An infamous strip club in West Chelsea is on the verge of being dressed back up as a multifamily building.
Silvera Properties filed plans for the former Scores site at 536 West 28th Street, Crain’s reported. The Hamptons developer acquired the parcel — also addressed at 533 West 27th Street — from Gary Barnett’s Extell Development for $24.5 million last year. Silvera also sought air rights to bring the allowable square footage to 77,000 square feet.
That’s exactly the size of the property Silvera is looking to build. The company’s 12-story, 135-foot-tall proposed property would feature 60 rental units and retail space on the ground floor. Amenities will include a party room, golf simulator and dog washing station, according to Silvera’s website.
No demolition permits have been filed for the existing three-story, 31,000-square-foot building. Ge-T Architecture Workshop’s Gil Even-Tsur filed the building plans, according to the Commercial Observer.
Silvera did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Crain’s.
At the time of the property acquisition, David Silvera said there were no immediate plans for the property, but saw its potential for residences. The existing building could be doubled in size to 60,000 square feet as of right.
At its height, Scores operated a couple of locations, bringing celebrity clients into the fold. But it also became notorious for mafia ties, financial crimes and strippers who drugged and robbed patrons, becoming the inspiration for the movie “Hustlers.”
Silvera manages select rental properties in New York City, including the 11-unit building at 29 Leonard Street in Tribeca, which it bought in 2018 for $24.5 million, and the 20-unit building at 156 Beekman Street, near the South Street Seaport.
Its core business, however, is in the Hamptons, where it has sold homes for more than $10 million and plays an active role in summer rentals.