Central Park Tower (217 West 57th Street)
217 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019
Central Midtown
BBL 1010297502 · BIN 1090180
- Year built
- 2020
- Type
- Condominium
- Units
- 179
- Floors
- 98
- Landmark
- No
- Pets
- Permitted under condominium rules
- Subletting
- Permitted under the condominium declaration
- Pied-à-terre
- Allowed
Every recorded sale at this building, 2021–2026
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf
- $4,704
- Listing discount
- 13.2%
- Recorded sales
- 134
- On record
- 2021–2026
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Central Park Tower is the tallest residential building in the world by occupied floor height, the most architecturally and operationally ambitious modern Manhattan supertall, and the culmination of the Billionaires' Row development thesis that Extell's Gary Barnett initiated at One57 a decade earlier. The building rises 1,550 feet above 57th Street on a 28-foot eastern cantilever — an engineering decision made explicitly to extend the Park view envelope from a deeper position on the lot than the building's footprint would otherwise permit. The result is the highest, longest, and most architecturally framed views of Central Park ever offered in private Manhattan residences.
The development team is significant. Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill — the architectural firm responsible for Dubai's Burj Khalifa and a substantial portion of the modern supertall canon globally — designed Central Park Tower as their first Manhattan residential commission. Extell Development, which had pioneered Billionaires' Row at One57, partnered with Shanghai Municipal Investment Group to capitalize the project at the scale required (estimates of total construction cost exceed $4 billion). The result is a building that operates at the intersection of global supertall expertise and Manhattan luxury condominium positioning.
The amenity program is the building's other defining feature. The Central Park Club occupies approximately 50,000 sf and includes the 100th-floor grand ballroom — seating up to 130 people, with a private bar, dining room, wine and cigar lounge, and views across the entire metropolitan area. The amenity package exceeds anything in the Manhattan supertall corpus including 432 Park, One57, 220 CPS, and 111 West 57th. For buyers who value resort-grade amenity infrastructure within their residential building, Central Park Tower is the apex offering.
The retail program is structurally meaningful. Nordstrom occupies floors 1–5 and subcellars 1–2, totaling 360,000 sf with 285,000 sf within Central Park Tower's footprint — anchoring the building's base in active luxury retail. Residents access the building through dedicated residential entries; the Nordstrom presence affects daily life primarily through the street-level activity it generates and through the building's overall positioning as a mixed-use luxury destination.
For buyers, Central Park Tower represents a particular tier of modern Manhattan supertall inventory: the tallest, the most amenity-saturated, the most recently completed, and the most architecturally engineered for Park views. Pricing reflects the positioning, though secondary-market activity has cleared at meaningful discounts to original sponsor pricing.
Architecture and unit composition
The 179 condominium residences span the building's tower section, with apartments scaled from approximately 1,400 sf 1BRs at the lower residential floors to multi-floor penthouses exceeding 17,000 sf at the top. Configurations include 2BRs, 3BRs, 4BRs, and the larger penthouse-tier inventory.
The 28-foot cantilever on the eastern side is the building's signature engineering decision, producing apartments with extended view envelopes that exceed those of the surrounding supertalls (One57, 432 Park, 220 CPS, 111 West 57th). Floor-to-ceiling glass on the Park-facing exposures maximizes the visual aperture. Ceilings are 11 feet in primary rooms in the standard floor plates and exceed 11 feet in the penthouse tier.
View altitude is exceptional — apartments above the 80th floor command unobstructed sight lines across Central Park to its northern boundary, the Hudson and New Jersey to the west, downtown and the East River to the south, and Queens and the East River bridges to the east. View permanence is essentially absolute given the surrounding development envelope (the other supertalls are now built out).
Interior finishes were specified at the high end of 2019–2020-era new-construction Manhattan supertalls — limestone, marble, custom millwork, top-tier kitchens, primary bathrooms with substantial spa-tier finishes.
Building operations
Central Park Tower operates as a luxury condominium with full-time doorman, 24-hour concierge, on-site parking, and the Central Park Club amenity program. Common charges and property taxes are substantial; carrying costs on substantial apartments reach the $20K–$35K/month range before utilities, with the top-tier penthouse inventory carrying meaningfully higher.
The building has had modest operational issues consistent with the supertall category. The 2020 completion date places Central Park Tower at the most recent end of the modern supertall corpus, which means less occupancy history to draw on for defect-and-maintenance pattern analysis than 432 Park (completed 2015) or One57 (completed 2014). There has not been the scale of defect litigation that has emerged at 432 Park — see The Roebling Report's The Cracks in a $90M Penthouse — but buyers should review current building engineering reports, board minutes, and reserve studies during due diligence with the supertall-category risk profile in mind.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $206,685/yr
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $1,070,121/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $96 – $498
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.
Recent sales
Central Park Tower's 2024–2026 recorded activity establishes the building as the late-cycle anchor of Billionaires' Row's upper-tier price discovery. The June 2024 penthouse closing is the defining transaction, and it confirmed what the rest of the record shows: the secondary market is not paying sponsor-era top tickets. Full-floor inventory has continued to clear at the top of the building's range, and half-floor and partial-floor E-line product has settled into a consistent late-cycle band. The compact two-bedrooms hold premium pricing where they carry north-facing Park exposure. The exception is west-facing half-floor product, where extended marketing has produced meaningful discounts; that pattern repeats at peer supertalls (One57, 432 Park) where directional exposure drives the largest pricing gaps within a building.
