The seven-story building at 26 Bleecker Street, long home to Planned Parenthood's Manhattan Health Center, is on track to become luxury condominiums with ground-floor retail, according to newly released plans and public filings. The high-profile redo adds another entry to NoHo's roster of commercial-to-residential flips and puts fresh attention on the shrinking number of in-person reproductive health options in Manhattan.
According to Crain's New York, the developer's materials include a rendering credited to BKSK Architects and call for high-end condo units stacked above street-level retail space. That coverage details proposed changes to the storefronts and roofline as part of the conversion plan.
Deal details and buyer
Planned Parenthood sold the seven-story, roughly 43,365-square-foot building to Izaki Group Investments for about $38.1 million in December 2025, according to Commercial Observer. Cushman & Wakefield brokered the deal and marketed the property as a flexible conversion opportunity suitable for both residential and retail uses.
Permits and preservation
The City Record lists a Landmarks Preservation Commission application (LPC-26-10511) for 26 Bleecker Street that seeks storefront infill, window replacements, a rooftop addition, and other alterations, signaling that the project will need LPC approval before any major exterior work can move forward. The calendar entry also shows a public hearing on the schedule, giving neighbors and preservation advocates a formal chance to respond to the proposal; the notice appears on the City Record calendar.
What it means for care in Manhattan
Planned Parenthood of Greater New York has said the aging building was not suited to future health care needs and previously placed 26 Bleecker Street on the market. As Commercial Observer reported, CEO Wendy Stark said, "Our commitment to our patients is at the heart of our mission to provide equitable access to sexual and reproductive health care and education." The sale leaves Planned Parenthood without a Manhattan brick-and-mortar clinic for now, a gap advocates warn could make in-person access within the borough more complicated.
Part of a broader conversion wave
The 26 Bleecker project fits into a larger Manhattan trend of repurposing commercial and institutional buildings for housing. A Cushman & Wakefield report found that office-to-residential conversion starts accelerated sharply in 2024 to 2025 as policy changes and market pressures pushed owners to look harder at residential reuse. Developers and brokers have pointed to zoning reforms and state tax incentives as key reasons conversions have become more financially feasible.
What’s next
If the Landmarks panel signs off, the developer will still need Department of Buildings job filings before interior work and retail leasing can begin, and neighborhood timelines will hinge on those approvals. The building’s StreetEasy profile lists a construction date of 1900 and classifies it as a professional building, and the latest public filings along with the Crain's reporting are the clearest indications so far of how the property is likely to change in the near future.
