400 West 12th Street (Superior Ink)
400 West 12th Street, New York, NY 10014
BBL 1006407501 · BIN 1012048
- Year built
- 2009
- Type
- Condominium
- Floors
- 17
- Landmark status
- Requires confirmation
- City records and our profile differ. Confirm with building management.
- Doorman
- Full-time doorman
Every recorded sale at this building, 2009–2026
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf, 2026 to date
- $2,747
- floor-adjusted, 2 sales
- Listing discount
- 6.7%
- Recorded sales
- 132
- On record
- 2009–2026
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Superior Ink is Robert A.M. Stern's contextual Far West Village trophy commission for Related Companies, built on the former Superior Ink factory site with Yabu Pushelberg interiors.
Few 2009-era projects assembled a team this institutional: the Stern / Related / Yabu Pushelberg pairing of starchitect, developer, and interior designer set the building's pedigree from the start. Their contextual red-brick architecture answers directly to the industrial heritage of the Far West Village rather than imposing on it. And the program spans both trophy formats at once — 62-75 condominium residences alongside 7 Bethune Street townhouses, vertical and horizontal living under one development.
Architecture and building operations
Stern's 2009 design for Related produced a 17-story red-brick contextual building on the former Superior Ink factory site. LEED-certified. Yabu Pushelberg designed the interiors and amenity spaces. The 7 Bethune Street townhouses extend the project's horizontal trophy configuration.
Operations: 24-hour doorman; concierge; fitness center; spa; private storage; landscaped courtyard.
Policy framework — verify via The Roebling Research Library
- Type: Condominium
- Pets: Permitted under condominium framework
- Pied-à-terre: Permitted
- Subletting: Permitted under condominium procedures
- Financing: Standard condominium LTV
- LLC/trust/foreign buyers: All permitted
- Right of first refusal: Procedural only
Specific policy framework should be verified against the Roebling Research Library's offering plan and house rules at engagement.
Monthly carrying charges in recent sales
- Common charges + taxes, per room
- $1,446 per room a monthMedian of 10 recorded sales since October 2023Source: recorded sales, refreshed October 2026
- Common charges + taxes, per square foot
- $3.79 per square foot a monthMedian of 9 recorded sales since October 2023Source: recorded sales, refreshed October 2026
- Common charges alone, per square foot
- $1.86 per square foot a monthMedian of 7 listings since October 2023 that give the annual taxSource: listing records, refreshed October 2026
- Real estate taxes alone, per square foot
- $1.95 per square foot a monthMedian of 7 listings since October 2023 that give the annual taxSource: listing records, refreshed October 2026
Common charges plus real estate taxes, combined into one monthly figure the way New York condominium listings show them. Add a mortgage payment for the monthly outlay. The split into common charges and taxes comes from the listings that also give the annual tax, a different sample, so the two lines need not add up exactly to the combined median; a tax abatement can hold taxes below the full amount until it expires. A summary of recorded sales and listings, not a current bill; charges change.
Building staffing and amenities
- Doorman
- Full-time doormanSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
- Concierge
- YesSource: recent listing records
- Elevator
- YesSource: NYC Department of City Planning records (PLUTO)
- Amenities noted
- Fitness room, spa, garden, storageSource: The Roebling Team's building profile
Staffing and amenities as our building profile and recent listing records describe them. A feature not listed is not confirmed absent.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $115,146/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $160
- Modeled exposure split equally across 60 units (the residential count on the city's lot record). Not an assessed amount; condominium owners are typically charged by each unit's common-interest percentage.
Source: NYC LL84 benchmarking and PLUTO · The Roebling Research Library. City data last refreshed 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).
Penalties shown are amounts DOB assessed against filings on record across 2015–20 to 2020–25. The FISP dataset does not record whether they were paid, contested or remain open, so treat the figure as history rather than a current balance and confirm the building’s standing with the managing agent.
Source: NYC DOB facade filings (FISP) · The Roebling Research Library. City data last refreshed September 2026.
