270 Broadway
270 Broadway, New York, NY 10007
Tribeca
BBL 1001357504 · BIN 1079153
- Year built
- 1930
- Type
- Condominium
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2026
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf
- $1,451
- Listing discount
- 2.5%
- Recorded sales
- 101
- On record
- 2003–2026
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Tower 270 sits on one of the most prominent corners in Lower Manhattan — Broadway at Chambers Street, directly across from City Hall Park and the Tweed Courthouse. Completed in 1930 to designs by E.H. Faile & Company, the 28-story masonry tower spent decades as the Arthur Levitt State Office Building, home to New York State agencies and, during World War II, the first headquarters of the Manhattan Engineer District — the office that launched the Manhattan Project. New York State sold the building in 2000 in what was then its highest-value property sale ever, and the developer converted the top thirteen floors into condominium residences in 2003.
What makes the building unusual is the quality of its bones. This was built as a substantial 1930 office tower, with the floor plates, ceiling heights, and masonry craft of its era — which means the condominium lofts carved from its upper floors are large, light-filled, and architecturally distinctive in ways that purpose-built apartments rarely match. Owners get a full-service condominium with a rooftop terrace and open City Hall Park and skyline views, on a corner where Tribeca, the Financial District, and the Civic Center meet.
Building operations
Tower 270 is a full-service condominium for its residential owners — a 24-hour doorman attends the Broadway entrance, a resident manager oversees the building, and the rooftop terrace is the standout shared amenity. As a condominium, the residences offer flexible financing with no co-op-style cap, a right-of-first-refusal in place of a board admissions process, and customary pied-à-terre, trust, LLC, and investor ownership. Subletting is permitted under the condominium's rules, making the building a practical option for owners who travel or hold the home as a pied-à-terre. Because the building is mixed-use, prospective buyers should review how common charges and the condominium's allocation are structured within the larger building.
Architecture and residences
The 2003 conversion turned floors 16 through 28 into 39 condominium apartments, ranging from roughly 2,000 to more than 8,000 square feet, with seventeen distinct floor plans drawn to fit the tower's large historic plates. The result is loft-scaled living — generous ceiling heights, oversized windows, and the long sightlines that come from a high floor on an open corner. The crown of the building delivers the largest homes and the best of the park, river, and skyline views, and the shared rooftop terrace offers a panorama few downtown buildings can match.
Below the residential floors, the building remains mixed-use, with office space and a separate set of rental apartments on the lower floors; the condominium operates through its own Broadway entrance, keeping the residential experience distinct.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $221,863/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $213
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 →Facade safety — Local Law 11
The latest available FISP filing classified the facade as Safe — no repairs were required at that inspection. Facade inspections run on a fixed five-year cycle; future inspection, repair, and any assessment decisions remain building-specific.
How to read this, and where it comes from
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. City record last verified September 2026.
Management & transfer contacts
- Sublet policy
- Allowed
- Notable fees
- Buyer app fee $550; move-in/out deposit $1,000 each; closing admin $225 each
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 2026 | 16D | 4 BR · 3.5 BA · 4,021 sf | $5,400,000 | $1,343/sf | +0.0% |
| Mar 20, 2026 | 9A | 1,951 sf | $3,300,000 | $1,691/sf | off-mkt |
| Jan 27, 2026 | 18C | 3 BR · 2.5 BA · 1,998 sf | $3,530,000 | $1,767/sf | -9.0% |
| Nov 24, 2025 | 19B | 3 BR · 3 BA · 2,554 sf | $4,300,000 | $1,684/sf | -3.4% |
| Aug 30, 2025 | 24C | 4 BR · 4.5 BA · 4,481 sf | $5,500,000 | $1,227/sf | +0.0% |
| Aug 26, 2025 | 24CT | 4,481 sf | $5,150,000 | $1,149/sf | off-mkt |
| Jun 3, 2025 | 24B | 3 BR · 2 BA · 1,848 sf | $3,200,000 | $1,732/sf | +3.2% |
| Aug 30, 2024 | 16D | 4 BR · 3.5 BA · 4,026 sf | $4,825,000 | $1,198/sf | off-mkt |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026) cleared a median $1,451/sf across 3 sales. Median listing discount 2.5% 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 1-00135-7504) 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
The appeal here is scale and location. Financing is flexible — no co-op cap. There is no board admissions process — purchases clear through a right-of-first-refusal. Pied-à-terre, trust, LLC, and investment purchases are customary. Because the homes are large historic conversions, no two are quite alike — buyers should focus on the specific layout, ceiling height, light, and view of each apartment rather than a building-wide average. Review the mixed-use structure and the common-charge allocation up front. For a buyer who wants a genuinely distinctive downtown loft with a rooftop and a City Hall Park outlook, there are few comparable options.
What to know if you’re selling
Lead with the building's history and the scale of the homes. A 1930 landmark-quality tower across from City Hall Park — with a Manhattan Project footnote and full-floor loft conversions — is a story few competing buildings can tell, and that distinctiveness is a marketing asset. Price each apartment on its own merits, since the conversion produced seventeen different plans; size, ceiling height, light, and view matter more than a per-square-foot rule of thumb. Closing mechanics are condominium-standard, clearing through a right-of-first-refusal on a predictable timeline. The high-floor, large-plan homes with the best park and skyline views are the prize and set the building's ceiling.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering Tower 270, also evaluate nearby Tribeca and Lower Manhattan conversion and loft inventory:
- 101 Warren Street — the Skidmore, Owings & Merrill-designed Tribeca condominium
- 200 Chambers Street — Tribeca condominium near the waterfront
- 111 Murray Street — contemporary Tribeca condominium tower
- 5 Beekman Street — landmark conversion condominium downtown
- 8 Spruce Street — full-service downtown tower near City Hall
- 130 William Street — modern Financial District 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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