For you high-flying buyers who want to wake up in the clouds and watch the sunrise/sunset a minute before/after the rest of us, here’s the latest Manhattan super-skyscraper for you: Sales have begun at 125 Greenwich Street, a growing 88-story tower in the heart of the Financial District where palatial three-bedrooms (of up to 3,960 SF) start at $4.625 million.
Those looking for apartments and pied-a-tierres on a smaller scale are also in luck. The 273-unit building will be stacked with 190 studio to one-bedroom apartments competitively priced from $1.2 million. Unlike many of the supertalls taking shape across the island, many of these cozier spreads are perched along the building’s higher floors (all studios are above the 61st floor) presenting single professionals and smaller families the opportunity to enjoy tremendous views over a revitalized downtown.
125 Greenwich will likely to become one of the neighborhood’s most sought-after addresses. At 912 feet tall, it will have the third-highest apartments in lower Manhattan, just after The Four Seasons Private Residences at 30 Park Place and the soon-to-come 45 Broad Street. The tower benefits from a unique location, just south of the World Trade Center, two blocks from Wall Street, and two blocks from Battery Park City, affording homes panoramic views in four directions over the Oculus, the harbor, the Brooklyn Bridge and Trinity Church. Additionally, curved floor-to-ceiling windows will wrap its corners, and the finishes, offered in three color palettes, are to be inspired by these exceptional views.
The long-planned venture is being developed by Bizzi & Partners whose other current Manhattan project is the Renzo Piano-designed 565 Broome Street in West SoHo. Rafael Viñoly is the architect and like his 432 Park Avenue, the building’s novelty lies in its use of structural ingenuity that stretches the building into the upper echelons of the skyline. Likened to a double I-beam standing on its end, the design allows for many corner units, lofty ceiling heights, and near-column-free layouts.
British duo March & White, accustomed to designed superyacht interiors for the world's elite are handling the interiors which will be defined by sleek simplicity. Partner of the firm, Elliot March, told the Times in September that details will include kitchen cabinet doors that slide out of the way when open, concealed appliances and closets that come fully built out with shelves, drawers and hang rods.
Another unique aspect of the condo tower will be that the building’s top three floors will have communal amenities instead of the usual ginormous penthouse. Here, there will be private entertaining and dining areas, a 50-foot lap pool, spa, sauna and steam room, and fitness center with a private training room and yoga studio.
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Ondel Hylton
Ondel is a lifelong New Yorker and comprehensive assessor of the city's dynamic urban landscape.