87 Leonard Street: Review and Ratings

Review of 87 Leonard Street by Carter Horsley

This attractive, 6-story building at 87 Leonard Street between Broadway and Church Street in TriBeCa was erected circa 1860 and was a commercial building until its conversion by the Magnum Real Estate Group of which Benjamin Shaoul is a principal in 2010 to a residential condominium.

Grade Architecture + Interior Design handled the conversion.

Bottom Line

A handsome cast-iron building from the 1860’s with large and modern apartments in the heart of TriBeCa.

Description

The building has arched windows on its 1^st, 3^rd and 5^th floors and numerous Corinthian cast iron columns.

The setback 6^th floor is a later addition.

The building has a double-height lobby with bench seating.

It has sidewalk landscaping.

Amenities

The building has a concierge, a bicycle room, a fitness center, a roof deck, a billiards room and storage.

Apartments

Penthouse A is a three-bedroom duplex with 3,888 square feet of interior space and 927 square feet of external space.  The 5^th floor has an entry foyer that leads to the bedrooms, a 13-foot-wide, windowed home office and a staircase to the 6^th floor where a 46-foot-long terrace that wraps around to a 19-foot section outside the 22-foot-long living room that opens onto a 19-foot-long dining room next to an open and slightly angled 19-foot-wide kitchen.  The unit also has a 33-foot-long upper terrace.

The units on the 3^rd and 4^th floors are 4-bedroom apartments with 4,652 square feet with an entry foyer that leads past a 13-foot-wide home office to the open 14-foot-long kitchen with an island and the 31-by-30-foot great room across from a 15-foot-long den.