Central Park Tower

A beacon of glass and steel Central Park Tower is 472-meters-tall and certified as the world’s tallest residential building. Residences have gracious living and entertaining spaces that maximize citywide views from floor-to-ceiling windows. The residential program has 179 residences that range from one-to-four bedrooms to studio suites and full-floor duplex and triplex homes.

The podium features a new department store, characterized with an undulating curved glass façade that brings prominence to the flagship store. The 225,000-sf space occupies seven retail floors, including an upper-level mechanical floor and a below-grade retail back-of house floor. The tower is also rich with amenities. Functional spaces include onsite daycare facilities, dry cleaning, storage lockers, and bike storage. Entertainment spaces include lounges, pools, spa areas, landscaped terraces, and the “Central Park Club” with 50,000 sf of amenities across three floors, including a residents’ lounge with billiards, a cigar bar, and screening room. The showpiece is a 15,000-sf outdoor terrace with a pool, cabanas, a bar, a screening wall, and an outdoor children’s playground. A major design feature is the building’s cantilever, which occurs 290 feet above grade and slips the body of the tower east for more spacious units with better views. Studies were done to ensure that the cantilever enhances the standard and quality of light for the Arts Student League next door, as skylights that bring non-glare diffuse light into their space, would remain and be very sensitive to light pollution.