Attendees at the 124 West 23rd Street groundbreaking, from left: Barbara van Beuren and Stephen Glascock of Anbau Enterprises; Todd Poisson and George Schieferdecker of BKSK Architects; Robert Lerner of the Bank of New York Mellon Developer Anbau Enterprises broke ground today on the 16-story eco-friendly condominium it’s been planning for 124 West 23rd Street since before the market crashed. An exterior rendering of the project isn’t yet available, but the company, which has been behind projects like 110 Central Park South and Harsen House at 120 West 72nd Street, has tapped BKSK Architects to design a 34-unit building, complete with floor-to-ceiling windows and Juliette balconies.
Scheduled for completion during the summer of 2012, the condo will have studios, one-bedrooms, two-bedrooms and penthouses as well as 4,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. The Corcoran Group has been selected as the exclusive sales agent.
Stephen Glascock, one of Anbau’s co-founders, said the groundbreaking demonstrates the company’s “confidence in the rebounding real estate conditions in New York City and the attractions of this particular location in the Madison Square Park market.”
Anbau bought the site in 2008 for $19.3 million, the Observer reported at the time. TRD