# 116 West 28th Street, Manhattan

Hotel · built 2010 · Block 803, Lot 49.

On Umarelli: https://umarelli.org/nyc/1008030049/116-west-28-street

More construction in Chelsea: https://umarelli.org/nyc/manhattan/chelsea.md

## Building permits

- Major Renovation — Hotel, filed Jan 14, 2025, estimated cost $5.5M, 64 hotel rooms added, 17 stories, described as “Propose to construct and horizontal enlargement of an existing hotel under 1968 building code”
- Alteration, filed Jan 28, 2024, estimated cost $5K, described as “Installation of 300PSF sidewalk shed as per plans. Sidewalk shed shall comply with chapter # 33 of the NYC code 2022, no changes in use egress or occupancy under this application.”
- Alteration, filed Dec 29, 2023, estimated cost $5K, described as “Install temporary construction fence.”
- Alteration, filed Apr 18, 2023, estimated cost $15K, described as “Installing steel channel horizontally at location of removed joist. No change in use, occupancy, or egress in this application.”
- Alteration, filed Dec 31, 2018, estimated cost $2K, described as “Install Plywood Construction fence in conjunction with demo application # 123426934”
- Alteration, filed Nov 13, 2018, estimated cost $5K, described as “Proposed installation of temporary pipe scaffold as per plans. Work shall comply with chapter #33 of the NYC building code. No change in use, occupancy, or egress under this application.”
- Alteration, filed Nov 12, 2018, estimated cost $5K, described as “Proposed installation of heavy duty sidewalk shed as per plans. Live load 300 lbs per square feet. Sidewalk shed shall comply with chapter #33 of the NYC building code. No change in use, occupancy, or egress under this application.”

## Property taxes

- Assessment: $9,026,100
- 2026–27 tax: $888,055
- Market value (city estimate): $20,058,000
- Taxable value: $8,186,350
- Assessed land: $2,488,500
- Assessed improvements: $6,537,600

## Zoning

M1-8A/R11: floor area ratio 7.49 built, 12.00 allowed by base zoning.

## Flood zone

Current FEMA flood map: zone X, minimal flood hazard.

## Board and land use applications

- Midtown South Mixed-Use Plan (MSMX) (City Planning 2024M0142): Zoning map change, Zoning text change, Completed, filed Jan 16, 2025, decided Aug 14, 2025. The Department of City Planning is seeking a Zoning Map amendment from M1-6 and M1-6D to M1-9A/R12, M1-8A/R12, and M1-8A/R11 and a Zoning Text amendment to facilitate the development of housing and support critical economic activity across…
- Variance or special permit (Board of Standards and Appeals 2021-60-BZ): Variance or special permit, Granted, filed Sep 14, 2021, decided Jun 10, 2024. Variance (§72-21) to permit the enlargement of an existing hotel contrary to ZR §42-111. M1-6 zoning district.
- 114 W28TH ST (City Planning P1983M1435): Completed, decided Nov 18, 1983. CERT-GRANDFATHERING DETERMINATION (ZR15-015) TO LEGALIZE 3\*UNITS IN A 10 STORY BLDG

## In the news

[Permits Filed for 116 West 28th Street in Chelsea, Manhattan](https://newyorkyimby.com/2025/01/permits-filed-for-116-west-28th-street-in-chelsea-manhattan.html), New York YIMBY, Jan 28, 2025.

From New York City and Jersey City public records, refreshed within a day of each release. Sources: https://umarelli.org/sources. Methodology and corrections: https://umarelli.org/methodology