A hulking office tower that once humbled the sounds of control processors and changing financial documents is now the last address of high -level manhattan.
Following a two-year intestinal renovation, 25 Water St., a former banking surgery center in the financial circle, has been reborn as a shiny, easily filled apartment complex, marking the largest office conversion to residential US history, according to a press release.
Moreover, she just started renting.
Originally created to accommodate computer machinery that, as the Architectural Forum decided in 1970, “cannot look out of the windows”-the castle-like structure is fully reimagated. Developers Metro Loft, Rockwood Capital and GFP Real Estate bought the building nearly free in 2022 for $ 251 million and secured a $ 536 million loan to finance ambitious adjustment.
“The site and location possessed such great potential, making it a challenge worth taking,” said the founder of Metro Loft Nathan Berman.
The 55-year-old structure, which is at home for Hanover Trust manufacturers, and later JPMORGAN Chase, The Days News and National Inquirer were built to prioritize safety and efficiency on aesthetics. With minimal windows and wide floor tiles, with no windows stretching more than 40,000 square meters, it was the nightmare of an office worker.
But times have changed.
As the financial circle moves away from its printed past, 25 Water St. has followed the lawsuit-especially five years after the onset of Covid-19.
The developers punched the thick brick facade, replacing most of its intricate masonry with excess windows. Two massive lights of light were engraved in the interior to flood the tiles in depth with natural light. Ten new stories were added to the top, bringing the counting of total units to a 1,320 radiation from cozy studios to distribute three bedroom apartments.
Rentals start with more than $ 3,000 a month, with units with higher flowers expected to receive up to $ 12,000.
Beyond the residences, the transformation extends to the ground, where a basement that once fed thousands of bank employees has turned 100,000 square meters of high -level equipment, including a swimming pool, a gym, a bath and even the court Pickleball.
“Upstairs, they have created, in essence, a private chelsea piers,” Berman Bloomberg told, adding, “Creating light and air where there is none, and the creation of the number of units that were created is simply mind of mind. “
The project is part of an increasing tendency in the lower Manhattan, where the aging of the office towers-many of them trying to find the tenants after the pandemic-but are turned into highly needed dwellings.
While new construction in the city can cost $ 1,000 per square foot, reuse of existing structures offers a faster, cost-effective way to meet.
“The building had to be either down or re -qualified for a new life,” The Outlet Bradley Gerla, an executive at Cbre Group Inc., who works on the sale of the building. “There was no reuse for that building.”
The tower, now re -adhered as Soma (southern Manhattan), sits only two blocks from the battery park and within the standing distance of multiple subway lines, making it an attractive option for tenants seeking comfort and luxury.
More than 70 distinct appearances were created to take care of different lifestyles, each presenting high -level Italian cuisine, construction appliances, laundry in smart home units and technology.
JPMORGAN Chase, who once conquered most of the building, had gradually ceased space for years, shifting its legal and backward teams to Midtown and Brooklyn. The last push came after the pandemia, when the occupation decreased to only 10%.
“It would not survive the way it was,” Gerla said. A quarter of apartments will be offered at reduced rates through an affordable housing program in exchange for state -approved tax reductions.
With the vacancies of the Lower Manhattan office even the highest in the city, the success of projects like 25 Water St. It can signal a wider shift in the identity of the neighborhood.
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