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The Element, 555 West 59th Street

The Element, a prominent glass and steel structure, promises to add a stunning new building to New York City's far west skyline. Element fully responds to the call for "beyond-belief amenities and services." From spacious grounds with sunbathing areas, to state-of-the-art technology, birthday rooms for kids, a regulation sized squash court and a half-sized basketball court, this new development pulls out all the stops. Element is located in the up-and-coming Columbus Circle Corridor area, where 15 new developments are underway, creating a whole new riverfront community.

 The Stanhope

The Stanhope, located in the heart of New York's Museum Mile, was commissioned by Lord Rothschild. It was designed and built in 1926 by Rosario Candela, the preeminent architect of classical New York apartment houses in the 1920's. This property is being developed as a cooperative, with condominium rules. The homes which are being created are either half-floors or whole-floors. Apartments of this generous size and quality are highly sought after and are exceptionally rare on Fifth Avenue. All of the homes have Central Park views. 

40 Mercer

Hotelier Andre Balazs, creator of The Mercer Hotel, Chateau Marmont, The Raleigh, and Sunset Beach, has merged his lavish hotel-level service and development talents with Jean Nouvel’s modern, Bauhaus signature, SLCE’s on site architectural talents, Roman and Williams’s skill as an architectural interiors and furniture design firm, and Hines Limited Partnership, a world renown development firm, to create Soho’s ultra luxury, architecturally significant condominium residences. Jean Nouvel, designer of such well known projects as the Lyon Opera House, the Cartier Foundation, Galleries Lafayette flagship, among other architecturally significant buildings, infamously uses glass, light, shadow and color to create transparency in what turns out to be a very distinctive building. The scale of the building mirrors those around it; the style also blends well with industrial, cast-iron, gritty Soho.

101 Warren distinguishes itself with its“"Atrium forest,"” an elevated 101-pine tree private park for its residents. Architects Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, known as leaders in Bauhaus architecture; their projects include the Sears Tower (Chicago), U.S. Air Force Academy, the Freedom Tower (New York)) aimed to create a comprehensive lifestyle residence, where dwellers will find every necessity in their own building (with Barnes and Noble and Whole Foods in the retail space below the residences). The loggias, unique to this building, afford a seamless transition between indoor and outdoor living.

10 West End Avenue

Apollo Real Estate Advisors, who were also developers of the celebrated Time Warner Center, have teamed up with the Cambridge Development & Construction Corp. to create another westside home run condominium. Located three blocks west of the Time Warner Center, at 59th Street and West End Avenue, the structure will rival the other developments in this sought-after neighborhood.

The beautiful design of this glass clad steel structure offers stunning, capacious one and two bedroom homes as well as a selection of larger units. Rising from the broad base, is a tower that captures breathtaking Hudson River views from private terraces, balconies and planes of uninterrupted glass.

These are competitively priced units suitable as pieds-à-terre or family homes. The building comes replete with fabulous amenities, including a glass enclosed 50' lap pool, 21st Century Fitness Center, children's activity center, and beautiful public spaces.

Modeled after Philip Johnson's personal home, "The Glass House" in New Canaan, Connecticut, which he designed and built in 1950 and lived in until his death in 2005, the development was inspired by the architect's affinity for light and modernist principles. Annabelle Selldorf, an architect known for combining the best of modernity and minimalism, has designed the interiors, incorporating tones of black, gray and silver with anthracite colored kitchen cabinets and stainless steel countertops. The latest in broadband and satellite technology has been incorporated into this building, which also features remote controlled, motorized window shades.

Kalahari Harlem

Kalahari Harlem offers state-of the-art green luxury residences to individuals and families from diverse backgrounds. Kalahari's design, luxurious materials, superior amenities and green features are designed to meet refined tastes, contemporary demands and environmental challenges of the future. Kalahari is brought to life by an internationally renowned team who have combined their impeccable sense of design with the striking indigenous motif of Sub-Saharan Africa and its people. Beyond the uniquely articulated facade, residents and their guests are welcomed into a luxurious sequence of spaces. The magnificent lobby is both rich and comfortable in its design and furnishing, with elevated ceilings, warm woods and an impressive art collection including the work by the renowned El Anatsui.  From here, the Kalahari interior unfolds, classically contemporary, yet distinctly personal in its scale.

Adagio

Marketing has begun for Adagio, a 9-story residential condominium building with 41 units at 243 West 60th Street. West End Development, an affiliate of LHL Realty Inc., of which Lawrence Ginsberg is a principal, is the developer. H. Thomas O'Hara is the architect and Andres Escobar has designed the interior spaces. West End also has plans for two rental apartment buildings with a total of about 300 units at the site, one 27 stories and one 17-stories. Linda Fenn, senior vice president Prudential Douglas Elliman, told Cityrealty.com today that the rental buildings will follow the development of the Adagio. The building's apartments have fireplaces and 11-foot-high ceilings. Allmilmo Kitchens have appliances and fixtures by Sub Zero, Bosch, Dornbracht, Miele and Gaggenau with Ipe Brazilian hardwood floors, Caesar Stone countertops and Macassar wood complements and a wine cooler. Master baths have Allmilmo Wenge woodwork and vanities, Zuma tubs, radiant-heated limestone floors, rain-style showerheads, and Statuary Venatino and Thassos marble walls. The building has a lobby with a fireplace, a garage, a 24-hour doorman, a fitness center and a 40-foot indoor swimming pool overlooking a formal garden and a tennis court. Initial pricing for the one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments ranges from about $860,000 to about $3,000,000.
 

200 Chambers Street is a brand new contemporary and luxurious 30 story glass and steel building built by Costas Kondylis. Amenities include 24-hour attended lobby, with doorman and concierge, private landscaped garden retreat, private lounge complete with catering kitchen, media facilities, and business/conference center, fitness center, sky-lit indoor pool, 5,000 sq. ft. landscaped residents' terrace, children's playroom and parking garage.

Welcome to The Caledonia, the first luxury rental in West Chelsea with direct access to The High Line, New York's most unique and exciting urban park. Located at 450 West 17th Street, The Caledonia brings the perfect balance of energy and serenity to the middle of Manhattan's hippest and hottest neighborhoods, West Chelsea and the Meatpacking District. Using materials and textures inspired by nature and the city, The Caledonia's luxury rentals provide a soothing sequence of sensual zen-like experiences, from rustling bamboo trees in the lush open air garden to the trickle of water cascading into the lobby's stone reflecting pool. The Caledonia is the first Manhattan rental to combine the inspired elegance of Clogdagh Design with the incomparable luxury of an on-site Equinox Fitness Club and Spa.