NEW YORK | 520 Park Ave (45 East 60th) | 780 FT | 52 FLOORS - Page 10

NYguy · #**181** Posted **Mar 5, 2015, 8:55 PM**

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Originally Posted by yankeesfan1000

Why on earth would the stair cases be on the park facing side, and the terrace and the other big open rooms face be on the non park facing side? This whole building is backwards.

It might have something to do with the way the building is designed. The cantilevered portion is on the east side, wouldn't be practical for the stairs.

And maybe also the emphasis on Park Avenue is being pushed a little.

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Floorplans for 520 Park Avenue

MARCH 5, 2015
GABBY WARSHAWER

NYguy · #**182** Posted **Mar 5, 2015, 11:29 PM**

http://www.businessinsider.com/new-y...thouses-2015-3

The battle for New York City's most expensive penthouse is ON

JULIE ZEVELOFF
March 5, 2015

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Now that we have crossed the nine-figure threshold with the sale of a penthouse at One57 for $100.5 million, New York's luxury real estate developers are seeing how far they can push the price tags on their latest projects.

This week, two developers unveiled the floor plans for the top apartments in their new high-rises, and they are virtually guaranteed to set records.

Vornado Trust Realty is building a 69-story tower at 220 Central Park South, in the heart of Manhattan's "Billionaires' Row." While prices for the six penthouses have not yet been revealed, sources told The Real Deal that the most expensive one would "ask between $150 million and $175 million."

Meanwhile, Zeckendorf Development — the company behind behemoth 15 Central Park West — released the floorplans and price for the pinnacle apartment at 520 Park Avenue, the high-rise its building on Manhattan's east side. That penthouse, a triplex, will be listed at $130 million, The Real Deal reported.

And in February, the developers of another luxury tower at 550 Madison Avenue, the former Sony headquarters, announced that their penthouse would hit the market with a price tag of $150 million. That apartment, also a triplex, will encompass 21,500 square feet, according to The Real Deal.

Here's how the three new offerings (all still under construction) stack up:

550 Madison Avenue: $150 million, 21,500 square feet. Eight bedrooms, eight bathrooms, 10 half-baths.

520 Park Avenue: $130 million, 13,6500 square feet. Eight bedrooms, nine bathrooms, two half-baths.

220 Central Park South: "$150 to $175 million."

(floorplans were revealed since this piece)

10023 · #**183** Posted **Mar 6, 2015, 10:37 AM**

Eight bathrooms and ten half-baths?

That's a lot of fucking toilets.

NYguy · #**184** Posted **Mar 6, 2015, 2:56 PM**

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Originally Posted by 10023

Eight bathrooms and ten half-baths?

That's a lot of fucking toilets.

Hey, at any moment you may have to go! That's why you need a toilet every 5 to 10 ft.

Submariner · #**185** Posted **Mar 6, 2015, 3:35 PM**

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Originally Posted by 10023

Eight bathrooms and ten half-baths?

That's a lot of fucking toilets.

And not one of them comes standard with a 70" 4k TV. What kind of hood-ass building are they trying to construct here?

chris08876 · #**186** Posted **Mar 6, 2015, 7:39 PM**

Credit: http://www.6sqft.com/exclusive-revea...w-blockbuster/

jsbrook · #**187** Posted **Mar 7, 2015, 12:39 AM**

Good god. Maybe as interesting as the penthouse prices is what they are charging for those closets for the privilege of living in this building. $1.5 million for 390 square feet on the 4th floor. Some, poor misguided souls will pay it.

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Credit: http://www.6sqft.com/exclusive-revea...w-blockbuster/

chris08876 · #**188** Posted **Mar 7, 2015, 1:02 AM**

^^^^

If you can round up $65000, you can live in storage room #12. Sure its 32 sq ft, but if prisoners can do it, you can too! 6x6 pretty much.

jsbrook · #**189** Posted **Mar 8, 2015, 6:27 PM**

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^^^^

If you can round up $65000, you can live in storage room #12. Sure its 32 sq ft, but if prisoners can do it, you can too! 6x6 pretty much.

Was going to say, it'd make a great parking space! (and I might pay $65K for a private parking space in the city). But it's not even big enough for that.

Crawford · #**190** Posted **Mar 8, 2015, 7:22 PM**

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Originally Posted by jsbrook

Good god. Maybe as interesting as the penthouse prices is what they are charging for those closets for the privilege of living in this building. $1.5 million for 390 square feet on the 4th floor. Some, poor misguided souls will pay it.

Those units are for "the help". You can only buy those units if you already own an apartment in the building.

And, scary as it sounds, those units are actually much cheaper than in competitor buildings. Look at the prices for storage and servants quarters at 220 CPS. I think the storage at 200 CPS runs 3x the price of 520 Park.

Crawford · #**191** Posted **Mar 8, 2015, 7:25 PM**

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Originally Posted by chris08876

^^^^

If you can round up $65000, you can live in storage room #12. Sure its 32 sq ft, but if prisoners can do it, you can too! 6x6 pretty much.

You would actually have to pay at least 16.2 million to purchase a storage unit.

As with the servants quarters, storage units are only available to apartment owners at 520 Park. The cheapest apartment in the building is 16.2 million, so that's the minimum entry price.

jsbrook · #**192** Posted **Mar 9, 2015, 12:36 AM**

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Originally Posted by Crawford

You would actually have to pay at least 16.2 million to purchase a storage unit.

As with the servants quarters, storage units are only available to apartment owners at 520 Park. The cheapest apartment in the building is 16.2 million, so that's the minimum entry price.

So then what are those "Suites" shown in chris08876's post? Separate maids' quarters that you can only purchase as an addition to the principal condo?

EDIT: Never mind. I see your post above addressing this now.

ILNY · #**193** Posted **Apr 16, 2015, 5:14 AM**

Excavation is complete. Crane will be arriving next week.

Hypothalamus · #**194** Posted **Apr 17, 2015, 3:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by 10023

Eight bathrooms and ten half-baths?

That's a lot of fucking toilets.

When the booze starts to flow, so does the bladder.

Tex17 · #**195** Posted **Apr 17, 2015, 9:03 PM**

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I am under the completely serious, devoid-of-sarcasm assumption that you know what penultimate means.

Otherwise---and again...honestly not to be a smart@$$---but which amongst 432 Park or the Goliaths of 57th St. would take the number one spot?

BTW the skyline render is a niceness. I dig their choice to aim the top setback towards my beloved glacier-spit.

Um, actually, penultimate means second to last, not first. As in, Y is the penultimate letter of the alphabet.

chris08876 · #**196** Posted **Apr 28, 2015, 6:57 PM**

520 Park Avenue Struts Onto the Market With $70M Penthouse

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Out of the dozens of new developments hitting the market this spring, 520 Park Avenue is without a doubt one of the most anticipated. Even though its $130 million triplex penthouse won't be the most expensive in the city—given that at least two others are planning to top it—the Robert A.M. Stern-designed limestone tower is coveted because 1) it's RAMSA, 2) there are only 31 units, with the cheapest starting from about $16 million.

And the four units that officially listed today confirm those eye-popping asking prices: $16.6M for a 16th-floor apartment ("simplex"); $26.65 million for a full-floor apartment on the 28th floor ("upper simplex"); $32.6 million for another upper simplex on the 33rd floor; and $70 million for a duplex penthouse on the 40th floor. Welcome to the world we live in.

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http://therealdeal.com/blog/2015/04/...ue-asking-70m/
http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2015/0...house.php#more