- Year built
- 2013
- Type
- Condominium
- Units
- 24
- Floors
- 8
- Landmark
- No
- Pets
- Dogs and cats permitted under condominium rules
- Subletting
- Permitted under the condominium declaration; confirm current terms at offer stage
- Pied-à-terre
- Allowed
250 Bowery is the clearest statement of Morris Adjmi's "contextual industrial" approach to downtown design — a black metal-and-glass tower whose factory-sash façade was conceived as a deliberate counterpoint to the white, stacked-box New Museum that the firm SANAA designed directly across the street. The pairing makes this stretch of the Bowery one of the most architecturally self-aware blocks downtown, and the building won a 2014 AIA New York Merit Award for the result.
It is a boutique condominium: 24 residences across eight stories, with ground-floor retail and a small, design-led amenity package. The developer, The Vella Group, delivered a building with Boffi kitchens, Miele and Sub-Zero appliances, white-oak floors, and penthouses with fireplaces and operable skylights — finishes pitched at the trophy end of the downtown new-construction market.
The location is central downtown culture: opposite the New Museum, near Foster + Partners' Sperone Westwater gallery, and at the Nolita / Lower East Side / NoHo crossroads.
Architecture and unit composition
The 24 residences run from loft-style one- and two-bedrooms through four duplex penthouses. The factory-sash façade produces the oversized industrial windows and strong light that define the apartments; the lower two floors hold retail. Penthouses add fireplaces and operable skylights, and the duplex layouts give the top of the building genuine scale.
Interiors carry the finish package the architecture promises: Boffi kitchens, premium appliances, white-oak flooring, and washer/dryers in every residence — a fully modern building behind a contextual industrial face.
Building operations
250 Bowery operates as a boutique condominium with a full-time attended lobby and concierge, a residents' lounge, a bike room, private storage, and a furnished landscaped roof deck. There is no in-building gym and no on-site parking — typical for a 24-unit boutique building of this vintage. Service is scaled to the small unit count.
As a 2013 new-construction building, mechanical systems and the envelope are current. As with any condominium, buyers should review current financial statements, the reserve study, board minutes, and any active or planned capital projects during due diligence.
What to know if you’re buying
The architecture is the asset — and the differentiator. An award-winning Adjmi façade opposite the New Museum is permanent design value. Buyers here are buying into a specific architectural moment on the Bowery.
Know the amenity tradeoff. This is a design-led boutique building: roof deck, lounge, concierge, and storage — but no gym and no parking. If those are dealbreakers, weigh them up front.
Condo flexibility is real. 30–45 day closings; pied-à-terre, investment, LLC, trust, and foreign-buyer purchases are permitted under the declaration; subletting is allowed. Confirm current sublet rules with management at offer stage.
Mansion tax applies. At this pricing the mansion tax and its cliff thresholds are in play. Run pricing through the Mansion Tax Calculator.
What to know if you’re selling
Lead with the architecture and the New Museum context. The Adjmi pedigree, the AIA award, and the cultural setting are the differentiators against generic downtown new construction.
Penthouses are their own market. The duplex penthouses with fireplaces and skylights should be marketed distinctly from the lower-floor lofts.
Closing timelines are condo-fast. 30–45 days from contract to closing.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 250 Bowery, also evaluate:
- The Schumacher (36 Bleecker) — Adjmi 2015; nearby NoHo conversion from the same architect
- 40 Bond Street — Herzog & de Meuron 2007; nearby NoHo trophy
- 25 Bond Street — BKSK 2008; nearby NoHo trophy
- 196 Orchard — 2018 condominium; nearby Lower East Side peer
- 215 Chrystie Street — Herzog & de Meuron 2017; nearby Bowery-edge trophy
The Roebling Team at 250 Bowery
The Roebling Team at Compass works across the NoHo, Nolita, Bowery, and Greenwich Village condominium market. We publish this profile because buyers and sellers in design-led boutique buildings deserve building-specific intelligence: architecture, operations, and pricing read at the apartment level, not generic market commentary.
If you're considering a purchase or sale at 250 Bowery, a 30-minute consultation is the right starting point. We'll bring the full context this page provides plus the transactional specifics your situation requires.
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, schools, transit, and pricing across Greenwich Village — read The Roebling Team Guide to Greenwich Village.
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