It was only topped out last month and will not be completed until the end of this year, but the 35-story, 236-unit residential condominium building known as Millennium Tower Residences in Battery Park City only has a handful of apartments unsold, literally.

Located just to the north of Millennium Point, which contains a Ritz-Carlton Hotel and condominium apartments, it is located at 30 West Street at the intersection of Little West Street. Millennium Point is the southernmost building at Battery Park City overlooking the harbor and the Statue of Liberty. While it will partially obscure some views to the south at Millennium Tower Residences, the new building still will have spectacular views of the skylines in Lower Manhattan, Brooklyn and Jersey City.

When it started construction last summer, Millennium Partners, the developers of both towers, had a waiting list of over a thousand potential buyers for Millennium Tower Residences. Millennium is also the developer of three major apartment towers just to the north of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.

Handel Associates is the architect of the building that is expected to be about 25 percent more efficient than current New York State standards. It will have solar rooftop panels and it will "rely heavily" on recyclable construction materials including steel, wood and even concrete drawn primarily from local sources. Each unit will receive fresh ducted air that has been adjusted for desired year-round humidity levels and has been filtered to remove 85 percent of all outside particulates, soot and airborne toxins. The building is also expected to use 33 percent less water than a comparable non-green building as it will have on-site recycling of waster water to supply flush water for toilets.

Apartments will have Brazilian cherry floors, 9-foot ceilings, and floor-to-ceiling windows. Kitchens have Pietra Bedonia stone slab counters, an etched glass backsplash and horizontal rift-cut white oak wood and frosted glass cabinetry and baths have frameless glass showers, "tear for two" soaking tubs, mahogany cabinets, Dombracht fittings and "undermounted sinks" in contrast to some new projects that place sinks above counters.

Apartments have mahogany apartment entry doors and floor-to-ceiling glass in living rooms. The building will have valet parking, bicycle storage, a kid's club, a fitness center and doorman and a concierge. Initial prices ranged from 875-sq.ft. one-bedroom units starting at $705,000 to 2,400-sq.ft. four-bedroom apartments starting at $1.8 million.