New York City Luxury Condos

Some architects like to recycle their plans, but not Norman Foster, Lord Foster of Thames Bank, the architect of such major world landmarks as the Viaduc de Millau Bridge over the Tarn Valley in France, the very high-tech Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank tower in Hong Kong, the Sainsbury Center in England, the glass dome at the Reichstag in Berlin and the glass roof at the British Museum in London, and the Hearst Tower on West 57^th Street and his very slick 50 United Nations Plaza with some curves now nearing completion for the Zeckendorfs here.

His latest project is a mid-rise apartment building for SR Capital of which Scott Resnick is the principal and GTIS Partners at 551 West 21^st Street in Chelsea, just up the proverbial road from Jean Nouvel’s crazy-quilt 100 Eleventh Avenue and Frank O. Gehry’s billowing office building for Barry Diller’s IAC building.  Mr. Resnick was formerly president of Jack Resnick & Sons and is the chairman of the Building Committee of the Whitney Museum of American Art that is relocating from Madison Avenue to a new building designed by Renzo Piano in the Meatpacking District by the High Line.

The 19-story building, which will be completed next year, will have 44 apartments.  Beyer Blinder Belle is the associate architect for the project.

The condo conversion at 10 Madison Square West features 125 one- to five-bedroom residences with large windows, many overlooking Madison Square Park. Amenities include a private residents’ club, fitness center, 60-foot lap pool, hot tub, yoga studio, Pilates studio, high energy studio, spa treatment room, children’s playroom, private storage, bike storage, courtyard garden, doorman, concierge, porter, and live-in resident manager.

The building is within a couple of blocks of several subway lines and is one block away from Eataly. It is also convenient to the many shopping options on Ladies Mile, which include national retailers such as Sephora and Club Monoco. 

Opened in 2000, the Chatham at 181 East 65^th Street was conceived by Robert A. M. Stern, the dean of the Yale School of Architecture.

The design of the 34-story Chatham displays all of Stern’s virtuoso architectural skills. Inside, the 94 apartments feature classic layouts with fine finishes throughout, including solid wood doors, cherry wood floors and – most rare of all in post-war construction – plaster walls. Modern kitchens have premium appliances and glass and ash-blond cabinets imported from France. High-efficiency windows were imported from the Netherlands and bathrooms have marble floors and walls and topnotch fixtures. Several units have balconies or terraces.

The Chatham’s amenities are impressive and include an on-premise garage, storage and bike rooms and a David Barton Gym.

Deep in the Far West Village, the 15-story, 91-unit full-service condominium at 150 Charles Street overlooks the Hudson River. Interiors by Alan Wanzenberg feature hardwood floors, soaring ceilings, loft-style windows, beautiful proportions, abundant closet space, and top-of-the-line kitchens.

Amenities at 150 Charles Street include an attended lobby, hotel concierge service, state-of-the-art fitness center, pool and spa, event room with catering kitchen, drive-in entry, and elegant courtyard and Zen garden. It is a very short walk from Hudson River Park, the High Line, and the Meatpacking District.

Located at 33 West 56^th Street just off Fifth Avenue, the Centurion opened in 2009.

Pritzker Prize-winning architect I.M. Pei and his son, Sandi Pei, designed the Centurion to incorporate a wide variety of floor plans among its 48 condominium units, with ceilings measuring from 10 to 17 feet and layouts ranging from one to four bedrooms. Three are configured as penthouses, while 13 apartments have terraces. What they all share are exquisitely designed interiors with oversized, tinted and sound-insulated windows and teak floors. Kitchens feature custom cabinets with clear glass countertops and modern appliances; spacious master bathrooms have dual sinks, soaking tubs and separate shower stalls.

Shared amenities at the Centurion include a water garden with reflecting pool, a 1,500-square-foot exercise center, an on-premise garage and hotel-style concierge service.

The Superior Ink development in the West Village is a large project that combines a tall building facing the Hudson River and low-rise buildings on the rest of the block.

Its massing is somewhat similar to another waterfront project completed a few years earlier several blocks to the south, Morton Square.

This one was developed by the Related Companies and was completed in 2010.

It was designed by Robert A. M. Stern, who is best known for 15 Central Park West, the Chatham and the Brompton.

This development has a 17-story tower with 62 apartments on West Street with two setbacks and 7 townhouses on Bethune Street.

25 Bond Street is located on a cobblestone street in NoHo .

It contains only nine apartments with expansive entertaining spaces, high ceilings, oversized windows, spacious master bedrooms and multiple fireplaces. Somes unit have chefs’ kitchens designed by Balthaup with double appliances and large, walk-in pantries; master bathrooms have soaking tubs and separate shower stalls.

Amenities at 25 Bond Street are impressive as apartments have at least two parking spaces. Residents are also offered access to an attended lobby, 24-hour concierge service, a garden with outdoor grilling, a caterer’s kitchen, individual lobby storage spaces and bronze-door elevators that directly open to each unit.

It is situated on a great street in a premier downtown location and is close to public transportation and the restaurants and shops in NoHo, SoHo and NoLIta. 

The handsome 8-story building at 260 Park Avenue South on the southwest corner at 21^st Street served as the headquarters of the United Federation of Teachers for about 30 years until it was sold in 2003 along with an adjoining 12-story building at 48 West 21st Street, also owned by the federation, to Max Capital, led by principal Adam Hochfelder, and developer Yitzchak Tessler of Linjan Associates LLC, and the co-investment division of Insignia Financial Group.

