Spring into digs
Charlie West
For Midtown house hunters in need of more time to find "the one," the ODA-designed Charlie West at 505 W. 43rd St. will begin listing condos this summer. Interior designer Andres Escobar handled the interiors of this development, whose two 16-story towers will be linked by a courtyard and an indoor/outdoor pool. They will have a total of 123 homes between them, from studios to three-bedrooms. Prices begin in the $700,000 range; three-bedrooms, meanwhile, start at $2.8 million. The development bills its amenity spaces as hotel-grade. There's a large lobby with a library and a lounge, a two-story fitness center, an indoor pool in a double-height space and a children’s playroom. Contact: Cantor Pecorella, 212-505-0043
Ellipse
LeFrak and Miami's Arquitectonica teamed up to deliver the curvy, 41-story Ellipse rental to Jersey City. All 381 homes there — from studios to four-bedrooms — have views of the Hudson River. The pads’ prices start at $2,600. Ellipse also has 24,000 square feet of amenities, including a gym with Manhattan views, an outdoor pool and terrace with a BBQ area and a fire pit, a private parking garage and a co-working space. Leasing is being handled inhouse. Contact: LeFrak, 844-773-0405
The Greenpoint
Until now, Brooklyn’s Greenpoint neighborhood has had a low-slung streetscape. But this Polish immigrant-meetshipster enclave has a 40-story building on the way called the Greenpoint that will redefine the waterfront. This summer will see the sales launch of its 95-unit condominium portion, which will run from floors 28 to 40. (The Greenpoint will have rentals on the lower floors — 287 of them — while an adjacent five-story property will have 81 residences for lease. Those homes are not yet available.) The condos, located right on the East River, will be studios, one-, two- and three-bedroom dwellings. One-bedrooms will ask around $1.1 million, twobeds will be available from approximately $1.57 million and those three-bedrooms will ask roughly $2.2 million. There are also lots of amenities — chief among them is a courtyard with outdoor grills and dining areas. Additional leisure spaces will include an indoor basketball court, a co-working space and lounges that look out to the Manhattan skyline. Contact: Corcoran Sunshine Marketing Group, 718-389-0001
Jersey City Urby
The Garden State’s tallest residential building — 69-story, 713-foot-tall Jersey City Urby — has already started renting out units. The massive 762-apartment building is a little sister to the also-huge 900-unit Urby Staten Island, which opened in 2016. The Concrete-designed property — noticeable along the Jersey City waterfront for its height and block-like architecture — has a mix of studios, one- and twobedrooms. Pricing begins at $2,500 monthly. The homes come with oversized windows, washer/dryers and stainless steel appliances. The common spaces, however, are especially cool. One of them, the Urby Creative Lab, is where residents can participate in interior design, floral arrangement and homemade apothecary workshops. The communal kitchen will host cooking classes led by local chefs, tastings and pop-up dinners. Hungry for dessert? Brooklyn’s popular Ample Hills Creamery will have space at the building’s base. Other perks include a gym with classes, a heated outdoor pool and a new outpost of fancy coffee shop and eatery 9 Bar Cafe in the lobby. Contact: Sawyer Smith Residential Brokerage, 201-333-8989
45 Park Place
This 43-story luxury condo in Tribeca is prepping for its launch. Listings are estimated to debut this month, with prices from $1.9 million. The tower, developed by Sharif El-Gamal’s Soho Properties, will house 50 flats spanning one to four bedrooms, with sizes from 880 square feet. They’ve got white oak flooring in the bedroom and living spaces, while kitchens have Gaggenau appliances. Residents will also have access to amenities including a lounge, an indoor spa pool, a children’s playroom and a gym. Other helping hands include SOMA’s Michael Abboud, who’s the design architect, and Ismael Leyva, who’s serving as the architect of record. Piero Lissoni was charged with the interiors. This development is right next door to formerly controversial address 51 Park Place. That lot came under fire in 2010 when El-Gamal proposed building a 15-floor Islamic community center. (El-Gamal later went back to the drawing board, acquired the 45 Park Place site and altered plans to make this condominium the overall economic driver for development. That community center is now planned as a museum designed by Jean Nouvel.) Contact: Stribling Marketing Associates, 212-472-4545
261 Hudson
Robert A.M. Stern Architects lent its touch to the 261 Hudson rental, which launched leasing in April. This 160-unit Hudson Square address, developed by Related Companies, has studios to twobedrooms, with prices from $3,795. The interiors feature open kitchens with gray-stained oak cabinets and integrated refrigerators and dishwashers, while certain homes have private terraces. Tenants also get an Equinox-curated gym and both a private interior courtyard and a garden designed by HMWhite. Don’t have a unit with a terrace? No worries — there’s a shared roof deck with views of the nabe and the Hudson River. Act fast. We hear 261 Hudson is already over half leased. Contact: Related Rentals, 212-558-9116
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