- Year built
- 1918
- Type
- Cooperative
- Landmark
- No
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2026
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf
- $1,088
- Listing discount
- 3.2%
- Recorded sales
- 55
- On record
- 2003–2026
250 West 27th Street is the kind of building Chelsea was made on: a 1918 brick warehouse that traded a working floor plate for residential lofts, converted to cooperative ownership in 1981 as artists and the design trades pushed west of Sixth Avenue. The bones are industrial — wide bays, generous ceiling heights, oversized windows pulling north and south light across deep floor plates — and the conversion kept that character rather than papering over it. The result is a quietly desirable loft co-op a half block from the Fashion Institute of Technology and within easy reach of the upper High Line.
What sets the building apart is its block. West 27th Street between Seventh and Eighth is closed to through traffic on weekdays, which gives the address an unusually calm, almost pedestrian feel during the working week and easier curbside parking on evenings and weekends. For a building this central — Penn Station, Herald Square, and the 1, C, and E trains are all within a few blocks — that quiet is rare and genuinely valuable.
This is a co-op for buyers who want space and light over polish: a low-maintenance, well-run building where the appeal is the floor plan and the location, not a marble lobby.
Architecture and unit composition
The building is a seven-story masonry loft structure in the early-20th-century commercial idiom — load-bearing brick, a regular grid of large industrial windows, and a flat cornice line that sits comfortably among the low- and mid-rise buildings on the block. Its scale is human; nothing about it competes with the towers that have gone up around the neighborhood.
Inside, the apartments read as true loft conversions. Ceiling heights are high, windows are oversized, and the deeper homes carry the column lines and open volumes of the original warehouse. The 52 residences span studios through three-bedrooms, with duplex layouts among the mix, and individual homes vary widely depending on how each owner has renovated — some lean industrial and vintage, others fully modern. Layouts are flexible, which suits buyers looking to carve a home office, a den, or an open kitchen out of a single large volume.
Building operations
250 West 27th Street runs as a practical, self-managed-feeling cooperative. There is an elevator, a central laundry room, a bicycle room, private storage, and a live-in superintendent handling day-to-day building care. There is no doorman — consistent with the building's low monthly maintenance, which is one of its recurring selling points. The building is pet-friendly, a meaningful draw in a market where many pre-war co-ops are not.
As with most established Chelsea loft co-ops, purchases clear a board application and interview, and financing and sublet terms follow the building's bylaws and house rules. Buyers should expect a standard co-op board package and review.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- Per unit / month range
- —
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 before the next inspection cycle. The scope, timeline, and how the building funds the work are building-specific — we review the filings and board materials for you.
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.
See the full facade history →Management & transfer contacts
- Sublet policy
- Allowed; Sublet Fee 20% of monthly maintenance; sublet renewal $250
- Notable fees
- Pets OK upon approval; alteration processing $1000 major / $500 minor
Recent sales
Recent transfers at this building, curated by The Roebling Team research desk. Apartment-level facts are independently verified before publishing; sale prices reflect the recorded transfer amount at the NYC Department of Finance.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | PPSF | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 2026 | 5K | 1 BA | $550,000 | +4.0% | |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 5E | 1 BR · 1 BA · 900 sf | $985,000 | $1,094/sf | -1.0% |
| Apr 21, 2025 | 3F | 1 BR · 1 BA · 975 sf | $960,000 | $985/sf | -3.5% |
| Jan 23, 2025 | 4E | 1 BR · 1 BA · 900 sf | $985,000 | $1,094/sf | -5.7% |
| Jan 17, 2025 | 3A | 1 BR · 1 BA · 1,100 sf | $1,050,000 | $955/sf | -10.6% |
| Jun 22, 2023 | 6K | 1 BR · 2 BA · 1,100 sf | $1,200,000 | $1,091/sf | +0.0% |
| May 18, 2023 | 3J | 1 BR · 1 BA | $630,000 | -12.3% | |
| Jun 10, 2022 | 5A | 2 BR · 2 BA · 2,100 sf | $2,175,000 | $1,036/sf | -1.1% |
Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2025): a median $1,088/sf across 4 sales. The building has traded as recently as 2026. Median listing discount 3.2% 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.
Other recent transfers
| Date | Unit | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 13, 2012 | 6K | $749,000 |
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 1-00776-0065) and verified listing data. Apartment-level facts (line, condition, asking-price context) curated and cross-verified by The Roebling Team research desk. Not all transactions cross-verify with ACRIS records — sponsor and LLC purchases sometimes record at stipulated values rather than market price; square footage on co-ops is not officially recorded, figures shown are approximate.
What to know if you’re buying
This is a co-op, so plan for a board package and interview, and weigh the building's financing and sublet rules against your own plans before you commit. The trade-off is favorable: low maintenance, real loft space, and a central address. Focus your diligence on the apartment itself — ceiling height, exposure, window line, and the scope of any prior renovation — because that is where value is concentrated in a building like this. The car-free weekday block and the pet policy are durable lifestyle pluses worth weighting. For buyers who prize square footage and light over a staffed lobby, the building delivers exactly that.
What to know if you’re selling
Lead with the loft product and the block. High ceilings, oversized windows, flexible open layouts, and low maintenance are the headline differentiators against the glossier — and pricier — new condominiums nearby. The weekday street closure, the pet policy, and the proximity to FIT, the High Line, and three subway lines round out a specific, livable story. Staging that reads the space as a true loft, and pricing it against comparable converted-warehouse co-ops rather than new construction, positions a resale to its strength. We help sellers frame the renovation, set the comparable set, and manage the board-approval timeline.
Comparable buildings
If you're weighing 250 West 27th Street, also look at nearby Chelsea loft and pre-war co-op and condo inventory:
- 215 West 28th Street — Chelsea building a block north
- 261 West 28th Street — nearby Chelsea building
- 151 West 17th Street — Chelsea loft-era building to the south
- 250 West 15th Street — Chelsea building toward the Meatpacking edge
- 148 West 23rd Street — Chelsea building near the FIT corridor
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, schools, transit, and pricing across Chelsea — read The Roebling Team Guide to Chelsea.
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