The XI at 76 Eleventh Avenue

Bjarke Ingels Group's design for The XI addressed several specific design challenges that the West Chelsea site, the West 17th–18th Street block configuration, and the substantial integrated hotel-and-residential program produced.

The design solution organized the building's massing into two adjacent tower volumes of differing heights — a shorter west tower and a taller east tower — connected through a shared base infrastructure that supports both the residential and the hotel programs. The twin-tower configuration alone is comparable to other contemporary Manhattan twin-tower residential projects (the Heatherwick-designed Lantern House, the Renzo Piano 565 Broome, the broader twin-tower vocabulary that has characterized the contemporary period). What distinguishes The XI's specific design is the substantial twist of each tower as it rises — each tower rotates in plan across the building's vertical extent, with the substantial geometric rotation producing the substantial apartment-by-apartment variation in exposure that the building's apartment inventory reflects.

The substantial twisting massing produces several architectural and programmatic effects. The lower-floor apartments and the upper-floor apartments in each tower have substantially different exposures — the rotation moves each tower's principal exterior face through approximately a quarter-turn across the building's height — so the apartments at different floor levels in the same tower can face fundamentally different directions. The substantial outdoor terrace inventory that the twisting form produces — the terraces at varying heights and orientations as the tower form rotates — provides substantially varying outdoor terrace experiences across the apartment inventory. The substantial visual identity that the twisting form produces — visible from substantial portions of the High Line, from the Hudson River waterfront, and from the surrounding Chelsea gallery district — anchors the building's recognizable position within the contemporary Chelsea architectural register.

The building's exterior is clad in substantial brick-and-bronze materials that the BIG architectural team developed specifically for the project, with the exterior articulation calibrated to the residential register the substantial Chelsea / High Line corridor supports.

The interior architectural and finish program is calibrated to the upper register of the contemporary Chelsea luxury residential market. Apartment configurations vary substantially across the two towers and across the building's vertical extent, with substantial ceiling heights, substantial floor-to-ceiling glass exposures, custom kitchen and bathroom design programs, and the substantial outdoor terrace inventory that the twisting form supports.

The XI operates as a full-service condominium with the substantial amenity infrastructure that the building's twin-tower scale and the integrated Faena hotel program support. The 24-hour doorman, concierge, and full-time residential management infrastructure anchor the building's operational standard.

The amenity package is substantial and includes substantive wellness facilities supported by the Faena hotel program (substantial spa infrastructure, fitness facilities, swimming pool access, the broader Faena-branded amenity register), substantial residents' dining and event facilities, substantial outdoor terrace and rooftop infrastructure, and the integration with the Faena hotel's substantive cultural and dining programming. The amenity calibration is at the upper register of the contemporary Chelsea inventory, with the substantial Faena integration distinguishing the building's amenity profile from the broader Chelsea residential inventory.

The condominium operates under standard condominium governance. Application processing for new purchasers follows the standard condominium procedural framework. Building policies on financing, subletting, pied-à-terre use, and other operational matters operate under the condominium framework with the building-specific policies set in the offering plan and the condominium's by-laws; specific policies should be confirmed against current materials during due diligence, particularly given the substantial development reorganization that the project experienced during its construction cycle.

The architectural distinction is the structural feature. The XI's combination of the BIG architectural attribution, the substantial twisting twin-tower configuration, the substantial Faena hotel integration, and the substantial Chelsea / High Line corridor location together constitute the building's structural premium.

Apartment-by-apartment exposure varies substantially. The twisting tower geometry produces apartments at different floor levels in the same tower with substantially different exposures. Buyers should evaluate the specific apartment's exposure carefully against their preferences for view, light, and outdoor terrace orientation, rather than relying on tower-aggregate exposure characterizations.

Outdoor terrace configurations vary substantially. The substantial outdoor terrace inventory across the building reflects the substantial variation in terrace orientation and configuration that the twisting tower form produces. Terrace characteristics are substantive price drivers.

The Faena hotel integration is a substantive component of the building experience. The integrated hotel produces substantial amenity access for residents and substantial daily-life hotel-and-cultural infrastructure within the building. Buyers prioritizing the substantial residential-and-hotel integration will find the building's program appropriate; buyers prioritizing the more privacy-oriented purely-residential building register may consider alternative West Chelsea inventory.

The development reorganization history is worth understanding. The project's substantive development reorganization during construction produced substantial impact on the project's timeline, sponsor structure, and certain aspects of the building's completion. Buyers should evaluate the building's current ownership and operational status against current materials during due diligence, with attention to any continuing implications of the development history.

Financing and use flexibility is substantively greater than the equivalent uptown cooperative inventory. The condominium form supports financing percentages, holding structures, and use cases that the comparable Park-and-Fifth-Avenue tier-one cooperative inventory does not accommodate. Our Co-op vs Condo guide covers the structural distinction.

Confirm specifics directly with management. Pet policy, alteration-agreement scope, working-capital contribution, the building's current financial profile, the Faena amenity-program operational status, and recent operational matters should all be confirmed against current materials during due diligence.

Marketing should foreground the architectural distinction and the Faena integration. The XI's structural premium derives in substantial part from the BIG architectural attribution and the substantial Faena hotel programming. Apartment-specific marketing should foreground the specific architectural features of the unit and the tower-specific characteristics.

Pricing requires apartment-level comparable analysis. Recent comparables on the specific apartment line, tower, floor, and exposure should anchor the marketing approach, with attention to the substantial apartment-by-apartment variation that the twisting tower geometry produces.

The buyer pool is architecturally calibrated. The XI's buyer pool concentrates in the design-aware segment of the contemporary Manhattan luxury market, with substantial overlap with the broader Chelsea / High Line residential buyer demographic and substantial overlap with the Faena hotel's substantive international cultural demographic.

Board approvability is procedural at a condominium. The condominium's review of prospective purchasers is procedural rather than substantive.

Closing timelines are condominium-standard. Plan for 45–60 days from contract through closing under typical financing and due diligence circumstances.

If you're considering The XI, also evaluate:

• 515 West 18th Street (Lantern House) — Heatherwick Studio's twin-tower Chelsea condominium, the closest peer in High Line corridor positioning, twin-tower architecture, and design-led buyer demographic
• 520 West 28th Street — Zaha Hadid's only NYC residential, comparable High Line corridor architecturally distinctive boutique condominium
• 15 Hudson Yards — Diller Scofidio + Renfro's principal NYC residential, the broader West Side architecturally distinctive supertall at substantially larger scale
• 565 Broome Soho — Renzo Piano's only NYC residential, comparable downtown architecturally distinctive twin-tower condominium by an internationally-recognized architect
• 56 Leonard Street — Herzog & de Meuron Tribeca supertall, the broader downtown architecturally distinctive new-construction benchmark
• 160 Leroy Street — Herzog & de Meuron's West Village waterfront boutique condominium, comparable downtown architecturally distinctive design register

The Roebling Team at Compass works the Manhattan trophy-tier new-development inventory as a structural element of our luxury practice, with substantive engagement in the contemporary Chelsea / High Line residential market. We publish this building profile because The XI buyers and sellers deserve building-specific intelligence — architectural attribution, the integrated hotel-program understanding, the development-history context, and the structural-evaluation considerations that distinguish trophy-tier new development.

If you're considering a purchase or sale at The XI, 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.

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Corey Cohen · The Roebling Team at Compass 646.939.7375 · c.cohen@compass.com