Waldorf Astoria New York, which has been closed since 2017, sells new residences. Some are already preferred before the revised hotel will be reopened this spring.
The Hotel – an Art -Deco -Masterwerk from Schultze and Weaver in the Avenue Park in Manhattan – always had a residential component: It was all of Cole Porter, Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Herbert Hoover, Harry S. Truman and D. Eisenhower. The exterior of the building was described in 1993 by the Landmark Preservation Commission as a landmark, and parts of the interior were referred to by the same body in 2017.
The residences in the original building were hotel rooms or suites, for which the inmates paid long -term room prices.
The building was renamed Astoria New York in Waldorf. The residents of Waldorf Astoria Residences New York have their own entrance in the 303 Park Avenue, just north of the main entrance of the hotel. The floors one to five are occupied by the hotel's lobby and the hotel's functional rooms. Six to 12 contain hotel guests.
The 372 residences with a size of 564 square meters to over 6,500 square foot with 125 layouts will be covered by the floors from 19 to 52. The amenities for the residences will take the soil from 19 and 25 to 27 to 25 to 27. The sale of the residences managed by Douglas Elliman Development Marketing began in 2021, and the owners began to fill them last December.
According to Loretta Shanahan, Senior Director of Sales, residents of the Waldorf Astoria Residences New York can buy furnished residences. “The purchase of a furnished residence ensures a seamless, effortless lifestyle for people who spend the days here and on weekends here and on weekends,” she said.
B&B Italia offers warm and cool color pallets for furniture and accessories in the residences. Kitchen appliances come from Gaggenau. Bang & Olufsen offers optional audiovisual packages. The bathrooms contain heated soils, rain showers and tailor -made vanities.
The hotel was sold in 2014 for 1.95 billion US dollars by Hilton, its previous owner, to the ANVENG Insurance Group, a Chinese company that closed the building in 2017 to restore and renew the building to reopen it in four years.
But the Chinese government took control of offering in 2018, sent its chairman to prison for fraud and founded the Daija Insurance Group 2019 to take control of the assets. Daija now has the hotel and the residences.
The restoration and renewal process of Waldorf Astoria New York has extended far longer than originally expected due to its change in property, global supply chain problems and the increased costs that result from the Covid 19 pandemic.
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill or Som was discontinued by Daija to develop and present a plan for the Waldorf landmark, which combines adaptive reuse, maintenance and restoration.
“This is a historic building and, as such columns, rays and beaten windows, instead of flat plates and glass curtain walls such as a new building,” said Frank Mahan, a main leader for practice and adaptive reuse in Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. “We used these functions to give the residential units character.”
Som, which worked with the Conservation project Associates, discovered in his investigation that the original Waldorf building contained almost 5,600 windows with steel frames warm gray. The company also discovered that only one of the original windows still existed, and used it as a model for the new windows of the building, which have an aluminum frame and energy -efficient double glazing.
The tip of the building contains two copper pinnacles, in which the mechanical systems of the Waldorf Astoria were originally housed. The copper has been completely restored and the two summits were converted into Penthouse duplexes, the details of which have not yet to be released.
The residents have access to over 50,000 square meters of new amenities, including a private Porte-Cocher with 24-hour workers service in the EAST 50TH Street between Park and Lexington Avenue. And a private club in the 19th floor, which is called “first -class business facility”.
The interior design of the residences comes from the designer Jean-Louis Deniot, and Simon de Pury, an art collector and auctioneer, curated works of art in the private lobby of the Residences and elsewhere.
The following interviews were easily processed for length and clarity.
Mr. Mahan about adaptive reuse:
In order to plan a new future for the Waldorf Astoria, we started with deep research into its history. We examined the design intent of the original architects, the existing building conditions and the rich cultural history of the Waldorf. Only through the understanding of its history can the changes over time and contemporary requirements represent a new future for such an important building.
By compensating for conservation, restoration and adaptive reuse, we have to create the configuration of the building – from the column placement to the window arrangement – to create characters instead of against these elements. This has made it possible for us to create contemporary houses and amenities in which the past is still available.
Mrs. Shanahan about residential offers:
Our customers extend almost across all corner of the world. Many reduce or look for a change in the lifestyle. For those who live in buildings who may not offer a wide range of amenities, our property offers a new standard of living. Today, both rental and condominium buildings in New York are increasingly focusing on delivering improved amenities in order to meet the developing expectations of their residents.
Mr. Deniot about the interior design:
In every way, you can feel the influence of the Art -deco influence in every function, but it is a Art -deco that you have never experienced before. I pushed it further into modernity, beyond the traditional forms we are used to. It remembers, but feels like a fresh version of the Art -deco spirit.