- Year built
- 1900
- Type
- Cooperative
- Landmark
- No
City Hall Tower stands on the southwest corner of Broadway and Warren Street, directly across from City Hall Park — one of the most historic and most transit-connected corners in Lower Manhattan. The eight-story Neo-Renaissance loft building went up around the turn of the last century as the flagship of Rogers, Peet & Company, one of America's first ready-made menswear concerns; the firm occupied the building for roughly seventy years before it was converted to a residential cooperative. The result is a true loft co-op with genuine commercial bones — high ceilings, oversized windows, and the wide, column-spanned floor-plates that retail and showroom space required.
For buyers, the draw is loft living at the gateway to Tribeca with extraordinary access: nearly every major subway line is within a few blocks, City Hall Park is across the street, and the restaurants and shops of Tribeca proper begin a short walk north. As a cooperative, it offers the value and community that downtown co-op lofts are known for, in a building with a clear historic identity.
Building operations
City Hall Tower runs as a residential cooperative with a live-in resident manager, central laundry, bike storage, individual basement storage, and video-intercom security at the entrance. As a co-op, purchases are reviewed by the board and clear through a board package and interview; financing and sublet policy are set by the board in the manner customary for downtown loft cooperatives, and buyers should plan for the standard co-op application process. The corner location, directly across from City Hall Park and atop the downtown subway hub, is the operational headline — among the most connected residential addresses in the city.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $783,970/yr
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $847,405/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $1,485 – $1,605
Facade safety — Local Law 11
An active hazard: the building must keep a sidewalk shed up and make repairs now — expect construction, disruption, and a likely special assessment. We’d get you the repair scope and the building’s funding plan up front, so you go in knowing exactly what’s underway and what it’s likely to cost.
QEWI = Qualified Exterior Wall Inspector — the licensed engineer the city requires to sign the report (the independent expert, not the managing agent). Source: NYC DOB facade filings (FISP) · The Roebling Research Library.
See the full facade history →Recent sales
With roughly four dozen residences, City Hall Tower turns over at a measured pace — a handful of resales in a typical year across the loft layouts. Pricing reflects the downtown loft-cooperative tier: the combination of historic loft character, a prominent City Hall corner, and unmatched transit access supports solid value, with the larger, corner, and renovated lofts commanding the premiums. As a co-op, the building offers a relative-value entry into Tribeca-adjacent loft living compared with the area's condominium stock. The auto-generated sales record reflects recorded transfers as they post.
What to know if you’re buying
This is a downtown loft co-op with a landmark address. Expect the cooperative process: a board package, an interview, and board-set financing and sublet policy — plan accordingly and let us help you assemble a strong application. The product to study is the loft itself: ceiling height, window line, and corner exposure vary across the floor-plates, and the renovated and corner homes are the premium inventory. The trade-off for the co-op process is value and access — loft volume across from City Hall Park, on top of the subway, at a price the surrounding condominiums rarely match. We help buyers read the resale history and weigh City Hall Tower against the downtown loft market.
What to know if you’re selling
Lead with the address and the history. A loft across from City Hall Park, in the former Rogers, Peet flagship, on the city's deepest transit hub, is a distinctive story — and the loft proportions are the product downtown buyers come for. Benchmark to the downtown loft-cooperative market, positioning the building's value against the pricier condominium loft stock nearby. Present the loft's strengths — ceiling height, light, corner exposure, any renovation — and prepare the buyer for the co-op process early, so the board package moves cleanly. A well-presented corner or renovated loft competes against limited comparable supply.
Comparable buildings
If you're weighing City Hall Tower, also evaluate the downtown loft and condominium addresses nearby:
- 261 Broadway — pre-war Broadway loft building across from City Hall Park
- 270 Broadway — Civic Center loft conversion nearby
- 233 Broadway — the Woolworth corridor, downtown loft living
- 150 Nassau Street — Beaux-Arts loft condominium in the Civic Center
- 130 William Street — Financial District condominium tower
- 100 Hudson Street — Tribeca loft building to the north
The Roebling Team at City Hall Tower
The Roebling Team at Compass specializes in the downtown loft market — the converted commercial buildings, the co-op lofts, and the condominiums of Tribeca and the Civic Center. We publish this profile because downtown buyers and sellers deserve building-specific intelligence: how a loft cooperative like City Hall Tower trades, what the corner and renovated lofts are worth, and how to position a sale against the area's condominium stock.
If you're considering a purchase or sale at City Hall Tower, a 30-minute consultation is the right starting point.
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