- Year built
- 1882
- Type
- Condominium
- Units
- 10
- Floors
- 6
- Landmark
- In a historic district
- Flip tax
- No flip tax / transfer fee found in the offering plan
- Financing
- No Board-imposed financing cap
- Subletting
- Permitted without restriction. "Each Unit Owner can sell or lease his Unit to anyone without restriction or limitation," subject only to the Condominium Board of Managers' right of first refusal
- Pied-à-terre
- Not restricted in the offering plan — no primary-residence or owner-occupancy requirement is imposed, and units may be freely leased, so pied-a-terre / non-primary use is consistent with the plan
- Washer / dryer
- Permitted
- Land
- Owned
- Tax status
- J-51 abatement only
- Right of first refusal
- Yes
- Managing agent
- Andrews Building Corp
Compiled by The Roebling Research Desk from the building’s offering plan, amendments, and related building documents (primary source dated 1996). Reported and subject to confirmation. Board policies can change by amendment — confirm at the offer stage.
Every recorded sale at this building, 2006–2022
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf (floor-adjusted)
- $2,669
- Listing discount
- 0.5%
- Recorded sales
- 24
- On record
- 2006–2022
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155 Franklin Street is the residential heart of Taylor Swift's Tribeca compound and one of the most architecturally distinctive small-scale loft conversions in the broader Tribeca West Historic District. The 1882 sugar warehouse, originally designed by George W. DaCunha with subsequent 1902 renovations by Franklin Baylies, served as a sugar storage facility until 1996. The mid-1990s residential conversion by Christopher Clark — including the addition of a penthouse level — produced 10 condominium residences within the preserved Neo-Grec brick warehouse shell.
The building's defining architectural feature is the intersection of intimate scale (only 10 residences) and unusually large individual floor plates (the penthouse runs approximately 8,000 square feet across the top two combined floors). The Neo-Grec exterior — red-brick facade with horizontal stone banding, prominent cornice, green-painted trim — places 155 Franklin in the architectural register characteristic of late-19th-century Tribeca West warehouse construction. Apartment interiors retain the exposed brick walls, original wood beams, oversized warehouse windows, and substantial ceiling heights that define the building's distinctive loft architectural argument.
The building's cultural significance is structurally anchored by Taylor Swift's compound. In 2014, Swift acquired the top-two-floor combined duplex penthouse (approximately 8,000 square feet) from director Peter Jackson. In 2017, Swift extended the compound by purchasing the townhouse next door at 153 Franklin Street — a property built with a paparazzi-proof garage. In 2018, Swift added 155 Franklin Unit 2N (3,540 square feet, second floor). The three properties together represent one of the most concentrated celebrity real-estate positions in Manhattan. (A note on the compound configuration: NYC Building Code requires fire separation between buildings, which complicates any direct physical interconnection between the 153 Franklin townhouse and the 155 Franklin condo above the roof line; reporting suggests Swift may not actually have a continuous internal pathway between the two buildings.)
Confirmed additional residents at 155 Franklin have included Orlando Bloom, Aziz Ansari, Steven Soderbergh, and the building's earlier celebrity register anchor Peter Jackson (who sold the penthouse to Swift in 2014).
For buyers, 155 Franklin represents a particular position in the Tribeca market: 1882 architectural pedigree, the unusual combination of intimate building scale (10 residences) with substantial individual apartment floor plates, the structural privacy that the 10-unit scale produces, and the cultural-celebrity register that has anchored the building's market identity.
Architecture and unit composition
The 10 residences distribute across the building's approximately 6–7 stories plus the added penthouse level. The penthouse (Swift's residence) is configured as an 8,000-square-foot duplex across the top two combined floors. Unit 2N (also Swift) is configured at 3,540 square feet. Apartment interiors retain exposed brick walls, original wood beams, oversized warehouse windows, and the substantial ceiling heights characteristic of the 1882 sugar warehouse fabric.
The Neo-Grec exterior — red-brick with horizontal stone banding, prominent cornice, green-painted trim — is the building's defining streetscape identity feature on cobblestoned Franklin Street.
