- Year built
- 1899
- Type
- Condominium
- Units
- 23
- Floors
- 11
- Landmark
- No
- Pets
- Pets permitted under the condominium rules
- Subletting
- Permitted under the condominium declaration
- Pied-à-terre
- Allowed
Every recorded sale at this building, 2015–2026
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf
- $2,387
- Listing discount
- -1.8%
- Recorded sales
- 19
- On record
- 2015–2026
The Orleans is a 1900 Beaux-Arts former hotel converted into a boutique condominium of 23 large residences, sitting on the Columbus Avenue corner of West 80th Street — directly facing the American Museum of Natural History and a single block from Central Park. Few buildings on the Upper West Side combine that location, that pedigree, and that scale of apartment: with two residences per floor, the homes here are true half-floor layouts of three to five bedrooms.
Buchman & Deisler designed the original building as the Orleans Hotel at the turn of the twentieth century — red brick and stone rising from a two-story rusticated limestone base, capped by a copper-trimmed roofline. That hotel envelope is exactly what makes the conversion attractive: thick masonry walls, generous ceiling heights, and the kind of street presence that new construction cannot manufacture. The condominium conversion in the mid-2010s reorganized the interior into a small number of very large homes while preserving the historic exterior.
One point of accuracy worth stating plainly: although the building is frequently called a landmark in conversation, NYC records do not show it within a designated historic district or as an individual landmark. That distinction matters for renovation flexibility and should be understood as descriptive praise rather than an official designation.
Architecture and unit composition
The defining feature is the half-floor plan. With two residences per floor across 11 stories and 23 total units, the homes are large — three to five bedrooms — with the proportions of a converted grand hotel: high ceilings, deep rooms, and strong light on the upper floors. North-facing residences look across 80th Street toward the museum and the green of the museum grounds and Theodore Roosevelt Park; the building's corner position gives many units dual exposures.
The Beaux-Arts envelope — brick and stone over rusticated limestone — was built to last and reads as solidly prewar from the street. Interiors were finished to a contemporary luxury standard during the conversion.
Building operations
The Orleans runs as a boutique full-service condominium with 24-hour doorman coverage, a resident manager, and an attended lobby. Because it is a small conversion of a former hotel, the building's amenity footprint is concentrated in service rather than recreational facilities; buyers should confirm the presence of any fitness, roof, or storage facilities against the offering plan. Common charges and property taxes reflect a staffed building of large apartments; model the full carry on the specific unit.
As a recent conversion of an old structure, due diligence should include the offering plan, current financials, the reserve study, and board minutes, with particular attention to how the conversion addressed the building's century-old systems.
Recent sales
Pricing at The Orleans is read on a price-per-square-foot basis. The product is scarce — half-floor, multi-bedroom homes in a boutique converted hotel facing the museum and a block from Central Park — and that scarcity supports premium pricing, with upper-floor asking prices in recent cycles reaching into the multi-million-dollar range. With only 23 units and a homogeneous large-format mix, in-building comparables are few; floor, exposure, and renovation condition drive the variation between sales. Anchor pricing to the building's own recorded trades and to closely matched large UWS condo comparables.
Recent closings at this building, curated by The Roebling Team research desk. Apartment-level facts are independently verified before publishing; sale prices reflect the recorded transfer amount at the NYC Department of Finance.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | PPSF | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 2026 | 5B | 4 BR · 3.5 BA · 2,703 sf | $6,451,500 | $2,387/sf | -0.7% |
| Feb 9, 2026 | 6B | 4 BR · 3.5 BA · 2,681 sf | $5,200,000 | $1,940/sf | -9.5% |
| Dec 15, 2020 | 9B | 2,202 sf | $9,200,000 | $4,178/sf | off-mkt |
| Nov 12, 2020 | 4E | 5 BR · 4 BA · 2,600 sf | $5,238,000 | $2,015/sf | -7.3% |
| Apr 16, 2018 | 9BC | 5 BR · 4 BA · 2,639 sf | $4,950,000 | $1,876/sf | -17.2% |
| Mar 23, 2018 | 3E | 4 BR · 2,512 sf | $5,000,000 | $1,990/sf | -9.1% |
| Apr 13, 2016 | 9C | 446 sf | $921,779 | $2,067/sf | off-mkt |
| Nov 17, 2015 | 6E | 5 BR · 2,512 sf | $5,819,096 | $2,317/sf | +1.8% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026) cleared a median $2,387/sf across 2 sales. Median listing discount -1.8% over ask.
The retrade record
Lines that have traded more than once in the public record — the building’s appreciation arc, apartment by apartment.
Full closing history with price-per-square-foot over time, the complete retrade record, and every line that has traded.
Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-01210-7504) and verified listing data. Apartment-level facts (line, condition, asking-price context) curated and cross-verified by The Roebling Team research desk. 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.
What to know if you’re buying
This is a half-floor product. If you want a genuinely large three-to-five-bedroom home with prewar bones in a boutique building facing the museum and a block from the park, this is the niche it fills.
It is not a designated landmark. Despite the colloquial label, city records show no historic-district or individual-landmark designation — which generally means more renovation flexibility than a protected building. Confirm the specifics in diligence.
Confirm the amenity footprint. This is a service-forward boutique conversion; verify any gym, roof, or storage facilities against the offering plan rather than assuming them.
Condo flexibility is real. 30–45 day closings, pied-à-terre and investment use permitted, subletting allowed under the declaration.
Mansion tax thresholds apply. At this building's price points the higher mansion-tax cliffs are routinely in play. Run pricing through the Mansion Tax Calculator.
What to know if you’re selling
Lead with the museum and the park. The location — facing the Museum of Natural History, a block from Central Park — and the half-floor scale are the building's headline. Marketing should foreground both.
Price against the building's own sales. With a small homogeneous unit count, in-building trades are the most reliable anchor.
Closing timelines are condo-fast. 30–45 days from contract to closing.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 100 West 80th Street, also evaluate:
- 100 West 81st Street — neighboring full-service building one block north, also facing the museum
- 11 West 81st Street — prewar building on the museum block
- 210 West 78th Street — newer-development condominium a few blocks south
- 125 West 76th Street — boutique Upper West Side condominium nearby
- 170 West 76th Street — full-service condominium in the West 70s
- 10 West 86th Street — prewar building a few blocks north near Central Park
The Roebling Team at The Orleans
The Roebling Team at Compass specializes in Central Park West, the Upper West Side, and the broader Park-facing Manhattan market. We publish this profile because buyers and sellers of boutique large-format condominiums deserve building-specific intelligence — architecture, operational reality, transactional mechanics, and pricing at the apartment level — not generic market commentary.
If you're considering a purchase or sale at 100 West 80th Street, a 30-minute consultation is the right starting point. We'll bring the full context this page provides plus the transactional specifics your situation requires — financial structuring, due diligence priorities, comparable analysis at the apartment level, and the pacing strategy that fits your timeline.
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