IGI-USA CEO Eldad Blaustein on betting against the glass tower, the one thing he refused to compromise on, and what a sellout at Sixth Avenue and 14th Street says about today’s Manhattan buyer.

“Manhattan didn’t need another glass tower. It needed a building that belonged to its neighborhood.”

That conviction is now fully vindicated. The Village West, the boutique condominium IGI-USA developed at 525 Sixth Avenue on the corner of 14th Street, sold out in less than a year after launching sales.