The Centurion
33 West 56th Street, New York, NY 10019
Central Midtown
BBL 1012727501 · BIN 1035044
- Year built
- 2008
- Type
- Condominium
- Landmark
- No
Every recorded sale at this building, 2009–2025
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf
- $1,191
- Listing discount
- 11.0%
- Recorded sales
- 80
- On record
- 2009–2025
The Centurion holds a singular place in New York architecture: it is the only ground-up residential condominium in the city designed by I.M. Pei, the Pritzker Prize–winning architect, working with his son Sandi Pei. Completed in 2008 on West 56th Street just off Fifth Avenue, the building is a piece of design pedigree as much as a place to live — a limestone tower with the proportion, restraint, and craft that defined Pei's work.
The location is among the best in Midtown: steps from Fifth Avenue, a short walk to Central Park, and surrounded by galleries, flagship retail, world-class restaurants, and hotels. Within that setting, The Centurion offers a small, white-glove condominium — 48 residences — with an architectural provenance no neighbor can claim.
For buyers, the case is rare and specific: an I.M. Pei–designed condominium, finished in French limestone, with full-service staffing and an attended garage, at the geographic heart of Midtown — and the financing flexibility and ownership latitude a condominium provides.
Building operations
As a condominium, The Centurion offers the ownership flexibility serious Midtown 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 at a condominium of this caliber, and resale and subletting are materially freer than in a cooperative. Service is white-glove: a 24-hour doorman and concierge, the Pei-designed lobby water garden, a private fitness center, and a 65-car attended garage — an unusual on-site amenity for a building of this size and location.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $50,995/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $90
Facade safety — Local Law 11
The latest available filing classified the facade as SWARMP — Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program: the engineer identified conditions requiring monitoring or repair before the next inspection cycle. The scope, timeline, and how the building funds the work are building-specific — we review the filings and board materials for you.
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 →Management & transfer contacts
- Notable fees
- Condo sale Application Processing Fee $700 ($750 without a Broker); Move In/Out Fee $600 each
Recent sales
Recent closings at this building, curated by The Roebling Team research desk. Apartment-level facts are independently verified before publishing; sale prices reflect the recorded transfer amount at the NYC Department of Finance.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | PPSF | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 23, 2025 | 8A | 1 BR · 2 BA · 1,210 sf | $1,425,000 | $1,178/sf | -20.6% |
| Nov 6, 2024 | 6D | 1 BR · 1.5 BA · 1,054 sf | $1,450,000 | $1,376/sf | -11.0% |
| Nov 4, 2024 | 9D | 2 BR · 2.5 BA · 1,515 sf | $2,625,000 | $1,733/sf | -16.7% |
| Feb 6, 2024 | 4C | 1 BR · 1.5 BA · 987 sf | $1,400,000 | $1,418/sf | -17.4% |
| Dec 5, 2023 | 5C | 1 BR · 1.5 BA · 987 sf | $1,375,000 | $1,393/sf | -18.9% |
| Nov 29, 2022 | 9C | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,353 sf | $2,900,000 | $2,143/sf | -23.6% |
| Nov 16, 2022 | 5A | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,198 sf | $1,910,000 | $1,594/sf | -11.2% |
| Aug 9, 2022 | 4C | 1 BR · 1.5 BA · 987 sf | $1,400,000 | $1,418/sf | off-mkt |
Market read. Most recent trades (2025) cleared a median $1,191/sf across 1 sale. Median listing discount 11.0% 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 1-01272-7501) 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
The advantages of a condominium apply in full: flexible financing, no board interview, and the customary acceptance of pied-à-terre, trust, and LLC purchases. The building's distinguishing features — Pei design, French limestone, the lantern windows, the attended garage — are durable value drivers and worth weighing carefully against floor and exposure. Diligence centers on the offering plan, the common-charge and tax structure, the reserve, and the specific home's ceiling height, terrace, and views. We help buyers underwrite the apartment, weigh the comparison set, and structure the purchase.
What to know if you’re selling
The story sells itself: I.M. Pei's only ground-up residential condominium in New York, in French limestone, with a sculptural lobby water garden, on a prime Midtown block. The marketing core is the architecture and the scarcity, and the comparison set is the top tier of new and recent luxury condominiums in the Fifth Avenue corridor. Presenting a home's ceiling height, terrace, and light accurately — and positioning a lantern or penthouse residence on its uniqueness — is what produces a standout result in a building this small.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering The Centurion, also evaluate these Midtown and Fifth Avenue–corridor buildings:
- 150 West 56th Street — a Midtown high-rise
- 230 West 56th Street — a West 56th Street tower
- 25 West 54th Street — Regent House, a pre-war co-op two blocks south
- 17 West 54th Street — a West 54th Street building near Fifth Avenue
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