TriBeCa Summit, 415 Greenwich Street: Review and Ratings

Review of 415 Greenwich Street by Carter Horsley

One of the larger residential conversions in TriBeCa, this very handsome, 8-story building at 415 Greenwich Street between Hubert and Laight Streets is known as the TriBeCa Summit. 

The very handsome building is notable for its very fine and large cornice and its classic architecture, which is on a par with many of the city’s better pre-war apartment buildings.  

It is catty-corner to the large and impressive office complex at 388 Greenwich Street and it is directly across from a low-rise garage. 

The building was designed by Victor A. Bark and completed in 1913 as a neo-Renaissance style warehouse. 

In 2000, it was converted into offices for the Globix Corporation, an Internet access concern. 

It was then bought for $60 million by Joel J. Silver and Ethan C. Eldon, former New York City government officials. In an article in the October 23, 2005 edition of The New York Times by Nadine Brozan, Mr. Eldon said that “with its granite and limestone façade and terracotta cornices, we thought it was the most attractive building in TriBeCa." 

The plans for the building's conversion to 65 condominium apartments designed by H. Thomas O’Hara Jr. were approved in 2005 by the city's Landmarks Preservation Commission, as the building was within the TriBeCa North Historic District. The plans included a rooftop addition. 

Thomas Balsey Associates designed the building’s green spaces. 

The building was completed by KBS Capital Advisors. 

The building was sold by the Globix Corporation in January, 2004 to 415 Greenwich Fee Owner, LLC, a successor in interest to Heritage Partners, for $60 million in cash. 

Bottom Line

A substantial and very handsome loft building that looks like a full-service, pre-war apartment building transplanted to the heart of TriBeCa.

Description

The building’s ground floor has broad, slightly arched windows. There are strong bandcourses above the first, second and seventh floors. 

There are seven “bay” houses with mezzanine levels, 53 one-story loft apartments and six duplex penthouses that were added to the roof. Two of the “bay” houses have private gardens. 

Ms. Brozan’s article noted that “because of the depth of the building – 125 feet – the concept architect, Anthony Morali, designed three atriums reaching from the ground floor to the roof and topped with skylights. 

The building has no balconies and no sidewalk landscaping but is convenient to many restaurants and the Hudson River Park.

Amenities

The building has a doorman, a live-in superintendent, a landscaped roof deck, a fitness center, a children’s playroom designed by Blue Bench, a bicycle room, storage spaces, courtyard gardens, a 24-hour concierge and attended parking.

Apartments

Ceilings range from 12 ½ to 15 ½ feet and apartments have hardwood floors and open kitchens with Viking cooktops, Miele ovens, SubZero refrigerators, Bosch dishwashers and black granite countertops. 

Bathrooms have six-foot soaking tubs, separate showers and mahogany cabinetry. 

Apartment 5B is a three-bedroom unit with a 40-foot-long balcony that has a 9-foot-long entry foyer that leads to a 31-foot-long living room and a 23-foot-square dining room with an open kitchen with an island. 

Penthouse C is a four-bedroom duplex unit with a 1,873-square-foot-terrace on the lower level with a long entry foyer that leads to an 18-foot-wide dining room, a 13-foot-square open kitchen, a 36-foot-wide living room with wet bar and a 27-foot-wide family room. 

Apartment 4H is a three-bedroom unit with a entry into a 16-foot-wide library that leads to a 15-foot-long gallery that opens onto a 14-foot-wide dining room next to an open 14-foot-wide kitchen and a 32-foot-long living room.  The library and two bedrooms look out on a 32-foot-long terrace. 

One apartment is a two-bedroom unit with a 1,878-square-foot terrace that has a very long entry foyer that leads to a 26-foot-long living room that flows into a 17-foot-dining room next to an open 15-foot-wide kitchen with an island that also opens onto a 25-foot-wide family room.