Carter's Review

This 7-story residential building at 6 Cortlandt Alley between Broadway and Lafayette Street in TriBeCa has 5 condominium apartments and the 1852 building was enlarged by three stories in 2016.

It was developed by the Imperial Development Group and Megalith Capital Management, which is headed by Jerry Martin, Ryan Kaplan and Patrick Hynes.

TRA Studio, which is headed by Caterina Roiatti and Robert Traboscia, was the architect.  JMW Interiors was the interior designer.

The alley is named after the prominent Van Cortlandt family and the building is also known as 372 Broadway.

The building originally was a showroom for John Henry Belter, the designer of very ornate and spectacular, rococo-style, rosewood furniture, and then was operated as a feather exchange and then as a home to Coraline Corset and Diebold safes.

For several years, it was across from the Mudd Club at 7 Cortlandt Alley, which was once owned by Ross Bleckner, the artist.

Bottom Line

A former building that was the showroom for John Henry Belter’s extravagant and spectacular rosewood furniture has been enlarged by and converted to five spacious condominium residences with a doorman and residents’ lounge in TriBeCa. 

Description

The architect’s website notes that the “1852 loft building, one of the oldest in the area, was in an advanced state of abandonment, in the engineer's words, ‘four walls at the end of life.’

“The historical significance of the old structure guided the design process, whose strategy has been developed with the goal of preserving all the surviving original elements of the building, differentiating the new with contemporary systems and languages, the tension giving a second life to the building's soul,” the website continued.

The building has a two-story metal base with screen spandrels and the windows above have large metal shutters.

The building has sidewalk landscaping.

Amenities

The building has a doorman, a fitness center, a residents’ lounge and storage.

Apartments

Penthouse A is a four-bedroom duplex unit with Polaris Quartzite kitchen countertops and backsplash and the fireplace surround.

The building has three full-floor residence with ceiling heights of 10 feet and more in all primary living spaces, exposed brick walls, eco-friendly ethanol fireplaces with Imperial Danby marble surrounds, and walnut kitchen cabinetry milled in the Poconos with a Wolf appliance kitchen package with a vented five-burner stovetop and a 42-inch double-door refrigerator and a SubZero wine refrigerator.  Bathrooms has Bianco Dolomiti marble walls and floors with radiant heating.