Building operations
155 Franklin operates as a small-scale boutique condominium with doorman service and key-locked elevators (each unit has its own elevator landing — a configuration unusual at this scale and a structural privacy advantage). Basement storage and the broader operational infrastructure are calibrated to the building's intimate 10-residence scale rather than to a full-service amenity program.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- Per unit / month range
- —
Source: NYC LL84 benchmarking and PLUTO · The Roebling Research Library. City record last verified September 2026.
See full Local Law 97 analysis — emissions history, scenarios, methodology →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.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | PPSF | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 2022 | 2S | 3 BR · 2.5 BA · 2,438 sf | $5,950,000 | $2,441/sf | -4.8% |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4S | 3 BR · 2.5 BA · 2,452 sf | $7,100,000 | $2,896/sf | -2.1% |
| Aug 25, 2021 | 4N | 4 BR · 3 BA · 3,532 sf | $9,995,000 | $2,830/sf | -0.1% |
| Nov 10, 2017 | 2N | 3 BR · 3,540 sf | $9,750,000 | $2,754/sf | off-mkt |
| May 22, 2017 | 3S | 3 BR · 2 BA · 2,450 sf | $5,700,000 | $2,327/sf | -0.9% |
| May 14, 2015 | 4S | 3 BR · 2,452 sf | $5,600,000 | $2,284/sf | +1.9% |
| Jan 30, 2015 | 3N | 3 BR · 3,532 sf | $5,520,000 | $1,563/sf | -8.0% |
| Sep 15, 2014 | 4S | 3 BR · 2,452 sf | $4,750,000 | $1,937/sf | -2.6% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2022) cleared a median $2,669/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 0.5% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy.
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 1-00179-1106). 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.
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What to know if you’re buying
The architectural pedigree is structurally distinguishing. 1882 sugar warehouse converted in 1996; among the architectural earliest of the contemporary Tribeca loft conversions.
The 10-residence intimate scale produces a specific operational character. Each unit has its own elevator landing (key-locked); the building culture is calibrated to high-profile residents seeking privacy.
Apartment floor plates are substantial. The 8,000-square-foot penthouse and the 3,540-square-foot Unit 2N are configurations rare in Tribeca conversion inventory.
Tribeca West Historic District protection applies. The 1882 Neo-Grec facade is protected by LPC designation.
Condominium financial mechanics apply. Right-of-first-refusal closings; typically 30–45 day pacing.
What to know if you’re selling
Marketing should emphasize the architectural pedigree, the intimate scale, and the celebrity register. These are the structural identity-anchors.
Pricing requires apartment-level comparable analysis. Thin transaction inventory means each closing carries significant weight in the building's $/sf reference base.
Closing timelines are condominium-fast. 30–45 days.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 155 Franklin Street, also evaluate:
- 443 Greenwich Street — 1882 / CetraRuddy 2017; loft conversion peer
- 195 Hudson Street — 1929 / 1999 conversion; loft conversion peer
- The American Thread Building (260 West Broadway) — 1894–1896 conversion; loft conversion peer
- The Sterling Mason (71 Laight) — Morris Adjmi 2014; new-on-historic peer
More Tribeca buildings
- 150 Franklin Street — 1882 co-op
- 150 Chambers Street — 1915 condominium
- 152 Franklin Street — 1891 condominium
- 157 Chambers Street — 2007 condominium
- 158 Chambers Street — co-op
- 161 Hudson Street (161 Hudson Street) — 1911 condominium
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across Tribeca — read The Roebling Team Guide to Tribeca.
How to read the facts on this page. Items attributed to an offering plan describe the building as it was offered at that filing — unit mix, square footage, the amenity program as planned. They are not a statement about how the building operates today. Tax and compliance figures are sourced separately to current City records and carry their own dates. House rules, staffing and fee policy can change by board resolution without any public filing: treat every policy line here as a starting point for diligence and confirm it with the managing agent. Where this page compares one building or neighborhood to another, that is our analysis of the recorded record — it names the measure, the period and the sample it rests on, and it is an observation about medians rather than a prediction about any particular apartment.
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