44 West 8th Street

Renderings show a rectangular red-brick building with recessed windows set in stepped reveals and a corbeled cornice, with a light stone ground floor and full-height glass at the retail frontage. Published reporting describes handmade brick and terra-cotta detailing.

Plans call for three floor-through four-bedroom residences, a two-bedroom and a duplex penthouse, each with direct elevator entry, and a large private terrace at the rear of the property. Interior renderings show a typical living room, kitchen and bathroom. The ground floor carries commercial and community-facility space.

• 2024: The Landmarks Preservation Commission approved the project (published reporting). DOB new-building application M01018827 was first filed in September 2024.
• June 2025: DOB approved the new-building application; permits for the work were issued in stages through September 2026.
• September 2, 2025: DOB signed off the full-demolition job for the existing two-story building.
• November 4, 2025: The condominium plan was submitted to the Attorney General.
• June 16, 2026: The Attorney General accepted the plan.
• June 2026: Published construction reporting records the concrete superstructure topped out, with brickwork expected to wrap the north face later in the summer.
• Later in 2026: Sales launch, as reported. Completion is reported for the first quarter of 2027.

The Attorney General's record shows 44 West 8th Street Condominium, sponsored by 44 West 8th Owner, LLC, as accepted on June 16, 2026, with five residential units within 12 total units. The record shows no effective date and no total offering price as of October 2026.

Published reporting puts pricing for the full-floor homes at $9.75 million and up. That is a reported starting price; the plan's price schedule governs.

Recent sales

Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-00553-0019). 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.

Reservations are non-binding until the plan is accepted. Any reservation or expression of interest signed before the Attorney General accepts the condominium offering plan can be withdrawn, and no purchase contract can be signed until the plan is accepted.

Deposits are typically 10 to 20 percent, held in escrow. The exact deposit schedule, the sponsor's closing conditions and the outside closing date are set in the plan and the purchase agreement. Have counsel read both before signing.

Closing costs run to the buyer in sponsor sales. Buyers customarily pay the New York State and New York City transfer taxes that would otherwise fall on the seller, plus the mansion tax on purchases of $1 million and above. Use the calculators below to size them.

Closings take place on a temporary certificate of occupancy. Closings are scheduled once the building has a temporary certificate of occupancy; the permanent certificate follows later.

The budget, common charges and any abatement come from the plan. Projected common charges, real estate taxes and any tax benefit are set in the plan's first-year budget. Confirm them in the filed plan rather than in marketing material.

Historic-district review applies to the building, not to your unit. The facade and exterior were approved by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, so any later exterior change, such as terrace work or windows, will need LPC approval.

Commercial and community-facility units sit in the same condominium. Ask how the plan allocates common charges and shared costs between the residential and non-residential units.

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