260 Park Avenue South was an 8-story building that dates to about 1917 with about 82,200 square feet and 48 East 21st Street is a 12-story building with about 123,000 square feet.

While the developers added four floors to the eight-story neo-Classical façade on Park Avenue South, they carved a 12-story niche from the back of the building on 21st Street to provide more "light and air" to rear apartments and to create a rock garden.

The new owners converted the buildings to 86 condominium apartments in 2004.

Karl Fischer Architects was the architect for the conversion.

The stunning design of the 8-story, mid-block residential condominium building at 166 Perry Street between West and Washington streets by Asymptote, of which Hani Rashid and LiseAnne Couture are the principals, is distinguished by its vertical undulating façade. 

The project was developed by Charles Blaichman, Richard Born, Ira Druckier and Bella Sekons. Mr. Blaichman, Mr. Born and Mr. Druckier were the developers of two of the three, nearby, famous, 16-story, modernist glass towers designed by Richard Meier along West Street. 

The building, which extends through the block to Charles Lane, has 24 apartments. 

It was completed in 2008.

The condo at 610 Park Avenue was built as the Mayfair Regent Hotel in 1925 by architect James Carpenter and was converted to a condominium in 1997. The Upper East Side building has 68 homes on 15 floors, some with fireplaces.

Amenities at the Mayfair include valet parking, optional maid service, roof deck, a health club in the basement and a full-time doorman and concierge. Room service is available from the restaurant Daniel, which is located in the building. Central Park is a couple avenues away. Nearby subway lines include the 4, 5, and 6. 

Originally constructed in 1912, 285 Lafayette Street was subsequently converted into 31 apartments. The property also contains 30,000 square feet of retail space currently occupied by the New York Public Library and Ralph Lauren.

There are four apartments on each of its first six floors. Residences include eight penthouses with wood-burning fireplaces and have 26-foot-high ceilings. Apartments also feature hardwood flooring, polished nickel vanities, wine coolers, terraces, elaborate kitchens and master bathrooms with six-foot-long bathtubs.

285 Lafayette Street, which has a rooftop garden and an 800-square-foot lobby with a 10-foot-long white onyx countertop, is partly famous for its celebrity residents including David Bowie and his wife Iman. It is surrounded by boutiques, restaurants and excellent public transportation and is also just south of the famed Puck Building on the southeast corner of Houston Street. It also has a full-time doorman and concierge service.

The Grand Millennium at 1965 Broadway is located in Lincoln Center and was completed in 1996.

Apartments are large and have oversized, floor-to-ceiling windows with dazzling views over Lincoln Center. They have hardwood floors and distinctive architectural details; gourmet kitchens are designed with granite countertops and floors and are fitted with premium appliances. Master bathrooms are appointed in opulent marble with deep soaking tubs and separate showers and all units offer ample closet space – including walk-in closets – central air conditioning and washers and dryers.

The Grand Millennium’s amenities include a 24-hour doorman, concierge and valet service, resident storage and preferential access to the Equinox Sports Club located across the street. Lincoln Center and The Juilliard School are across the street in the other direction. The surrounding neighborhood is lively and is home to Apple, Pottery Barn and Brooks Brothers, to name just a few nearby shops. Restaurants range from fine dining to casual, and there is a large Whole Foods supermarket located just blocks away at Columbus Circle.

One of the city's most handsome Romanesque-Revival-style buildings, this structure was erected in 1887 and designed by Albert Wagner, who was also the architect of the famous Puck Building on Lafayette Street at Houston Street.

It is distinguished by its very lively façades that feature balustraded rooflines, large arched windows on the fifth floor and small arched windows on the third and fifth floors, and strong rustication on the first floor that has very wide windows in contrast with the very narrow windows on the top floor. Windows are inset on the richly modulated façades and the corner is highlighted by a protruding element on the top floor that is a particularly nice and interesting design touch.

Sanba International Inc., of which Aldo Andreoli, an architect, is the principal, renovated the building and converted it into 14 condominium apartments.

The street is cobblestoned and there is a subway station at the corner.

The cream-colored-brick building has a doorman and a superintendent. It was originally erected for the Walton Company, a manufacturer of wrapping papers.

This building is not far from several of TriBeCa's most important landmarks such as the former New York Mercantile Exchange Building of 1884 at 6 Harrison Street that was converted to condominiums in 1987, the great Art-Deco-style Western Union Building at 60 Hudson Street between Thomas and Worth Streets, and the fine Art-Deco-style A. T. & T. Long Lines Building of 1918 at 32 Sixth Avenue between Walker and Lispenard Streets.

This building is also very convenient to City Hall and Battery Park City as well as many restaurants and shops.

Designed by world-renowned starchitect Richard Meier, the 16-story 165 Charles Street overlooks the Hudson River and opened in 2005.

165 Charles Street offers two river-facing apartments per floor that feature large terraces. The 30 apartments and one penthouse were delivered fully finished, with everything from the floor plans to minor details designed by Meier himself. The floors are organized freely about an island kitchen unit. Floor-to-ceiling glass wraps each apartment and all units come with wide-plank Wenge wood floors, double-glazed windows and central air conditioning and heating.

Amenities are impressive and include a top-of-the-line fitness center with a 50-foot infinity-edge pool and a private wine cellar. Its West Village location is within close proximity to the restaurants and shops in the neighborhood.