The Modern, 800 Park Avenue: Review and Ratings

Review of 800 Park Avenue by Carter Horsley

This extremely handsome, glass, 47-story sheer tower at 800 Park Avenue in Fort Lee, New Jersey was erected in 2014 by SJP Properties, which is headed by Stephen J. Pozycki and whose buildings in New York City include 11 Times Square, the Platinum, and 200 Amsterdam Avenue.

It was designed by Elkus Manfredi Architects.

It has 450 rental apartments.

It is the first of two identical towers planned for the site and separated by a 1.75-acre public park with a 7,000-square-foot restaurant with indoor and outdoor seating and a 13,000-square-foot building that will serve as a public theater and museum.  An adjacent project that will be known as Hudson Lights will have a three-screen movie theater and hotel and office space.

Bottom Line

This stunning, sheer, glass apartment tower in Fort Lee, New Jersey dominates the landscapes about the famed skeletal towers of the George Washington Bridge that it overlooks.

Description

The building has an entrance marquee and a circular driveway with center pool and fountain.

The short, end sides of the slab tower, which face east and west, have angled indentations.

The reflective-glass façades are very beautiful.

Amenities

This tower contains 75,000 square feet of amenity space including a 24/7 doorman and concierge, an infinity pool, 10 barbecue stations, basketball and volleyball courts, a private screening room, a lawn with a jumbotron, a residents’ lounge with salt-water fish tank, a business center, a spa/sauna, a fitness center, an outdoor children’s play area, a covered dog walk and pet spa, a karaoke and gaming room, a golf simulation room, courtesy shuttle service across the bridge to New York City subway and bus service, bicycle storage, package storage, valet service, and a 625-car garage.

Apartments

Apartments have 9-foot-high ceilings, floor-to-ceiling windows, Belgian white oak floors, open kitchens with quartz countertops, GE Café Series stainless-steel gas cooktops, ovens, dishwasher and French-door refrigerators, Bosch washers and dryers, and solar sunshades.

Residence 8 on the 39^th floor is a three-bedroom unit with an entry foyer that leads to a 19-foot-wide angled living/dining room with an open kitchen with an island.

Residence 7 on floors 15 through 39 is a two-bedroom unit with an entry foyer that leads to a 23-foot-long living/dining room with an open kitchen with an island and one angled window wall.

Residence 6 on floors 15 through 39 is a two-bedroom unit with an entry foyer next to an open kitchen with a breakfast bar and an 18-foot-long living/dining room.

Residence 2 on floors 6 through 39 is a two-bedroom unit with an entry foyer next to a 9-foot-wide den that leads to a 22-foot-wide, angled, living/dining room with an open kitchen with an island.

Residence 3 on floors 3 through 39 is a one-bedroom unit with an entry foyer that leads to a hall that opens onto a 21-foot-long slightly angled living/dining room with an open kitchen with an island.

Residence 7 on floors 3 through 14 is a studio unit with a 17-foot-square living/dining area with an open kitchen.