- Year built
- 1929
- Type
- Condominium
- Units
- 27
- Floors
- 7
- Landmark
- No
195 Hudson Street is the architectural and cultural anchor of the late-1990s Tribeca loft conversion tier and one of the most consequential celebrity-resident addresses in downtown Manhattan. The building was constructed in 1929 as the headquarters of the United States Rubber Company; the Art Deco-inflected industrial design is generally attributed to Ralph Thomas Walker, the architect responsible for 60 Hudson Street and the broader Western Union / AT&T tower portfolio that defined downtown Art Deco commercial architecture in the late 1920s and 1930s.
The conversion to residential condominium ownership was completed in 1999 — placing 195 Hudson at the forefront of the late-1990s Tribeca cooperative-and-condominium conversion wave that preceded the 2010s trophy new-construction era. The conversion preserved the building's defining architectural features: the mushroom-headed structural columns characteristic of early-20th-century reinforced concrete industrial construction, the oversized triple-pane industrial windows that distinguish 195 Hudson's facade from the surrounding cast-iron Tribeca norm, and the 12-foot ceiling heights throughout. Apartment configurations run on substantial floor plates — the Jay-Z penthouse alone is approximately 8,000 square feet — meaningfully exceeding the typical Manhattan luxury condominium apartment scale.
The building's celebrity register is anchored by Jay-Z's 2004 penthouse acquisition at $6.85 million. The 8,000-square-foot apartment was acquired five years before Jay-Z's marriage to Beyoncé in 2008; the couple held the wedding in the apartment, and the address has remained associated with the couple in popular reporting. Additional confirmed residents have included Justin and Hailey Bieber (rented a unit at $22,000 per month in 2022) and Bethenny Frankel (former owner; purchased a 4-bedroom for just under $5 million in 2011, invested approximately $500,000 in furnishing and renovation, sold at the $6.95 million asking price in one day).
For buyers, 195 Hudson represents a particular position in the Tribeca market: 1929 Art Deco architectural pedigree, 1999 conversion vintage (placing the building structurally between the trophy new-construction tier and the older boutique conversion tier), substantial loft floor plates, and the deep celebrity register that has anchored the building's resale market for two decades.
Architecture and unit composition
The 27 residences distribute across the building's 7 stories on substantial loft floor plates. Apartment configurations run from approximately 2,500 square feet through the 8,000-square-foot Jay-Z penthouse. Interiors retain the mushroom-headed columns, oversized triple-pane industrial windows, and 12-foot ceilings characteristic of the 1929 industrial original.
Building operations
195 Hudson operates as a full-service condominium with 24-hour doorman, on-site garage, freight elevator, landscaped rooftop deck, and private on-floor storage. The amenity program is consistent with the building's late-1990s conversion vintage and its loft-conversion building type.
What to know if you’re buying
The architectural pedigree is structurally distinguishing. Ralph Walker 1929 (subject to verification); the U.S. Rubber Company headquarters lineage; the Art Deco industrial fabric is among the most distinctive in the Tribeca loft conversion tier.
The substantial loft floor plates are the value proposition. Apartment scale meaningfully exceeds the typical contemporary luxury condominium; 12-foot ceilings and oversized industrial windows define the apartment idiom.
The celebrity register shapes the building culture. The Jay-Z / Beyoncé association is publicly documented and continues to inform the building's market identity.
Tribeca North Historic District protection applies. Building sits within the district boundaries; exterior alterations subject to LPC review.
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 Jay-Z / Beyoncé register, and the loft scale. These are the structural identity-anchors of the building.
Pricing requires apartment-level comparable analysis. Recent transaction data on the specific apartment line and configuration should anchor positioning.
Closing timelines are condominium-fast. 30–45 days.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 195 Hudson Street, also evaluate:
- 443 Greenwich Street — 1882 / CetraRuddy 2017; high-end loft conversion peer in the same Tribeca North block
- The Sterling Mason (71 Laight) — Morris Adjmi 2014; conversion-plus-new-construction peer
- The American Thread Building (260 West Broadway) — 1894–1896 conversion; loft conversion peer
- 155 Franklin Street — 1882 / 1996 conversion; boutique loft peer
- 108 Leonard Street — McKim Mead & White 1894 / Beyer Blinder Belle 2018; historic conversion peer
The Roebling Team at 195 Hudson Street / formerly the U.S. Rubber Company Building
The Roebling Team at Compass works the Tribeca corridor as part of our broader Park-facing Manhattan practice. We publish this building profile because 195 Hudson buyers and sellers deserve building-specific intelligence — architectural attribution, board context, apartment-line comparable analysis — not generic neighborhood commentary.