Southmoor House

Southmoor House is a 17-story Art Deco cooperative completed in 1938, with the period's characteristic restraint — a one-story limestone base, a two-story limestone entrance surround, an entrance marquee, and sidewalk landscaping that gives the building a gracious street presence. The massing and detailing are quietly of their moment, a modern pre-war building rather than an ornamented historicist one.

The building's roughly 75 residences include the prized park-facing lines — the B, C, and D apartments take in Central Park views — while many homes have been combined over the years to capture both park and southern city views. Floor plans run from well-proportioned studios and one-bedrooms through larger and combined homes, with the pre-war proportions, plaster detail, and solid construction that buyers seek in a building of this vintage. The upper-floor park lines carry the building's premium.

Southmoor House runs as a full-service cooperative. Staffing includes a resident manager, a full-time doorman, and porter coverage, with a laundry room and the well-maintained common spaces of an established building; the cooperative is known for strong financials. As a cooperative, purchases clear a board application, financial review, and interview, and the board sets policy on subletting, pets, financing, and pied-à-terre use — buyers should expect a standard, thorough co-op admissions process appropriate to a Central Park South address.

With roughly 75 cooperative residences, Southmoor House turns over at a measured cadence — a handful of resale closings in an active year. Pricing is driven heavily by exposure: the park-view lines command a clear premium over the south- and side-facing homes, and combined apartments with dual exposures sit at the top of the building. Because the public sales record for this address is generated directly from the building's tax lot, the most current closed-sale history is best read from that live record; the durable pattern is exposure-driven — park views and combined layouts lead, with the strongest demand at the upper floors.

This is a true Central Park South cooperative with park-view inventory at the corridor's most convenient end. Exposure is everything — the B, C, and D park lines and any combined dual-exposure homes carry the value, and they are worth waiting for. The full-service operation and strong financials are part of the building's appeal and underpin its stability. Expect a thorough cooperative purchase: a board package, financial review, and interview, with the board governing subletting, financing, and pied-à-terre use. The western, Columbus Circle location adds transit, dining, and Lincoln Center access that the eastern end of Central Park South lacks. We help buyers assemble a strong board package and benchmark the home against the broader Central Park South and Columbus Circle market.

Lead with the park and the address. A Central Park South cooperative with genuine park views is exactly what buyers search for, and the western, Columbus Circle location is a real convenience advantage to flag. Benchmark to the Central Park South and Columbus Circle co-op set, and price to exposure — park-line and combined homes lead the building. The strong financials and full-service operation reassure buyers and support value. A clean, well-prepared board package and presentation that showcases the park exposure produce the best results.

If you're considering Southmoor House, also evaluate nearby Central Park South and Columbus Circle inventory:

• 200 Central Park South — full-service building near Columbus Circle
• 210 Central Park South — landmark cooperative on the corridor
• 220 Central Park South — luxury Central Park South building
• 240 Central Park South — Art Deco landmark cooperative
• 112 Central Park South — pre-war cooperative on the corridor
• 50 Central Park South — landmark address near the Plaza

The Roebling Team at Compass specializes in the Central Park South, Columbus Circle, and park-facing Manhattan market. We publish this profile because buyers and sellers at a Central Park South cooperative deserve building-specific intelligence: the architecture, the park-view lines, the board's actual process, and where pricing sits against the broader corridor.

If you're considering a purchase or sale at Southmoor House, a 30-minute consultation is the right starting point.