Sales have started at the new residential condominium building at 138 Reade Street in TriBeCa.

The mid-block, red-brick building is adjacent to the very handsome and modern townhouse at 144 Reade Street and both projects have been designed by the same architectural firm, BKSK, a a partnership consisting of Stephen Byrns, Harry Kendall, George Schieferdecker and Joan Krevlin, has designed several of the most attractive recent new construction and conversion projects in TriBeCa such as the Hubert, the Duane Park, and the Fischer Mills buildings and the 9-story building at 124 Hudson Street.

138 Reade Street is being developed by 138-142 Reade Street LLCD and is between Hudson and Greenwich Streets and is one of the nicest blocks in TriBeCa.

The building has four floor-through apartments and an owner-occupied triplex penthouse.

The fourth floor unit has 2,055 square feet with three bedrooms and two-and-a-half baths and a terrace and is priced at $2,875,000. The similar-sized unit on the third floor is priced at $2,950,000, which is the same price for the second floor unit that has 2,256 square feet and a terrace. The fifth floor has 2,055 square feet with three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and a balcony and is priced at $3,050,000.

A "view easement" was negotiated with the adjacent building to the east to permit corner windows on the building's east side.

The apartments have ceilings higher than 10 feet, Brazilian cherry hardwood floors, and wood-burning or gas fireplaces, Viking ranges and refrigerators, Bosch dishwashers, Marvel wine coolers, Tea-for-Two 6-foot soaking tubs, rainfall shower heads, maple medicine cabinets, mahogany tilt-n-turn windows, individually controlled heating and dual-zoned air-conditioning, and radiant floor heating in the master bathrooms.

The building is convenient to the Washington Market Park and the James Bogardus Triangle Park.