Carter HorsleyDec 23, 2011
Carter's Review
The attractive, five-story pre-war apartment building at 555 Lenox Avenue in Harlem was converted to a residential condominium building by an investment group of which Joseph Tahl, a principal in Tahl-Propp Equities, is a member.
The building is known as The Savoy West.
Salvatore Perry of SR+T Architects is the architect.
The pre-war building, which is named after the Savoy Ballroom dance hall that occupied the blockfront on Lenox Avenue between 140th and 141st Streets, is on the northwest corner at 138th Street and will contained 32 apartments.
The red-brick building has limestone trim and corner bay windows and has a full-time concierge, a gym, a roof terrace, balconies, a recreation room, bicycle rooms, and individual storage rooms.
The kitchens will have custom Shaker-style cabinetry and the baths will have Duravit toilets by Philippe Starck, Kohler extra-deep bathtubs, Mona pedestral sinks, D Oriente Palmira tiling. Apartment ceilings range from 9 to 11 feet high.
The building is scheduled for occupancy at the end of this summer, according to Claudia B. Gross of Prudential Douglas Elliman Real Estate and prices for one-bedroom apartments range from about $340,000 to $420,000 and prices for two-bedroom apartments range from about $545,000 to $620,000 and prices for three-bedroom units range from about $1,000,000 to $1,100,000.
- Condo built in 1910
- Converted in 2007
- 1 apartment currently for sale ($615K)
- 2 apartments currently for rent ($2.6K)
- Located in Harlem
- 32 total apartments 32 total apartments
- 10 recent sales ($385K to $1M)
- Doorman
- Pets Allowed
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