The 48-story, mixed-use tower known as The Continental at 885 Sixth Avenue has leased more than 85 percent of the 336 rental apartments that went on the market in January, according to an article Friday by Adam Fusfeld at therealdeal.com.
The glass tower was built by Atlantic Realty Development and occupies the southeast corner of the Avenue of the Americas and 32nd Street overlooking Greeley and Herald Squares.
The building, which was designed by Costas Kondylis, is also known as Tower III as it extends through to 111 West 31st Street.
The building has more than 31,000 square feet of retail space on three levels with 100 feet of frontage on the avenue and 150 feet of frontage on 32nd Street. It also has offices on the third floor and a fitness center on the fourth floor. The tower is setback above the fourth floor.
This block of 32nd Street is distinguished by the city's most impressive skybridge that used to connect two buildings belonging to Gimbel's, the famous competitor to Macy's.
It also has a large, mid-block rental building known as the Epic and at Seventh Avenue the Hotel Pennsylvania that was designed by McKim, Mead & White that some preservationists campaigned unsuccessfully to declared an official city landmark and that Vornado is considering redeveloping with a major tower.
885 Sixth Avenue will have views to the northeast across Herald Square that not only include dramatic vistas of the Empire State Building but also of the former Martinique and McAlpin hotels whose facades are among the finest on pre-war non-office buildings in Midtown West.
The building has a 24-hour concierge, a very handsome, two-story-high marble lobby, automobile and bicycle parking, a 50-foot infinity-edge pool, a spa and fitness center, a gaming lounge, a very wide fireplace in the residents' lounge, a garden terrace and catering kitchen, and complimentary continental breakfast.
The glass tower was built by Atlantic Realty Development and occupies the southeast corner of the Avenue of the Americas and 32nd Street overlooking Greeley and Herald Squares.
The building, which was designed by Costas Kondylis, is also known as Tower III as it extends through to 111 West 31st Street.
The building has more than 31,000 square feet of retail space on three levels with 100 feet of frontage on the avenue and 150 feet of frontage on 32nd Street. It also has offices on the third floor and a fitness center on the fourth floor. The tower is setback above the fourth floor.
This block of 32nd Street is distinguished by the city's most impressive skybridge that used to connect two buildings belonging to Gimbel's, the famous competitor to Macy's.
It also has a large, mid-block rental building known as the Epic and at Seventh Avenue the Hotel Pennsylvania that was designed by McKim, Mead & White that some preservationists campaigned unsuccessfully to declared an official city landmark and that Vornado is considering redeveloping with a major tower.
885 Sixth Avenue will have views to the northeast across Herald Square that not only include dramatic vistas of the Empire State Building but also of the former Martinique and McAlpin hotels whose facades are among the finest on pre-war non-office buildings in Midtown West.
The building has a 24-hour concierge, a very handsome, two-story-high marble lobby, automobile and bicycle parking, a 50-foot infinity-edge pool, a spa and fitness center, a gaming lounge, a very wide fireplace in the residents' lounge, a garden terrace and catering kitchen, and complimentary continental breakfast.
Architecture Critic
Carter Horsley
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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