- Year built
- 1929
- Type
- Condominium
- Units
- 146
- Floors
- 16
- Landmark
- Designated
- Pets
- Permitted under condominium rules; a dedicated pet-grooming station is provided
- Subletting
- Permitted under the condominium declaration
- Pied-à-terre
- Allowed
Every recorded sale at this building, 2013–2026
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf
- $1,711
- Listing discount
- 0.9%
- Recorded sales
- 71
- On record
- 2013–2026
360 Central Park West is the Candela condominium that shouldn't exist. Rosario Candela — the architect whose name is synonymous with the pre-war Manhattan cooperative, whose Fifth Avenue and Park Avenue towers define the ceiling of the co-op market — designed almost exclusively for buildings that would trade as cooperatives, with the board approvals, financing caps, and use restrictions that tenure implies. 360 Central Park West is the exception. Completed in 1929 and operated for most of its life as a stabilized rental building, it was reconstructed and converted to a 146-unit condominium in 2017. The result is the only pre-war Candela address on Central Park West that a buyer can acquire with condominium flexibility rather than co-op board approval.
That combination — Candela pedigree, Central Park West frontage, and condominium tenure — is genuinely scarce. Buyers who want the pre-war architectural language of the avenue's great cooperatives (The Beresford, The San Remo, The Eldorado) but who need the financing latitude, pied-à-terre allowance, and resale mechanics of a condominium have very few options on Central Park West. 360 is one of them.
The building's origin story is architecturally distinct. It sits on the former site of the Second Scotch Presbyterian Church, and Candela's design incorporated the church's chapel into the base — one of three "skyscraper church" apartment houses he executed with the builders Rothschild and Slattery in the late 1920s, a Depression-era financing model that paired a congregation's land value with a developer's apartment tower. The twin-tower massing rising above a shared masonry base is a direct product of that hybrid program.
The 2017 conversion, led by CetraRuddy Architects for sponsor Argo Real Estate, reconstructed the interiors to modern condominium standard while preserving the pre-war exterior and its position within the Upper West Side / Central Park West Historic District. Three roughly 4,000-square-foot penthouses with private setback terraces were created at the top of the building during the conversion.
For buyers, 360 Central Park West occupies a specific and defensible position: pre-war Candela architecture on the park-facing avenue, at the more residential northern end of the corridor around West 96th Street, with condominium tenure rather than the co-op board culture that governs almost every comparable pre-war address on Central Park West.
Architecture and unit composition
The building's 146 residences are distributed across a 16-story pre-war frame arranged as twin towers above a shared base. Candela's original 1929 plan and the 2017 CetraRuddy reconstruction together produce apartments with pre-war proportions — generous room dimensions, high ceilings, and hard-wall layouts — updated with modern systems, kitchens, and baths.
Unit composition spans studios and one-bedrooms through larger family layouts, with the three penthouse residences (each approximately 4,000 sf, with private setback terraces) at the top of the range. Park exposure is meaningful on the east-facing side of the building, which fronts Central Park West directly; the corner position at West 96th Street produces open sightlines to the north and toward the park.
Because the building is a true condominium, pricing is best read on a price-per-square-foot basis, in the pattern of the avenue's other condominium inventory rather than the price-per-room convention used at the surrounding cooperatives.
Building operations
360 Central Park West operates as a full-service condominium with an attended lobby, full-time door staff, and a resident manager. The amenity program — children's playroom, fitness center, pet-grooming station, private resident storage, and bicycle storage — is scaled to a family-oriented Upper West Side building rather than to the trophy-tower amenity arms race of the Billionaires' Row supertalls.
