Luxury Manhattan condos have gradually become all-in-one oases.
Facilities like fitness centers and restaurants offer residents the supreme convenience of never having to leave home for their leisure pursuits.
Now, new built-in office amenities are helping corporate-types clock in without a commute.
“[You can] own your own office, stay in your own building, and not have to go anywhere,” explains Javier Lattanzio of Time Equities, who’s leading sales at 50 West — a glassy Lower Manhattan tower that will include 15 private offices with a shared conference room (there are also two restrooms and a pantry). Eight office suites remain available for unit owners to purchase, with prices from $580,000 for a 300-square-foot space.
In Midtown, glitzy 432 Park Ave. will offer 12 private office suites, available only to building residents. These windowed offices (prices from $1.8 million) average 730 square feet, and each features powder rooms, plus access to a Rafael Viñoly-designed executive boardroom. This 14th-floor wood-paneled meeting room will include seating for 16 and video teleconferencing equipment.
“You don’t have to leave your building if you want to have a meeting, and you can accommodate a lot of people,” says Stribling & Associates’ Pamela D’Arc, who’s heading sales at 252 E. 57th St. (prices from $3.95 million).
This building’s Daniel Romualdez-designed 34th-floor amenity level will also include a conference room with teleconferencing capabilities, and seating for eight. (A living room, dining room, library and 70-foot terrace are other perks on this level.) The building’s concierge service, Luxury Attaché, can help prepare the room for business gatherings, and even provide food for participants if needed.
“Many residents will be people who conduct business around the clock, as we all do, and therefore [we] wanted to make an accommodation so they don’t have to leave the building for a meeting,” adds D’Arc. “It makes for a seamless lifestyle.”
Farther west along Billionaires’ Row, One57 residents who prefer to hold meetings at home have access to a roomy Thomas Juul-Hansen-designed conference room, which looks out to nearby Central Park and the Time Warner Center through floor-to-ceiling windows.
Of course, zippy Internet is also a must, and Ralph Walker Tribeca at 100 Barclay (where prices start at $3 million) promises to keep executives plugged in.
Thanks to a partnership with Verizon, Ralph Walker Tribeca will be the city’s first residential building to provide residents 1-gigabyte speeds for lightning-fast service across multiple devices.
Just like at the (real) office.