Over-the-Top Amenities

MARCH 27, 2008

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Little Things Mean a Lot. And Maybe a Sale.
A top-notch gym, roof deck, and maybe even a spa are standard fare at 21st century luxury addresses. So developers are getting creative about their perks to pamper their clientele. Will these over-the top extras become necessities once you get used to them?

The Laurel at 400 East 67th Street offers a triathlon training center, toddler’s craft clubhouse, video game arcade and dining room with catering kitchen. The Platinum at 247 West 46th Street rocks a sound-proof room with full-body massage chairs, a golf simulator room and a wrap-around terrace with an outdoor fireplace and cool misting area. Or you can just hang out in the lobby, where there’s a floating island surrounded by a moat of water and a 26-foot fireplace. At 75 Wall Street the 42nd-floor rooftop plans include a solarium, lounge, sand beach, hot tub, hammocks, grills and a glass-enclosed lounge with a fireplace and a kitchen. 650 Sixth Avenue features an art gallery on the ground floor and someone on hand to advise you on where in your apartment to hang what you purchase. At 111 Worth Street there’s a putting green and a driving range. At 505 Greenwich Street, pets have a spa of their own and residents get private wine cellars. 123 Baxter Street apparently offers a robotic car-retrieval system. No word on this for wayward college kids, (but at 200 Eleventh Avenue, your car gets its own room in your apartment.) 15 Broad Street houses a ballet studio, reflecting pool, basketball court, and bowling alley

Other perks include an English garden and tennis court (Adiago), tree house lounge with swings, bookcases and a carpet of grass (Riverhouse at One Rockefeller Park), rooftop lounge with wood-burning fireplace, gas-fire grill pits for campfires and cabanas with oversized daybeds, rooftop room service (The Setai New York at 40 Broad Street), and – would you believe – more.

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Over-the-Top Amenities

MARCH 27, 2008

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