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A former parking garage, shuttered by the city last year due to hazardous conditions, is about to begin a new chapter as a boutique condominium development.
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The site at 214 West 80th Street, located between Amsterdam Avenue and Broadway, was sold earlier this year to developer Yevgeniy Lvovskiy of ZHL Group for $10.5 million. According to a recent report by Crain’s New York Business, construction is expected to begin later this month, with completion projected for September 2026.
When finished, the seven-story building will house six luxury condo units spread across approximately 33,000 square feet. Amenities will reportedly include a children’s playroom, private storage, and a gym. Prices are expected to land around $11 million per unit, according to project coordinator Yana Morgan, who also noted that the development is being led by Terra Developers.
The lot’s past is as layered as its future is polished. Built in 1906, the garage served the Upper West Side for more than a century before being ordered to close by the Department of Buildings in 2023. The closure came abruptly after officials deemed the structure “imminently perilous to life.” Operated by SP+ Parking at the time, the garage shut down without allowing customers to retrieve their cars.
Before its sale, the property was partly owned by Stanley Zabar—co-owner of the beloved grocery store just a few steps away. Zabar held a 50% stake alongside Friedland Partners, with whom he has a documented history of legal disputes over other neighborhood properties.
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The development team has not yet released renderings or a finalized design, but the scale and pricing signal a highly exclusive residential offering. Its proximity to the 79th Street subway station, along with neighborhood fixtures like Zabar’s and the American Museum of Natural History, will likely add to its appeal.
While the West 80th Street project is moving forward now, Terra Developers is also planning a separate condo development on East 77th Street on the Upper East Side. That building will be smaller, with six units across seven stories, but is expected to launch construction soon as well.
As for the Upper West Side, a once-condemned garage is poised to become a luxury address—just steps away from where many locals used to park their cars.
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Quelle shock.
Want to be that the construction will be poor quality and if non-union there’ll be extra noise and dust?
Just what the neighborhood needs – more luxury condos, said no one ever.
That developer born in Queens, now famous for something else has said it.
Any update on the former New York Sports Club building on Broadway and 80th, which is also owned by Zabar and Friedland? It was the former site of the school started by the American Impressionist painter: William Merritt Chase. It became Parsons School of Design of the New School.
The whole property was sold for less than one unit will be sold. NYC real estate at its finest?
How can I get into this business?
10 million dollars for one unit (even the “penthouse”) will be hard for the new tower.