150 Charles Street: A West Village Condominium by COOKFOX

150 Charles Street is a 91-residence condominium in the Far West Village, completed in 2015 by the Witkoff Group on the base of the former Whitehall storage warehouse.

COOKFOX Architects kept the warehouse's masonry street wall and set a terraced addition behind it, so the building reads as much garden as tower. Here is what buying there involves.

1. What the Building Is

150 Charles Street occupies about three-quarters of the block bounded by Charles, Washington, West 10th and West Streets, at the western edge of the West Village. The Witkoff Group developed it, COOKFOX Architects designed it and Alan Wanzenberg designed the interiors.

The building is a condominium of 91 residences, according to the city's tax roll. Ten of them are four-storey townhouse units set into the bays of the old warehouse, each with its own street entrance on Charles Street or West 10th Street. Apartments have high ceilings, floor-to-ceiling windows and kitchens by Molteni, with hardware by Lefroy Brooks and Nanz.

It opened in late 2015 after selling out while still under construction. The building earned LEED Gold certification, and its courtyard and terraces hold more than 30,000 square feet of planted space.

The location is on Google Maps.

2. A Warehouse Base and a Terraced Addition

The site held the Whitehall storage warehouse, a long-abandoned three-storey structure of concrete, brick and glass that stretched across much of the block. Rather than clear it, the developer kept the warehouse base and its masonry facades and built above them. The townhouse units sit inside that retained base, one to each bay of the old warehouse grid.

The addition is clad in terracotta, metal and glass and arranged in a U-shaped plan whose two wings step down toward West Street and the Hudson. The upper volumes sit behind a 30-foot setback, so they are barely visible from the sidewalk and the street wall keeps the scale of nearby townhouses.

David Kamp of Dirtworks planted the courtyard and the cascading terraces, choosing species for each exposure and cataloguing them so residents can replace plants with similar ones. The garden is visible from the lobby through floor-to-ceiling glass.

Ask which terraces belong to a unit and which are common elements before you compare layouts.

3. Amenities and the Far West Village Setting

The amenities centre on a 75-foot lap pool, with a fitness centre, a children's playroom and a parking garage reached by a private covered driveway. The lobby has a 24-foot ceiling, a fireplace and walnut and white oak panelling, and staff include a 24-hour doorman and a live-in resident manager. The spa adds a hot tub, sauna and steam rooms.

The building sits at the residential western edge of the Village, with Hudson River Park on the far side of West Street and Richard Meier's glass towers just to the north. The small Weehawken Street Historic District, designated in 2006, adjoins it along West Street.

150 Charles itself is neither an individual landmark nor part of a historic district, so its exterior is outside the Landmarks Preservation Commission's review. Renovations still need Department of Buildings permits where the work requires them, and they follow the condominium's own alteration agreement, which sets approval steps, insurance and working hours.

Confirm parking separately, because the garage is held as its own unit on the city tax roll.

4. Buying Here as an Overseas Purchaser

Because 150 Charles Street is a condominium, there is no co-op board approval, and foreign buyers can purchase without the financial disclosure a co-op board would demand. Financing for foreign nationals is available from some lenders, but expect larger deposits and fuller documentation than a US borrower faces.

At closing the buyer pays New York's mansion tax on residential purchases of $1 million or more, charged on the whole price at graduated rates from 1% between $1 million and $2 million up to 3.9% at $25 million and above. On a later sale, a foreign owner faces FIRPTA withholding of 15% of the gross price unless an IRS withholding certificate reduces it.

A non-resident who is not a US citizen has only a $60,000 US estate tax exemption on US-situs assets, so settle the ownership structure with tax counsel before contract. Since July 2026 New York City also levies an annual pied-à-terre surcharge on high-value apartments that are not anyone's primary residence, and its administration is before the courts.

Settle structure and financing first, then make the offer.

Recorded Sales: What the Public Record Shows

NYC's Department of Finance records every sale with its address and price. Between January 2023 and September 2026 it recorded 31 sales of apartments at 150 Charles Street, at a median price of $8.3 million. Half of them closed between $6.7 million and $14 million; the highest was $60 million.

A median across a whole building mixes small and large apartments, low floors and high ones, so it describes the building rather than any one residence. Use it to see how often apartments here change hands and where the building's prices sit. Price a specific apartment from recorded sales on the same line and floor range, which can be pulled from the deed records before you make an offer.

These are recorded deed prices, not asking prices, and none of them is a Reinvent NY transaction. A sale appears in the record weeks after closing, and a deed price can include a parking space or storage unit bought at the same time.

Final Thoughts: Garden Living on the Hudson Edge

150 Charles Street pairs a preserved warehouse street wall with townhouse-scale massing and more than 30,000 square feet of gardens and terraces. Its apartments trade on light, outdoor space and the garden outlook as much as on square footage. Its position, between the Hudson waterfront and the low-rise blocks of the Village, is the other half of the case.

The building is now about a decade old, so read the latest financial statements, the reserve position and the board minutes before you offer. Those documents show how the condominium funds the upkeep of its pool, garage and planted terraces. Ask in particular how terrace waterproofing and planting are maintained and paid for.

Price a specific apartment from recorded sales on the same line and floor range rather than a building-wide average, because townhouse units, terrace apartments and penthouses differ widely within one building. Then decide whether a private street entrance or a higher river outlook matters more to how you will use the home.

Request the recent financial statements and board minutes before you schedule a viewing.

Figures here describe the building, not any one apartment. Asking prices, monthly carrying costs, tax abatement status and sublet rules are established unit by unit from the offering plan, the most recent financial statement and the managing agent.

Reinvent NY Inc. provides real estate and business expansion consulting in New York. This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal, tax or investment advice.

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