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 22, 2026 | 113 | 5 BR · 5.5 BA · 7,074 sf | $46,958,750 | $6,638/sf | -14.5% |
| May 27, 2026 | 70N | 2 BR · 2.5 BA · 1,435 sf | $8,170,250 | $5,694/sf | -7.2% |
| Apr 28, 2026 | 57W | 3 BR · 3.5 BA · 3,165 sf | $12,660,529 | $4,000/sf | -8.9% |
| Mar 24, 2026 | 48B | 3 BR · 3.5 BA · 2,649 sf | $11,947,025 | $4,510/sf | -11.5% |
| Mar 12, 2026 | 82E | 4 BR · 4.5 BA · 4,295 sf | $23,991,875 | $5,586/sf | -10.1% |
| Feb 27, 2026 | 81E | 4 BR · 4.5 BA · 4,295 sf | $24,502,250 | $5,705/sf | -7.2% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | 67N | 2 BR · 2.5 BA · 1,435 sf | $7,864,025 | $5,480/sf | -8.6% |
| Jun 25, 2025 | 90W | 3 BR · 3.5 BA · 3,073 sf | $15,060,312 | $4,901/sf | -8.7% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026) cleared a median $4,704/sf across 5 sales. Median listing discount 13.2% 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 1-01029-1260) 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.
At the recent median sale of $13.17M (15 sales since 2024), a buyer putting 25% down would pay about $740,500 to close, or 5.6% of the price.
- Mansion tax: $428,088
- Mortgage recording tax: $190,170
- Title insurance: $59,274
- Attorneys, lender, building fees, reserves and filings: $62,969
Assumes a resale (the seller pays transfer taxes), a $4,500 attorney fee and a mortgage on the rest.
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What to know if you’re buying
The amenity program is the building's primary value proposition. Buyers who value the 100th-floor ballroom, Central Park Club integration, and resort-grade infrastructure will weight the building substantially. Buyers who prefer pure-residential buildings without commercial-grade amenities may find the program excessive for their needs (and reflected in carrying costs).
View altitude is the structural advantage. The 1,550-foot total height and 28-foot cantilever produce view envelopes that exceed peer supertalls. For Park view-focused buyers, Central Park Tower is the apex offering.
Carrying cost is the highest in the supertall category. Model the full monthly nut (common charges + property taxes + utilities + insurance) carefully. Substantial apartments carry $20K–$35K+/month before any apartment-specific assessments.
Pricing discipline matters in the secondary market. Recent sponsor concessions and secondary-market contracts reflect a market that is not paying sponsor-era top tickets. Comparable analysis at the apartment level — view altitude, floor, exposure, configuration — should drive pricing decisions more than sponsor reference prices.
Condo flexibility is real. 30–45 day closings; foreign buyers welcome; pied-à-terre and investment use permitted under the declaration; subletting allowed.
Due diligence applies to all supertalls. Review current engineering reports, reserve studies, board minutes, and any active litigation status. Central Park Tower is the most recent of the major supertalls, which means less occupancy history but also less accumulated maintenance pattern; the supertall-category risk profile applies.
The Nordstrom retail base is a feature. Residents value the proximity to flagship luxury retail; some buyers prefer cleaner residential buildings without the foot-traffic context Nordstrom generates. View the building's residential entrance and circulation in person.
What to know if you’re selling
Marketing requires global reach. The buyer pool is international; access to Asian, Middle Eastern, European broker networks is material at the building's price points.
Pricing requires apartment-level context. Recent secondary-market trades have shown meaningful concessions to original sponsor pricing; sellers should align expectations with apartment-level comparable analysis rather than sponsor reference prices.
The amenity program is a marketing asset. Listing copy should highlight the 100th-floor ballroom, Central Park Club, view envelope, and amenity differentiation versus peer supertalls.
Closing timelines are condo-fast. 30–45 days from contract signing to closing.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering Central Park Tower, also evaluate:
- One57 (157 W 57th) — Extell's earlier Billionaires' Row supertall; 2014 vintage; mixed-use with Park Hyatt
- 432 Park Avenue — Viñoly 2015 supertall; documented defect litigation
- 220 Central Park South — Stern 2018 supertall; classical limestone; smaller amenity package
- 111 West 57th (Steinway Tower) — JDS 2021; slimmest skyscraper; smallest unit count
- 53 West 53rd (MoMA Tower) — Jean Nouvel 2019; supertall over MoMA; more architectural, smaller scale
- 520 Park Avenue — Stern 2018 trophy condominium; classical detailing; smaller scale than the Billionaires' Row supertalls
More Billionaires' Row buildings
- 53 West 53rd Street (MoMA Tower) — 2019 condominium by Jean Nouvel
- 111 West 57th Street (Steinway Tower) — 2021 condominium by SHoP Architects
- One57 (157 West 57th Street) — 2010 condominium by Christian de Portzamparc
- 220 Central Park South — 2018 condominium by Robert A.M. Stern Architects
- 432 Park Avenue — 2011 condominium by Rafael Viñoly
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across Billionaires' Row — read The Roebling Team Guide to Billionaires' Row.
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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