Two residential conversions of office buildings are advancing on John Street in Lower Manhattan.
Yair Levy Development Corporation and Skyway Development Group are converting the pre-war office building at 29 John Street at the northwest corner of Nassau Street into 50 condominium apartments, mostly 1- and two-bedroom units.
The white-brick building will have a 24-hour concierge and roof deck and health club. It has an exposed rooftop watertank, a two-step-up entrance, no garage and no sidewalk landscaping. It has a two-story rusticated limestone base and its top three floors are also rusticated. It is one block north of the Federal Reserve Bank building and one block east of Broadway. It is also just to the east of an OTB parlor as well as an attractive bistro called Les Halles. Arpad Baksa is the architect for the conversion and Shamir Shah is designing the interiors.
Two blocks to the east, 59 John Street, a 9-story, beige-brick building with a one-story rusticated red-brick base and large white metal spandrels is being converted to about 74 units, ranging from studios to 1-, 2- and 3-bedroom apartments. It has a three-step-up entrance.
The building, which is also known as 111 William Street, is catty-corner to the handsome, slate-clad office building at 110 William Street, and it is one-block north of the Federal Reserve Bank building. It is also across Pine Street from Zeytma, a gourmet food store. Andreas Escobar is designing the lobby and public spaces.
Yair Levy Development Corporation and Skyway Development Group are converting the pre-war office building at 29 John Street at the northwest corner of Nassau Street into 50 condominium apartments, mostly 1- and two-bedroom units.
The white-brick building will have a 24-hour concierge and roof deck and health club. It has an exposed rooftop watertank, a two-step-up entrance, no garage and no sidewalk landscaping. It has a two-story rusticated limestone base and its top three floors are also rusticated. It is one block north of the Federal Reserve Bank building and one block east of Broadway. It is also just to the east of an OTB parlor as well as an attractive bistro called Les Halles. Arpad Baksa is the architect for the conversion and Shamir Shah is designing the interiors.
Two blocks to the east, 59 John Street, a 9-story, beige-brick building with a one-story rusticated red-brick base and large white metal spandrels is being converted to about 74 units, ranging from studios to 1-, 2- and 3-bedroom apartments. It has a three-step-up entrance.
The building, which is also known as 111 William Street, is catty-corner to the handsome, slate-clad office building at 110 William Street, and it is one-block north of the Federal Reserve Bank building. It is also across Pine Street from Zeytma, a gourmet food store. Andreas Escobar is designing the lobby and public spaces.
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Since 1997, Carter B. Horsley has been the editorial director of CityRealty. He began his journalistic career at The New York Times in 1961 where he spent 26 years as a reporter specializing in real estate & architectural news. In 1987, he became the architecture critic and real estate editor of The New York Post.
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