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Ekstein Development of which Erick Ekstein is a principal is developing a two-tower residential complex in West Chelsea in conjunction with RD Management.

At 549 West 28th Street, it plans to build a 13-story condominium building with 88 residential and two commercial units.

Leonard Fusco of GF55 Partners is the architect.

The building, which is known as "+ Art," will have a red-brick facade with protruded window surrounds and two setbacks.

The building will have a 24-hour attended lobby, concierge services by Abigail Michaels, a fitness center, a landscaped courtyard, a roof deck with outdoor showers and wet bar and cabanas, and individually heating and air-conditioning in every room.

Apartments will have 5-inch oiled white oak floors, double-glazed windows, dark stained walnut kitchen cabinetry, Hone Absolute Black granite kitchen countertops, Subzero refrigerators, Betrazonni ranges, and Bosch washers and dryers.

The complex also consists of a 101-unit rental apartment building at 537 West 27th Street that will also have a 20,000-square-foot catering facility.
Architecture Critic Carter Horsley Since 1997, Carter B. Horsley has been the editorial director of CityRealty. He began his journalistic career at The New York Times in 1961 where he spent 26 years as a reporter specializing in real estate & architectural news. In 1987, he became the architecture critic and real estate editor of The New York Post.