130 Fulton Street (The Fulton Building)

The original nine floors carry the architecture: rusticated limestone through the fourth floor, tan brick and terra cotta above, band courses at the fourth, fifth, and ninth floors, the curved corner stack with its bowed glass, the fourth-floor arched corner window, and the eighth-floor oculus. The four added floors are deliberately quiet — plain beige masonry, slightly set back — and hold the building's terraced units; architectural critics have been unkind to the addition's proportions, but it is invisible from the sidewalk's vantage and it is where the private outdoor space lives.

With roughly 20 market apartments across 13 floors, most floors hold one or two residences. The units are loft-format one- to three-bedrooms drawn from the building's office floor plates — high ceilings, oversized windows (curved at the corner lines), and in-unit washer/dryers throughout. The corner lines above the mid-floors get the building's best light, down Fulton and up Nassau; the addition floors trade historic detail for terraces and longer views.

This is a boutique condominium running a lean service model: an attended lobby (listing records conflict on the staffing hours — verify), fitness room, common roof deck, and resident storage. There is no garage and no amenity floor beyond these basics; common charges price accordingly. One structural note from the offering plan on file: the sponsor reserved the unconditional right to rent rather than sell units, and the plan warned purchasers that owner-occupants might not control the board — standard mid-2000s conversion language, but it makes the current owner-occupancy and investor mix a live diligence question two decades on. The plan's sixth amendment records the initial closing in June 2006 and 17 units conveyed within the first month; the full amendment set is on file.

Recent sales

Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-00079-7502) 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.

The condo math is the draw. Boutique scale, loft proportions, in-unit laundry, and a per-foot basis below most of the district's comparable stock. For buyers priced out of Tribeca lofts or the district's trophy conversions, this is the relative-value entry — price it against the comparables below before assuming the discount is a defect.

Understand the unit you're buying: original floors versus addition. The historic floors carry the curved glass, ceiling heights, and detail; the addition floors carry terraces and newer envelope construction. They are different products at different bases — same-line history matters more than building-average pricing.

Ask the investor-mix question. The sponsor's reserved rental right and the building's small size make the owner-occupant ratio, board composition, and any remaining sponsor or commercial-unit interests a first-order diligence item. We verify against the offering plan and amendments on file.

Calibrate the service expectations. An attended lobby and a fitness room — not a full-service amenity program. Common charges are correspondingly moderate; package logistics and staffing hours should be confirmed in person.

The corner is loud and connected in equal measure. Fulton Street is a working pedestrian spine with considerable foot traffic and the transit hub a block west. Visit at multiple hours; the connectivity that makes the location valuable is also its noise source.

Lead with the architecture and the year. An 1893 De Lemos & Cordes corner building with curved bowed-glass windows is a story almost nothing else in the district below $2,000 per foot can tell. Use the firm's Macy's and Siegel-Cooper pedigree precisely — it survives buyer fact-checking.

Position against the district's conversions, not its towers. Your buyer is cross-shopping the named conversions and Deco lofts nearby. The pitch is boutique scale (roughly 20 residences versus their hundreds), authentic 19th-century fabric, and a lower basis per foot.

Be precise about the unit's floor provenance. Buyers and appraisers will distinguish original-floor lofts from addition-floor units; ambiguity costs credibility. We market the line's specific attributes — glass, ceilings, terrace rights — against same-segment comparables.

If you're considering 130 Fulton Street, also evaluate:

• 1 Wall Street Court — the Cocoa Exchange; the closest like-for-like boutique pre-war corner conversion in the district
• 99 John Street — Deco Lofts conversion two blocks south; the larger-scale alternative
• 20 Pine Street — Armani/Casa-designed conversion; the design-led step-up
• 15 Broad Street — Philippe Starck's Downtown; the district's big-amenity conversion benchmark
• 25 Broad Street — the Broad Exchange Building; grand-scale pre-war conversion
• 1 Wall Street — the Ralph Walker Art Deco tower; the district's top-tier conversion
• 130 William Street — David Adjaye's arched-window tower; the new-construction alternative on the same blocks
• 15 William Street — glass condo tower; the contemporary full-amenity alternative

The Roebling Team at Compass works the Financial District and the broader downtown conversion market as a core practice area. We publish this building profile because Fulton-Nassau corridor buyers and sellers deserve building-specific intelligence — conversion documentation, sponsor history, and loft-stock comparables — not generic neighborhood commentary.

If you're considering a transaction at 130 Fulton Street, a 30-minute consultation is the right starting point.