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Minrav Development celebrates sales launch for 100-unit VU with SLCE Architects and Forino

Rendering courtesy of Unmarked Studio
Rendering courtesy of Unmarked Studio

Manhattan, NY According to Minrav Development, they have launched  sales for VU, a new 100-unit condominium building. Paris Forino, interior designer, is crafting light and airy interiors to complement VU’s high ceilings and panoramic city views. SLCE Architects designed the exterior architecture, which measures 145,000 s/f and is designed to meet LEED certification.

VU rises 36 stories from the center of four of the borough’s neighborhoods, NoMad, Flatiron, Gramercy, and Kips Bay. The building features studios to three-bedrooms. It also includes two duplex penthouse residences with outdoor terraces that crown the building. A majority of the homes offer views of the city’s skyline, from Uptown to Downtown, along with the East River and all the way to One World Trade for the higher floor homes.

There is also a full floor of amenities dedicated to wellness and vitality designed by Forino. Brown Harris Stevens Development Marketing is exclusively handling sales.

Also in collaboration with Waterworks, Forino designed a custom line of enamel and polished chrome fixtures and accessories featured throughout VU.

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