As I first reported back on Thursday, the former Hells Angels clubhouse sold for $7.75 million.
The Post followed-up yesterday with more details about new owner Nathan Blatter's plans for 77 E. Third St., a six-story building between First Avenue and Second Avenue.
The $2 million renovation will create two retail spaces on the ground floor where the clubhouse bar used to be — and one storefront could become a shrine to the burly bikers.
Blatter said he has been contacted by someone curating a Hells Angels museum, and another about a barber shop.
And...
“The location is phenomenal,” Better Living’s Jonathan Sondry gushed. “It is a rare occasion to find a fully vacant building in Manhattan.”
The basement repair shop — equipped with a scissor lift that lowered motorcycles from the sidewalk — will be cleared out. The 16 “crash pads” once used by gang members — one was adorned with a swastika — will become 22 one- and two-bedroom units priced around $3,500 per month.
Sondry said he doesn’t plan to use the building’s history as a selling point, because he doubts oblivious 20-somethings will care.
To date, there haven't been any work permits filed with the DOB for the address.
The Hells Angels had a presence in 77 E. Third St. since 1969.
Previously on EV Grieve:
After 50 years on the block, the Hells Angels appear to be selling their 3rd Street clubhouse
The Hells Angels have left the East Village
This is what the Hells Angels building sold for
