50 West 127th Street: Review and Ratings

Review of 50 West 127th Street by Carter Horsley

Construction is underway at an 8-story building at 50 West 127th Street between Fifth and Lenox Avenues in Harlem.

The building will have a curved metal-and-glass entrance marquee and the center of its limestone façade is curved and surmounted by a large pediment. The east and west sides of the building have curved Juliet balconies.

Jeffrey Bennett is the developer and Concept 3d, of which Damir Sehic is a principal, is the architect.

The building, which has a double-height lobby, elevator, fitness center and doorman, is expected to be ready for occupancy early next year.

It will have 23 residential condominium apartments ranging in size from one- to three-bedrooms.

One-bedroom apartments have 835 square feet and are priced initially from $550,000 to $635,000. Two-bedroom apartments range in size from 1,103 to 1,756 square feet and in price from $805,000 to $1,475,000. Three-bedroom apartments range in size from 1,763 square feet to 1,949 square feet and in price from $1,400,000 to $1,450,000.

Four of the apartments are duplex units, two of which have gardens. Two apartments have two balconies each and two have two terraces each.

The building has central air-conditioning, mahogany tilt-and-turn windows from Germany and apartments have washers and dryers, Sub-Zero stainless-steel refrigerators, Viking stainless-steel duel fuel ranges, Miele dishwashers, Italian kitchen cabinetry by Poliform and marble kitchen countertops.

The building has 10 parking spaces that can be purchased for $65,000 each, according to Robert D. Dienes of Brown, Harris, Stevens.