The 35-story building at 20 Pine Street, which is also known as 2 Chase Manhattan Plaza, was converted in 2007 to 409 residential condominiums by Leviev Boymelgreen, which had acquired the property from the Resnick and Reuben families in 2004 for about $170 million.

The acquisition was made possible through a $150 million mortgage loan provided by institutional lender, Barclay's Capital Real Estate, Inc., a subsidiary of Barclay's Bank.

The conversion had a total offering price of $380,418,825, according to the November 12, 2005 offering plan on file with the New York State Attorney General's office.

The tower has one of the finest sites in Manhattan at the epicenter of the financial district. Its north and east fa??ades front on Chase Manhattan Plaza with its large Dubuffet Sculpture and sunken fountain by Isamu Noguchi. It is surrounded by many of the finest buildings in the area including One Chase Manhattan Plaza, 40 Wall Street, 140 Broadway, the Federal Reserve Bank building and 14 Wall Street.

The building was designed, with Egyptian motifs, by Graham, Anderson, Probst & White as the headquarters of the Morgan Guaranty Trust Company, a predecessor firm of J.P Morgan Chase. Graham, Anderson, Probst & White was the successor firm to Daniel Burnham's firm whose famous and very influential buildings include the Rookery, Monadnock, Reliance, Wrigley and Merchandise Mart buildings in Chicago and the Flatiron Building in Manhattan.

In conjunction with the launch of marketing for the conversion, the building was renamed "20 Pine The Collection" and it published an impressive, 114-page very glossy, large-size magazine proclaiming its virtues and including ads for Ferrari, Frette and Fendi, among other luxury goods such as Brioni and Bulgari.

Floors 6 through 18 have 19 apartments.

There are many different layouts. Apartment 203, for example, is a 630-square-foot studio with one bath that was priced initially at $441,000. Apartment 304 is a 1-bedroom, 2-bath unit with 1,456 square feet that was priced initially at $1,048,000. Apartment 2607 is a 3-bedroom, 3-bath unit with 1,878 square feet that was priced initially at $2,066,000. Apartment 3103 is a 2-bedroom, 2-bath unit with 1,513 square feet of interior space and 406 square feet of exterior space and was priced initially at $1,891,000.

A lounge, exercise room, pool table room and storage bins are to be located in subcellar 2 and a lap pool and steam room in subcellar 3.

A roof deck for the residents is be located on the 25th floor of the building, which has several setbacks.

At 20 Pine Street, other amenities will include a 33-foot-high lobby and an adjacent Library Lounge, a pool and spa with a Turkish Hamman and a landscaped terrace with pool on the 25th floor with spectacular views.

Apartments on the 25th through the 35th floors are known as the Concierge Residences and are served by a dedicated elevator and private Concierge Lounge that serves a daily gourmet breakfast and is be operated by Quintessentially, a concierge service based in London.

There are 17 sphinx gargoyles on 17 corners of the set backs.

There is central air-conditioning.

Leviev Boymelgreen, the development organization that commissioned Philippe Starck to decorate its conversion of the former office building at 15 Broad Street across from the New York Stock Exchange, commissioned Armani/Casa to decorate its conversion of 20 Pine Street.

Robert Triefus, executive vice president of communications for Giorgio Armani S.p.A., said that "this is the first time Armani/Casa has collaborated in this way with a property developer in New York," adding that "the concept of 20 Pine fits in with our philosophy for Armani/Casa, which is based on the creation of luxurious and sophisticated living environments for the home." "Our greatest challenge was to reconcile the architectural monumentality of the original building's scale with the desire for a warm and inviting intimacy in the interior residential spaces," he said.

Gruzen Samton LLP was the architectural firm for the conversion.

The kitchens will have Sub-Zero refrigerators, Gaggenau ranges and sinks and Fisher & Paykel dishwashers. Baths have recessed square rainshowers.