421-a Tax Abatement
- Last year of benefit
- FY2021
- Fully taxed from
- FY2022 (2021–22)
- Program
- 421-a (10-year)
The 421-a benefit has run its term. Taxes on these units have stepped up toward the full assessed amount, so the low carrying cost this building once carried is no longer available. Price from the current tax bill, and treat any comparable sale made while the abatement was still running as a different asset.
Source: NYC Dept. of Finance property-tax exemption records (421-a), refreshed 2026-09-06 · The Roebling Research Library. Confirm the exact step-up schedule on the building’s DOF tax bill. Years shown are NYC tax years, which start July 1 — FY2022 runs July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022. The benefit last appears on the 2021 assessment roll, which is what dates the end of the term.
The 421-a Expiration Wave — our study of when these benefits expire citywide, and what the resale record shows about pricing as they do.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 2026 | 3E | 2 BR · 2.5 BA · 1,613 sf | $4,400,000 | $2,728/sf | -5.4% |
| Aug 13, 2026 | 3F | 1 BR · 2 BA · 1,645 sf | $3,750,000 | $2,280/sf | -2.6% |
| Nov 4, 2025 | 4J | 3 BR · 3.5 BA · 1,929 sf | $6,550,000 | $3,396/sf | -6.4% |
| Aug 19, 2025 | TH3 | 5 BR · 5 BA · 5,468 sf | $17,200,000 | $3,146/sf | -4.4% |
| Jun 27, 2025 | 15CD | 3 BR · 3.5 BA · 4,116 sf | $19,250,000 | $4,677/sf | -3.0% |
| May 16, 2025 | 16A | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,441 sf | $5,755,000 | $3,994/sf | -3.8% |
| May 12, 2025 | 16D | 1 BR · 1 BA · 853 sf | $2,400,000 | $2,814/sf | off-mkt |
| Jan 27, 2025 | 4E | 3 BR · 3.5 BA · 2,406 sf | $7,500,000 | $3,117/sf | -6.2% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026 to date) cleared a median $2,747/sf (floor-adjusted) across 2 sales. Floor-adjusted means each sale is restated to a constant mix of floors, so the figure can differ from the plain median of the sales listed above. Median listing discount 6.7% 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 1-00640-7501). 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.
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At the recent median sale of $6.55M (8 sales since 2024), a buyer putting 25% down would pay about $310,546 to close, or 4.7% of the price.
- Mansion tax: $147,375
- Mortgage recording tax: $94,566
- Title insurance: $29,475
- Attorneys, lender, building fees, reserves and filings: $39,130
Assumes a resale (the seller pays transfer taxes), a $4,500 attorney fee and a mortgage on the rest.
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What to know if you’re buying
The contextual red-brick architecture is structurally distinguishing.
The Superior Ink factory site provenance anchors industrial-history context.
Roebling cross-references the offering plan through the Roebling Research Library during diligence.
Comparable buildings
- 150 Charles Street — CookFox / Witkoff 2015; nearby West Village trophy peer
- 165 Charles Street — Meier 2006; nearby West Village trophy peer
- 173 & 176 Perry Street — Meier 2002; nearby West Village trophy peer
- 160 Leroy Street — Herzog & de Meuron 2018; nearby West Village trophy peer
- The Shephard (275 W 10th) — Beyer Blinder Belle / Gachot / Naftali 2017; nearby West Village peer
Sources: The Roebling Research Library (offering plans, house rules, financial statements, board minutes, internal transaction records); NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers; publicly recorded NYC building data.
More West Village buildings
- 385 West 12th Street — 2011 condominium
- 387 Bleecker Street — 1817 condominium
- 397 West 12th Street — 2007 condominium
- 421 Hudson Street (The Printing House) — 1908 condominium
- 433 West Street (West Village) — 1899 co-op
- 442 Hudson Street (a/k/a 85–89 Barrow Street) — 1924 co-op
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across West Village — read The Roebling Team Guide to West Village.
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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