Westbury, NY Award winning architect Ismael Leyva, FAIA, has designed the new luxury mixed-use property known as The Selby, located at 695 Merrick Ave. The architecture firm was retained by The Beechwood Organization (beechwoodhomes.com) to design the project. The Selby (theselbyli.com) is now open for occupancy announced Steven Dubb, principal, The Beechwood Organization. 

The development contains 386,000 s/f of residential space and stands six stories. Included in the design are 237 residences, which include 210 rental apartments and 27 long term stay hotel suites, a 6,000-s/f restaurant, and retail space. A full complement of amenities for tenants include a library lounge area, a club room with indoor-outdoor bar, children’s playroom, fitness studio, 75-foot outdoor swimming pool and 200,000 s/f terrace, storage and private parking with electric charging station.

“We are thrilled to have worked with The Beechwood Organization on this exciting development,” said Leyva. “In designing this development, we wanted to create a functional yet modern structure with a design reference to the French chateau facades that you often see in the surrounding fine residential areas of Westbury and this region of Long Island. We designed the modern residences for those who desire to have an array of luxury amenities at their fingertips, but also within a design envelope which is a tribute to the historic charm of Westbury. 

The Selby is located on almost six acres of land with views of Eisenhower Park. 

“The building has a majestic feel, with unparalleled amenities in a location which maximizes views of Eisenhower Park. The stately and beautiful design captures much of the architectural vernacular seen across Old Westbury, and is reminiscent of the Gold Coast’s Gilded Age estates, as well as New York City’s grand historic co-ops overlooking Central Park,” said Dubb. 

“I am grateful to Steven Dubb and The Beechwood Organization who engaged us to design this iconic new residential structure in the heart of the Long Island Gold Coast. We are thrilled to bring this level of luxury design and amenity to future residents of The Selby,” said Leyva.

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The Beechwood Organization has opened its new $125 million, 237-unit luxury apartment building in Westbury. 

Called The Selby, the 582,000-square-foot, mixed-use development is on 5.87 acres at 695 Merrick Ave. across from Eisenhower Park. The residential portion of the development has 210 rental apartments and 27 long-term stay executive suites, and a 6,000-square-foot commercial space will be home to a future restaurant. 

Among the amenities at The Selby are a 75-foot outdoor pool and terrace with 20,000 square feet of recreation space, grand salon, club room with indoor-outdoor bar, fitness studio with yoga room, tranquility spa, library, game room, children’s playroom, business center and private event dining room with prep kitchen. The property has parking for residents with electric car charging.  

Monthly rents at the Westbury complex range from $3,200 for a 500-square-foot studio apartment to $9,500 for a 2,200-square-foot apartment with three bedrooms and three baths. 

“We created The Selby to reflect the most refined tastes in sophisticated apartment living to be found east of New York City,” Steven Dubb, a Beechwood principal, said in a company statement. “These are Long Island’s nicest residences, with the nicest lifestyle and in the nicest location, across from Eisenhower Park in central Nassau County.”  

The Selby is 40 percent leased and the first residents moved in last month. 

Manhattan-based Ismael Leyva Architects, which has designed several luxury apartment buildings including the Residences at Time Warner Center, Fifteen Hudson Yards and the Zaha Hadid Building along the Highline, worked on the architectural and interior design for the Westbury project.  

“The Selby is designed as a French chateau-style revival building that pays tribute to the charm of its neighborhood with the comfort of modern living homes and an array of luxury amenities,” Ismael Leyva said in the statement. “I am grateful to Steven Dubb and The Beechwood Organization who engaged us to design this iconic new residential structure in the heart of the Long Island Gold Coast. Although these will be luxury rentals at six stories across from Eisenhower Park, they do harken back to the spacious fine high-rise luxury buildings designed along Central Park West in Manhattan by the renowned architects of the mid-twentieth century, Emery Roth and Rosario Candela. We are thrilled to bring this level of luxury design and amenity to residents of The Selby.” 

The development of The Selby follows Beechwood’s luxury rental building called The Vanderbilt, also in Westbury, which opened in 2018. Within six months of its opening in 2018, the 195-unit Vanderbilt, which has 178 apartments and 17 long-term stay executive suites, was fully leased. 

“Those who live in our luxury residences enjoy a high standard of living,” Dubb said in the statement. “They are young couples or professionals with dynamic lifestyles who want turn-key living outside of, but not too far from, New York City. They want to stay or live on the Island but are not ready or looking to buy. They may also be empty nesters who relish the space, comfort and privacy of a long-held family abode but not the responsibility of owning it.” 

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The Selby has 210 luxury rental residences and 27 long-stay executive suites.

By Abby Tegnelia

As Manhattanites continue to move out of the city, and empty nesters long to right-size from larger homes to an easier way of life, the need for amenity-packed luxury apartments outside New York City has reached a crescendo. And The Selby, at press time scheduled for a late-summer grand opening, is poised to be the crème de la crème of the housing trend.