As a 2017 conversion of a 1929 building, 360 combines pre-war structure with recently reconstructed interiors and systems. Buyers should review the sponsor's offering plan, the reserve study, recent financial statements, and board minutes during due diligence — the standard diligence set for any recent conversion, where the interplay of original building age and conversion-era work warrants attention.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 2026 | 2B | 3 BR · 3 BA · 2,077 sf | $3,600,000 | $1,733/sf | -5.1% |
| Mar 18, 2026 | 8A/9A | 4 BR · 2.5 BA · 2,508 sf | $6,850,000 | $2,731/sf | -2.1% |
| Mar 18, 2026 | 11E | 3 BR · 2.5 BA · 1,923 sf | $3,200,000 | $1,664/sf | off-mkt |
| Oct 2, 2025 | 9B | 3 BR · 3.5 BA · 2,324 sf | $5,575,000 | $2,399/sf | off-mkt |
| Jul 2, 2025 | 16K | 2 BR · 2 BA · 1,210 sf | $2,840,000 | $2,347/sf | -1.9% |
| Mar 24, 2025 | 14E | 1 BR · 1 BA | $1,170,000 | -6.4% | |
| Jan 17, 2025 | 8B | 3 BR · 3.5 BA · 2,324 sf | $6,037,500 | $2,598/sf | -2.5% |
| Jan 3, 2025 | 4G | 1 BA · 393 sf | $710,000 | $1,807/sf | -5.3% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026) cleared a median $1,711/sf across 2 sales. Median listing discount 0.9% 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.
Other recent transfers
| Date | Unit | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 2013 | RESID | $9,831,030 |
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 1-01209-7502) 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 Candela-condominium combination is the whole point. You are buying pre-war Candela architecture on Central Park West with condominium mechanics — a genuinely scarce pairing. Confirm the details that make the tenure valuable to you (financing latitude, pied-à-terre allowance, subletting) against the current declaration and house rules.
Condo flexibility is real. 30–45 day closings; foreign buyers welcome; pied-à-terre and investment use permitted under the declaration; subletting allowed.
Diligence the conversion. A 1929 building reconstructed in 2017 warrants review of the offering plan, reserve study, financial statements, and board minutes. Confirm the scope and warranty status of the conversion-era work.
Position within the corridor. The building sits at the northern, more residential end of Central Park West around West 96th Street — closer in character to a family Upper West Side building than to the trophy tier further south. Evaluate the location against your priorities.
Run the mansion-tax math on the larger units. Penthouse and larger-layout pricing can cross the $2M, $3M, and higher mansion-tax cliffs. Run pricing through the Mansion Tax Calculator.
What to know if you’re selling
Lead with scarcity. The pitch is specific: the only pre-war Candela condominium on Central Park West. That is a defensible, marketable position that separates the building from both the avenue's cooperatives and the newer condominium product.
Pricing requires apartment-level comparable analysis. Exposure, floor, park sightlines, and configuration drive pricing variation; the narrow condominium comparable set on Central Park West makes apartment-level analysis essential.
Closing timelines are condo-fast. 30–45 days from contract to closing.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 360 Central Park West, also evaluate:
- The Eldorado (300 Central Park West) — Emery Roth twin-tower pre-war cooperative on Central Park West
- The Beresford (211 Central Park West) — Emery Roth pre-war cooperative, the CPW trophy tier
- The San Remo (145 Central Park West) — Emery Roth twin-tower pre-war cooperative
- The St. Urban (285 Central Park West) — pre-war cooperative on the avenue
- 15 Central Park West — Robert A.M. Stern's pre-war-styled condominium; the benchmark for park-facing condominium tenure
- 215 West 84th Street — modern Upper West Side new-construction condominium alternative
The Roebling Team at 360 Central Park West
The Roebling Team at Compass specializes in Central Park West, the Upper East Side, and the broader Park-facing Manhattan market — including the pre-war cooperatives and the scarce pre-war condominium inventory of the avenue. We publish this building profile because buyers and sellers deserve building-specific intelligence — architecture, tenure mechanics, operational reality, and apartment-level pricing — not generic market commentary.
If you're considering a purchase or sale at 360 Central Park West, a 30-minute consultation is the right starting point. We'll bring the full context this page provides plus the transactional specifics your situation requires.
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, schools, transit, and pricing across Central Park West — read The Roebling Team Guide to Central Park West.
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