Listing Spotlight: A Full-Floor Chelsea Loft at 109 West 26th Street
What is life like in this Chelsea loft? Residence 7AB at 109 West 26th Street occupies the entire seventh floor, an expansive prewar co-op with four exposures, soaring 11-foot ceilings, and exceptional natural light, in the heart of Chelsea near Madison Square Park and the High Line. With five bedrooms across roughly 4,250 square feet, it is a rare full-floor home that pairs true loft scale with the warmth of a beautifully renovated interior, the kind of space that almost never comes to market.
The Home at a Glance
- Address: 109 West 26th Street, Residence 7AB, Chelsea
- Price: $6,000,000 (about $1,411 per square foot)
- Home: 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 6 rooms, approximately 4,250 square feet, full-floor
- Monthly: maintenance $8,145 (taxes included)
- Building: a 13-unit prewar cooperative, 11 stories, built 1910
- See it: view the listing on Compass
The Home
Full-floor lofts of this scale are genuinely rare, and 7AB delivers on the promise. Occupying the entire seventh floor, the home has four exposures with light on all sides, soaring 11-foot ceilings, and a beautifully renovated interior that balances impressive scale with the warmth and comfort of a real home. A key-locked elevator opens into a private vestibule that functions as a true arrival space before you enter, a rare sense of privacy for an apartment. At roughly 4,250 square feet with five bedrooms and four bathrooms, it offers the flexibility to live and entertain on a footprint that is nearly impossible to find in Manhattan, appointed with hardwood floors, central air, and an in-unit washer and dryer. The building is pet-friendly, welcoming both cats and dogs.
The Building and Neighborhood
The setting is quintessential Chelsea. 109 West 26th Street is an intimate 13-unit prewar cooperative built in 1910, the kind of small, characterful building where a full-floor loft feels like a private residence rather than an apartment in a tower. It sits in the heart of Chelsea near the NoMad border, steps from Madison Square Park, the High Line, and the neighborhood's celebrated dining, galleries, and shopping. Transit is excellent, with the 1, R, W, F, and M trains and the PATH all within about a block, so the rest of the city is easy to reach. For a buyer who wants scale, character, and a central downtown location, few combinations are as compelling.
How It Fits the Market
This home occupies a specific and in-demand niche: the genuinely large, full-floor loft. At roughly $1,411 per square foot, it is priced well below the per-foot cost of comparable large homes in new Chelsea condos, which is part of the appeal of a prewar full-floor co-op, you are paying for scale and character rather than a new-development premium. In a market defined by tight inventory of truly large, well-located homes, a five-bedroom full-floor loft in prime Chelsea speaks to a specific, ready pool of buyers, which our Manhattan real estate market trends coverage puts in fuller context.
A Note for Buyers
As with any co-op, the smart move before an offer is to look past the finishes to the building itself. Have your attorney review the building's financials, reserves, and any planned assessments, and confirm the maintenance and the board's requirements, since a co-op purchase means board approval and its own financing and liquidity expectations. At this level, model the mansion and supplemental transfer taxes as well. Our guidance for Manhattan buyers walks through that process.
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