abington house (located at, and originally known as, 500 west 30th street) is a residential building in chelsea, in manhattan, new york city just outside the hudson yards redevelopment project. there are 386 rental apartments at the building, located at the southwest corner of 30th street and tenth avenue. robert a.m. stern architects designed the building, and the related companies developed the building. there is about of rental space on the ground floor of the 33-story, -tall building; the building also has a pre-fabricated red brick facade. the building, the first to open in the area under the zoning of the hudson yards redevelopment project, has 78 permanent units. it started leasing in april 2014, two years after beginning construction in 2012.