jade Condominiums, New York

Jade Condominiums, New York

“Pod” design by Jade Jagger and Tom Bartlett

Price: $550,000 to $3.7 million

 

The recent opening of the 57-unit Jade condos in New York’s Chelsea neighborhood, the latest project of celebrity heiress-cum-jeweler Jade Jagger and real estate developer Michael Shvo, unveiled a bold experiment in bathroom design they call Pods. Designed to economize space and add a sleek, modern

look in smaller-than-usual apartments, Pods open on one side to reveal a full bathroom with fixtures by Waterworks; on the opposite side is a small kitchen, and on the end a closet with washer and dryer.

 

“A creative bathroom design should always be top of mind for real estate developers,” says Shvo. “[The Pod] is not something you can buy at Home Depot and plunk into your apartment. It has to be designed.”