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A real estate developer has purchased a commercial building previously home to a garage that in 2023 was ordered closed by the Department of Buildings (DOB) for unsafe conditions.
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A Feb. 10 Instagram post by @TradedNY states that Yevgeniy Lvovskiy (of ZHL Group Inc) paid William Friedland (of Friedland Properties) $10.5 million for 214 West 80th Street (between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue).
While Lvovskiy’s plans for the site weren’t stated–we’ve reached out to him for comment–a listing brochure for the commercial property states that it “allow[s] for ~20,000 buildable SF for several uses including mixed-use, residential condominiums, or single-use occupancies.”
“The property’s mixed-use zoning and considerable size—approximately 20,000 buildable square feet—made it an attractive opportunity for developers seeking to capitalize on the area’s limited supply of available sites,” said listing agent Andreas Efthymiou, according to ConnectCRE.
In November 2023, the parking garage was abruptly shut down by the city for conditions it deemed “imminently perilous to life.” One customer noted that “[the garage] did not notify their customers until an hour or so before they were forced to close,” adding that there were “something like 80 cars stuck inside.”
According to Metro-Photo, the building was originally constructed in 1906 “to serve as a new car showroom and service garage.”
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Irony? Or need? Aren’t the Friedland’s in a fight with the Zabars regarding the building at the corner of this block? And now the Friedland’s sell a building in very close proximity. Maybe they need more money for legal fees? This sale – at this moment – cannot be a coincidence.
Ian,
The fight with the Zabar family is NOT about a building on this corner; it’s regarding a building on the SW corner of Broadway and 80th.
You probably wrote the date the garage was built wrong. No way that garage was built in 2006! More like 1906! The Apthorp Motor Co. shield above the entrance is the giveaway, if any one was needed.
We’ve corrected this–thanks for catching.
ERROR: BUILT 1906 NOT 2006
We’ve corrected this–thanks for catching.
Garage was partially owned by Saul And Stanley Zabars , the employees from Zabars parked their cars here and also Was used as a customer Garage that Zabars owned.
Daniel,
Not good for the Z’s reputation then that the City closed the garage because the building was/is falling apart.