built to suit exactly the buyer shopping this corridor for new construction with green credentials and full-service infrastructure.
For buyers, the thesis is location plus program: a sustainability-forward building with a real amenity stack, in a boutique unit count, on one of the most transit-rich corners in lower Manhattan.
Architecture and unit composition
The building rises twelve stories in orange-red brick organized by five brick piers with narrow reveals, dark spandrels, and a dark cornice at the eighth floor, above which the massing steps back through four upper floors of full-floor tower residences with private terraces. Three of the four ground-floor bays carry retail; a glass-and-dark-metal vestibule frames the residential entrance.
The 27 residences run from one-bedrooms of roughly 640 square feet up through four-bedroom full-floor tower homes exceeding 3,000 square feet with substantial terrace space. Finishes reflect the building's green program — FSC-certified woods, low-VOC paints and coatings, high-performance windows, water-conserving fixtures, and kitchen water filtration — a specification package unusual for its 2015 vintage.
Building operations
This is full-service boutique ownership: a 24-hour attended lobby with concierge, a live-in superintendent, a fitness and wellness center with sauna, a resident lounge, a children's playroom, a bicycle room, private storage, and a landscaped rooftop terrace — a broad amenity set spread across only 27 owners. Buyers should price the carry consciously against the format; the offering plan and by-laws should be reviewed carefully during diligence, and we obtain current building documents from the managing agent for clients at offer stage.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- Per unit / month range
- —
Source: NYC LL84 benchmarking and PLUTO · The Roebling Research Library. City record last verified September 2026.
See full Local Law 97 analysis — emissions history, scenarios, methodology →Facade safety — Local Law 11
The latest available filing classified the facade as SWARMP — Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program: the engineer identified conditions requiring monitoring or repair, with repairs due by the deadline stated in the filing. The scope, timeline, and how the building funds the work are building-specific — we review the filings and board materials for you.
How to read this, and where it comes from
QEWI = Qualified Exterior Wall Inspector — the licensed engineer the city requires to sign the report (the independent expert, not the managing agent).
Source: NYC DOB facade filings (FISP) · The Roebling Research Library. City record last verified September 2026.
Management & transfer contacts
- Sublet policy
- Allowed, minimum term 12 months
- Notable fees
- Pets for unit owners only; working capital fund $5,000
Recent sales
Recent closings at this building, from The Roebling Research Library. Prices are the transfer amounts recorded with the NYC Department of Finance; apartment-level detail is checked against the building’s own file in The Roebling Research Library before publishing.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | PPSF | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2025 | PH | 3 BR · 3.5 BA · 2,833 sf | $5,800,000 | $2,047/sf | -15.3% |
| Apr 17, 2025 | T3 | 3 BR · 3.5 BA · 2,713 sf | $6,250,000 | $2,304/sf | -8.0% |
| May 29, 2024 | 5C | 1 BR · 1 BA · 845 sf | $1,550,000 | $1,834/sf | -8.6% |
| Apr 5, 2024 | 8B | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,519 sf | $2,900,000 | $1,909/sf | -13.4% |
| Jun 28, 2023 | 7B | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,519 sf | $2,750,000 | $1,810/sf | -8.3% |
| May 11, 2023 | 5A | 1 BR · 1 BA · 714 sf | $1,375,000 | $1,926/sf | -8.3% |
| Apr 6, 2022 | 4C | 1 BR · 1 BA · 839 sf | $1,700,000 | $2,026/sf | +13.7% |
| Nov 22, 2021 | 2C | 1 BR · 1 BA · 1,509 sf | $3,096,250 | $2,052/sf | -8.9% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2025) cleared a median $2,176/sf (recorded) across 2 sales. Median listing discount 3.8% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy.
The retrade record
Lines that have traded more than once in the public record — the building’s appreciation arc, apartment by apartment.
Full closing history with price-per-square-foot over time, the complete retrade record, and every line that has traded.
Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-00764-7503). Apartment-level facts (line, condition, asking-price context) curated and cross-verified in The Roebling Research Library. Not all transactions cross-verify with ACRIS records — sponsor and LLC purchases sometimes record at stipulated values rather than market price; square footage from recorded condo declarations and offering plans.
Closed rents at Village Green West, last 36 months
| Size | Leases | Median / month |
|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | 3 | $6,500 |
3 closed leases, October 2023 to September 2026. Most recent lease November 2025. Based on few leases. Sizes with fewer than 2 leases are not shown. Compiled by The Roebling Team at Compass from closed leases.
Buying here? Condo closing costs with a mortgage typically run 3 to 6% of the price. See NYC co-op and condo closing costs, line by line.
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What to know if you’re buying
The green program is a genuine differentiator. LEED Gold construction with FSC-certified woods and low-VOC finishes is rare in the 2015-vintage condo stock; buyers who value it should price it, and those who don't should still note the high-performance window and mechanical package.
Full-service in a boutique count. A 24-hour doorman, concierge, wellness center, and roof deck spread across 27 owners. If the service model fits how you live, run the True Monthly Carrying Cost Calculator against the amenity trade.
The corridor is the point. West 14th between Seventh and Eighth is a transit crossroads with West Village, Chelsea, and Meatpacking energy at the door — walk the block at the times you'd actually use it before deciding.
Mansion tax applies at the top of the building. Full-floor tower and penthouse pricing here crosses the $1 million, $2 million, and higher thresholds — run the Mansion Tax Calculator at the intended price before offering.
What to know if you’re selling
Market the program and the sustainability story together. The LEED Gold credential and the full-service amenity stack are the differentiators against the corridor's loft and walk-up stock; position them as a pair.
Use adjacent-building comps. With 27 units, your own building's history is too thin to anchor pricing alone. The corridor's full-service condo stock is the right comp set, adjusted for the tower-floor terrace premium.
The tower floors are a distinct product. Full-floor residences with private terraces should be marketed separately from the mid-building inventory.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 245 West 14th Street, also evaluate:
- 222 West 14th Street — boutique condominium on the same block; the closest like-for-like comparison
- 252 Seventh Avenue — full-service Chelsea condominium a block east
- 212 West 18th Street — larger full-amenity Chelsea condominium (Walker Tower's sibling stock nearby)
- 151 West 21st Street (Chelsea Green) — Alfa Development's sister LEED condominium, the closest sponsor cousin
- 515 West 18th Street — the maximum-amenity West Chelsea alternative near the High Line
More Chelsea buildings
- 241 West 19th Street — condominium
- 245 Seventh Avenue — 1911 condominium
- 245 Tenth Avenue — 2007 condominium
- 246 West 16th Street (The Grid) — 1920 condominium
- 246 West 17th Street — condominium
- 249 Eighth Avenue (300 West 23rd Street) — 1931 co-op by Emery Roth
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across Chelsea — read The Roebling Team Guide to Chelsea.
How to read the facts on this page. Items attributed to an offering plan describe the building as it was offered at that filing — unit mix, square footage, the amenity program as planned. They are not a statement about how the building operates today. Tax and compliance figures are sourced separately to current City records and carry their own dates. House rules, staffing and fee policy can change by board resolution without any public filing: treat every policy line here as a starting point for diligence and confirm it with the managing agent. Where this page compares one building or neighborhood to another, that is our analysis of the recorded record — it names the measure, the period and the sample it rests on, and it is an observation about medians rather than a prediction about any particular apartment.
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