Kowalczyk noted, so the architects tried to break up the structure’s bulk by switching from zinc-colored metal to copper-colored metal from the sixth through eighth floors, where the building begins to cantilever, and introducing strong horizontal lines that make that section look more like a supporting plinth. Such mushrooming growth can easily lead to awkward looking buildings, Mr.
“In New York City, you’re limited by zoning and the box, so with extra air rights the only way to go was sideways,” said Ralph Kowalczyk, a partner at Isaac & Stern.
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Only 50 feet wide at the ground where it faces Broadway, the limestone-clad building expands north in the sky in a series of cantilevers over a SoulCycle and Equinox gym, stretching out an additional 45 feet by the top, nearly doubling its width beneath a height limit of 210 feet.Įleven Hancock, a 12-story condo nearing completion at 11 Hancock Place in Harlem, which was designed by Isaac & Stern Architects for Nortco Development, achieves a similar sense of levitation with a 22-foot-long cantilever over a CityMD on West 125th Street, under a 125-foot height limit. At 251 West 91st Street, for instance, ODA has designed a 20-story gravity-defying tower named Era, a new condo project from Adam America Real Estate and Northlink Capital that is currently under construction. That wrangling around zoning envelopes can lead to some dramatic looking structures. So the only way to utilize your floor area in my new building is to cantilever over your building.”
“I want to buy all this floor area and build a larger building, but I can’t go up. “I can’t utilize all of your floor area within my building envelope,” he explained, imagining a developer’s perspective. Braff, a zoning and land use attorney at Sahn Ward. “When I typically would see a cantilever is when I’m in a zone that has a height limit,” said Daniel H. But some zoning districts place height limits on buildings, which can create situations where the only way to use all of the air rights available from a neighbor is to build sideways in the sky instead of up. Some apartments will also feature 1,500-square-foot grand salons with 12-foot ceilings.In many cases, that extra floor area is simply stacked on top of a proposed development, resulting in a taller tower. The two- to eight-bedroom condos start on the building’s 32nd floor, and feature corner living spaces that serve to maximize views. Sales at Central Park Tower publicly launched in October, with about 18 of its 179 condos priced above $60 million.
The video comes about a month after the Wall Street Journal published an interview with Extell founder Gary Barnett, in which Barnett said sales at Central Park Tower were “decent.” Yet Barnett was undeterred, telling the Journal, “e’re certainly going through a dip in the market, but we’re priced for that dip.” “We believe we have created a building that’s respectful, bold, and refined, but promises to be one of the greatest places to live in New York.” “We have taken the responsibility of designing such a prominent landmark in one of the world’s most famous skylines very seriously,” Smith says. The building has been designed to maximize views internally, too, with structural elements tucked discretely between apartments allowing for floor-to-ceiling glass and large floor plates. The apartments also sit on top of a 320,000-square-foot seven-story Nordstrom flagship store, further boosting the height of CPT’s 179 condos.
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