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Ugly Old St. Vincent's Building Going Retail, Residential

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A building that used to house hospital staff of the defunct St. Vincent's hospital has been sold, according to the The Real Deal. Stonehenge Partners bought the red brick blight-on-the-history-of-architecture for $67 million, and plans to somehow transform it into appealing rental apartments. The gut-renovation will be done by the Office for Design & Architecture firm. Don't be mislead by the absurdly generic name; the Observer reports this firm is behind the dramatic and rather terrible "glassing" of the Union Square Tiffany & Co. building. The former St. Vincent's building, on Sixth Ave between 15th and 16th St, will most likely look absolutely nothing like it does now once ODA is through with it.

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  • pinball29

    FANTASTIC!! We really need more condos and retail outlets since there just dont seem to be enough now. And with all the hospitals in the Village/Chelsea area, I can see why Bloomberg and the city let that old St Vincents one close. Now, if we can just get the main St Vincents building to turn into a vertical mall w/ a Whole Foods and a Starbucks emporium, and kick out all those unattractive stores on 14th st, the neighborhood will finally be the upscale dream we all desperately have been waiting for. I hope the redesign includes a FABULOUS lobby!

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