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About The Centria, 18 West 48th Street
The reflective-glass tower known as The Centria at 18 West 48th Street is a 34-story residential condominium tower that was a project of the J. D. Carlisle Development Corporation, which is headed by Jules Demchick.
The developer’s other major residential projects include Morton Square on West Street in the West Village and the Cielo on 83rd Street at York Avenue.
The façade of The Centria has two tones of gray-blue glass. The western part of its north façade slopes downward gently at a angle of 1.6 degrees to conform with the "sky exposure plane" zoning regulations for the site, according to Geoffrey Turner, the project manager for Perkins Eastman, the building's architectural firm.
Its east façade is cantilevered slightly over the adjacent garage at 10 West 48th Street from which the project acquired unused "air-rights."
The building has a spa on the first floor, a conference center and a club room and lounge for the residents on the second floor.
The building, which was completed in 2006, has 152 apartments.
The building is just to the east of the south end of Rockefeller Plaza.
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