Not only does the French château-like Selby overlook Westbury’s rolling Eisenhower Park, but its focus on nature, serenity and access to fitness options merges wellness and luxury in a completely new way.

“Most apartments and amenity areas have views of Eisenhower Park, and the second-level pool features green landscaping,” says the project’s developer and The Beechwood Organization principal, Steven Dubb. “You don’t feel like you’re on an upper level of a building; it’s more of an organic extension of the park.”

In addition to the 75-foot pool deck (with an adjacent clubhouse), The Selby, home to 210 rental apartments and 27 long-stay executive suites, features an array of amenities that includes a yoga room for daily classes, two treatment rooms, an enormous gym and fitness center, a two-story “grand salon” library, a colorful children’s playroom, and a bar/lounge area that will host happy hours and other socials for residents. A 6,000-square-foot restaurant, spanning two stories and facing Eisenhower Park will be open to the public. Other additional amenity spaces include a business center, conference room, clubroom, catering kitchen, outdoor grilling areas and concierge services.

“We not only have the nicest apartments on Long Island,” says Dubb, “but we offer the nicest lifestyle on Long Island as well.”

Stepping into the majestic two-story lobby sets the stage for grand adventure. The necklace-like chandelier is a knockout, and two elegant marble staircases take your eye up the mezzanine as they curve up and around the check-in desk.

“The two-story windows look out into the open-air, landscaped courtyards, and also onto the park,” Dubb says. “Driving down Merrick Avenue at night, the lit chandelier looks spectacular through the second-story glass.”

The esteemed New York City-based firm Ismael Leyva Architects designed both the U-shaped building and the interior of the condominium-sized residences, which range from studios to three bedrooms plus den. In addition to park views, apartments offer balconies, Viking appliances, quartz countertops, plentiful windows and luxe finishes. The 27 executive suites feature the same amenities, and are fully furnished with custom-designed pieces. Only 25 miles from Manhattan, The Selby is in the heart of Nassau County near the Meadowbrook State Parkway, for an easy 35- to 45-minute drive into the city.
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A $125 million project in Westbury aims to elevate apartment living with a fitness studio and spa, a 75-foot outdoor pool and rents as high as $8,000 a month.

The Beechwood Organization this week launched a marketing website for The Selby, a 582,000-square-foot project with 210 apartments and 27 hotel units overlooking Eisenhower Park. The six-story development includes a dining room for private events, a club room with an indoor-outdoor bar, a terrace with an outdoor pool, a fitness studio that offers spa services and a 6,000-square-foot restaurant.

The residence, at 695 Merrick Ave., may not require all that much promotion, according to Beechwood principal Steven Dubb. He said "several thousand" people requested updates on the construction of The Selby and will be invited to tour the grounds as Beechwood prepares for tenants to move in this summer.

Beechwood, a Jericho-based development firm that has built more than 7,500 homes, designed a prior luxury apartment project when it got several requests for leases at one of its condo projects, Dubb said. That apartment building, The Vanderbilt, was fully leased within six months of opening in 2018, according to Beechwood. Rents there range from $4,299 to $8,000 for one-, two- and three-bedrooms.

"We had a thesis that the Vanderbilt would work, but we were surprised by how strong demand was," Dubb said. "As demographics age on Long Island and what [residents] want in housing changes, I just think it's nice to be able to build something that keeps up with those changing needs."

Both projects attract retirees, who, without children at home, don't want a house or the responsibilities that come with it, such as clearing the gutters and shoveling snow, Dubb said. Other likely tenants include former Long Islanders who are looking to move back, but don't know where they'll land on the Island.Get the Biz Briefing newsletter!

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Named for Dubb's wife, The Selby has oak floors, Viking appliances and cabinetry from the German company, Störmer. Monthly rents will range from $2,700 for a 500-square-foot studio to $8,000 for a 2,200-square-foot, three-bedroom. Most units will lease for $4,500 to $5,500 a month, Dubb said.

These are not "normal" rates on the Island, but there's a market for The Selby, according to Mitch Pally, CEO of the Long Island Builders Institute, a trade group for developers and construction firms.

"I would foresee a continuation of this type of demand," Pally said, noting that remote work may make similar residences on Long Island appealing to those who previously sought them in New York City.

The average asking rent in Nassau County is just under $2,590 a month, according to Moody's Analytics, an economic research and consulting firm. At 5.1%, the county's apartment vacancy rate is higher than its average over the past decade and than rates in Suffolk County, Moody's Analytics said. The construction of nearly 900 apartments in the past two years has helped push up the number of empty units.

"I think you'll see they will all be absorbed in the next year," Pally said. "I have not seen or heard from my members that they're having any difficulty in renting market-rate or even above-market-rate units."

Stays in the hotel units will cost about $200 to $400 a night, Beechwood said.

The developer hasn't decided who will run the restaurant on site, but said the eatery will be open to the public.

Original article from Newsday

Author: Sarina Trangle