1 Columbus Circle

SOM's design is two parallel glass towers rising from a curved, multi-story podium that follows the arc of Columbus Circle and is linked by a soaring glassed atrium. The curtain wall and the twin-tower massing were engineered to capture the site's two great assets at once — Central Park to the east and north, the Hudson River to the west — so that a large share of the residences enjoy open park or river exposures from substantial height.

The residences are split between two components on the upper floors of the towers: One Central Park at 25 Columbus Circle, which its developer lists at 133 units, and the Residences at Mandarin Oriental at 80 Columbus Circle, above the hotel. The roughly 198 total is a combined figure across both and has not been reconciled against current combinations and legal unit counts. Layouts run from one-bedrooms to full-floor and penthouse homes of grand scale; the trophy apartments at the top have traded among the most expensive residences in the city. Ceilings are high, the windows are floor-to-ceiling, and the finishes are turn-key luxury. Because the residences sit above the hotel and commercial floors, even the lower residential apartments begin well above street level, with views and light that a conventional tower of the same height could not match.

This is a white-glove building. Residents have a 24-hour doorman and concierge. Hotel services are documented for the Residences at Mandarin Oriental at 80 Columbus Circle, the apartments above the hotel; whether owners at One Central Park at 25 Columbus Circle share access to the hotel's spa, 75-foot indoor lap pool, and services should be confirmed in each component's condominium documents rather than assumed. The private residential amenity suite includes a residents' club and lounge, a fitness center, a screening room, a business center, a children's playroom, a landscaped terrace, and an attended parking garage. The Shops at Columbus Circle and the lower-level Whole Foods sit directly beneath the residences.

Ownership policy: As a condominium, 1 Columbus Circle has no co-op board admission. Purchases run through the condominium's application and right-of-first-refusal process rather than a board interview; confirm financing and trust, LLC, foreign-buyer, pied-à-terre and investment purchase rules in the current declaration, bylaws and house rules. Leasing by owners is permitted, and the building is pet-friendly. For buyers who want a Central Park address without a co-op board, this is the structural advantage that defines the building.

Recent sales

Recent closings at this building, from The Roebling Research Library. Prices are the transfer amounts recorded with the NYC Department of Finance; apartment-level detail is checked against the building’s own file in The Roebling Research Library before publishing.

Market read. Most recent trades (2026 to date) cleared a median $3,683/sf (floor-adjusted) across 2 sales. Floor-adjusted means each sale is restated to a constant mix of floors, so the figure can differ from the plain median of the sales listed above. Median listing discount 2.4% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy.

Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-01049-7501; each condominium apartment is its own tax lot). Apartment-level facts (line, condition, asking-price context) curated and cross-verified in The Roebling Research Library. Not all transactions cross-verify with ACRIS records — sponsor and LLC purchases sometimes record at stipulated values rather than market price; square footage from recorded condo declarations and offering plans.

Buy here for the rare combination of a Central Park condominium address and hotel-grade service. As a condominium, there is no co-op board admission; purchases run through the condominium's application and right-of-first-refusal process, and owner leasing is permitted. Confirm financing, trust or LLC ownership and pied-à-terre use in the current declaration, bylaws and house rules. The amenity stack, anchored by the Mandarin Oriental's spa and pool and the building's own private club, is among the deepest in the city.

Prioritize exposure and height: compare recent sales with similar views, floor height, layout and condition. A view premium does not guarantee appreciation or protect against a loss on resale. Underwrite the common charges and taxes against the service level you are buying — this is a full hotel-grade operation — and weigh the trophy-tier resale dynamics of a building where the top homes trade internationally. We help buyers target the best exposures, read the offering plan and financials, and structure the deal.

The marketing core writes itself: a Central Park condominium at Columbus Circle, designed by SOM, with hotel-grade service, a private amenity club, and direct access to the Mandarin Oriental — sold with the financing and ownership flexibility only a condominium provides. Lead with the exposure — park, river, or both — and with floor height, the two variables that most move price in this building.

Benchmark a resale to the top-of-market condominium set on and around Central Park South and Billionaires' Row, not to the pre-war co-ops nearby, which carry different costs and restrictions. The buyer pool is global, and the condominium structure — flexible financing, trust and LLC purchases, a right-of-first-refusal rather than a board — is itself a selling point to that buyer. A well-staged, correctly benchmarked apartment here reaches an international audience; we position each listing to the segment of that audience most likely to pay the premium.

If you're considering 1 Columbus Circle, also evaluate the top-of-market towers around Central Park's southern and western edges:

• 15 Central Park West — the benchmark Robert A.M. Stern condominium nearby
• 220 Central Park South — record-setting Stern condominium on the park
• 200 Central Park South — full-service Central Park South building
• One57 — Billionaires' Row condominium over a hotel
• Central Park Tower — supertall condominium on West 57th Street
• 1 Central Park West — condominium over the Trump International hotel at Columbus Circle