222 LES Tower + Lofts
222 East Broadway, New York, NY 10002
Lower East Side
BBL 1003157501
- Type
- Condominium
- Landmark
- No
Every recorded sale at this building, 2025–2026
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf
- $1,451
- Listing discount
- 13.9%
- Recorded sales
- 19
- On record
- 2025–2026
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A Private Pricing Opinion — what your apartment at 222 LES Tower + Lofts would likely sell for today, what it costs to sell, and what you’d walk away with — reviewed personally against condition, exposures, renovation quality, and the competition actually on the market.
222 East Broadway is one of the most ambitious for-sale developments the Lower East Side has produced: a two-part condominium that pairs a new tower with a restored 11-story Art Deco building, the former Bialystoker Home for the Aged. The combination gives buyers a genuine choice within a single condominium — sleek high-floor tower homes with open views, or loft residences in the converted Art Deco block — under one well-amenitized roof.
The development arrived as Lower East Side pricing approached record highs, and it was conceived to anchor the top of that market. Developed by Optimum Asset Management and designed by SLCE Architects with interiors by Paris Forino, it offers a depth of amenity and a scale of common space rarely seen this far downtown.
For buyers, the appeal is range and resources: 70 condominium homes from studios to four-bedrooms — including duplex loft penthouses and full-floor tower residences — with a 14,000-square-foot amenity package built around an indoor pool and a private park, in a neighborhood where new for-sale supply at this level is scarce.
Building operations
As a condominium, 222 East Broadway offers the ownership flexibility downtown buyers want. Financing is flexible — there are no co-op-style financing caps. There is no board admissions process — purchases clear through a right-of-first-refusal rather than a board package and interview. Pied-à-terre, trust, LLC, and investment purchases are customary, and resale and subletting are materially freer than in a cooperative. Pets are permitted. The amenity program is the operational standout: an indoor pool with cabanas, a fitness center with a yoga studio, a screening room, a children's playroom, and a private landscaped park with a playground and barbecue areas — roughly 14,000 square feet of shared space that is exceptional for the neighborhood.
Architecture and residences
The building's identity is the pairing of old and new. The restored Art Deco component preserves the character of the original masonry building, while the new tower delivers contemporary glass-and-stone construction with the height to capture light and views over the low-rise Lower East Side. The result is a single condominium with two distinct residential experiences — loft character on one side, modern tower living on the other.
The 70 residences span studios to four-bedrooms, with two duplex loft penthouses and select full-floor tower homes at the top of the offering. New-construction systems, contemporary ceiling heights, and current-generation kitchens and baths run throughout, with the Paris Forino interiors setting a consistent design language across both components. Value within the building is set by component, floor, exposure, and the penthouse and full-floor homes, which command the strongest pricing.
Recent sales
Recent closings at this building, curated by The Roebling Team research desk. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 2026 | 15BSponsor Sale | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,114 sf | $1,470,000 | $1,320/sf | -6.7% |
| Jun 12, 2026 | 16B | 1,114 sf | $1,500,000 | $1,346/sf | off-mkt |
| Apr 16, 2026 | 9ASponsor Sale | 1 BR · 1 BA · 564 sf | $913,000 | $1,619/sf | -16.6% |
| Mar 30, 2026 | 17A | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,104 sf | $1,665,000 | $1,508/sf | off-mkt |
| Jan 30, 2026 | 19BSponsor Sale | 1 BR · 1 BA · 709 sf | $1,125,000 | $1,587/sf | -10.0% |
| Nov 20, 2025 | 10CSponsor Sale | 1 BR · 1 BA · 703 sf | $947,000 | $1,347/sf | -2.9% |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 15ASponsor Sale | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,104 sf | $1,706,873 | $1,546/sf | -7.7% |
| Oct 24, 2025 | 17BSponsor Sale | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,123 sf | $1,570,000 | $1,398/sf | -27.4% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026) cleared a median $1,451/sf across 5 sales. Median listing discount 13.9% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy.
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 1-00315-7501) 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
Decide on the component first — tower or loft — because they offer very different living experiences at different price points within the same building. The advantages of buying a new condominium apply throughout: flexible financing, no board interview, and the customary acceptance of pied-à-terre, trust, and LLC purchases. The amenity package is a real value driver and a differentiator at resale. Diligence centers on the offering plan, common-charge and tax projections, the sponsor's warranty, and the specific home's component, floor, and exposure. We help buyers read the plan, weigh tower against loft, and benchmark the pricing.
What to know if you’re selling
A resale trades on the building's distinctive offering: a choice of tower or loft living, an amenity package anchored by an indoor pool and a private park, and a top-of-market position on the Lower East Side. The marketing job is to present the specific home — its component, light, and views — and to lean on the shared amenities and the scarcity of comparable new product. The comparison set is the newest Lower East Side condominiums, and condominium closing mechanics keep the path predictable for the flexibility-minded buyer this building attracts.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 222 East Broadway, also evaluate these Lower East Side condominiums:
- 215 Chrystie Street — a Herzog & de Meuron condominium
- 183 Chrystie Street — a new-construction Lower East Side condominium
- 196 Orchard Street — a full-service Lower East Side condominium
- 7 Essex Street — a downtown condominium
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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