Residential Conversions & New Buildings

financial district

liberty tower
1910 postcard

Liberty Tower

55 Liberty Street, Manhattan

Conversion to residential use of a 33 story, 175,000sf store and office building in the Financial District. Designed by Henry Ives Cobb, Architect in a neo-Gothic Style and constructed with a terra-cotta and stone facade in 1909. Liberty Tower is one of the early romantic skyscrapers which changed the skyline of lower Manhattan.

In 1978, the conversion of Liberty Tower introduced residential use to the Financial District. Joseph Pell Lombardi, as both architect and investor, conserved the exterior, designed the interiors, reinstated missing historic elements, and converted the building into 89 residential units on the upper floors and retail stores on the first floor, mezzanine and cellar.

Landmarks Preservation Commission and Board of Standards & Appeals approval.

9-15 murray street

9-15 Murray Street

Manhattan

Conversion to residential lofts of a 12 story 110,000sf, store and office building. Constructed in the early 20th century with a limestone and brick facade in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan.

City Planning Commission approval.

broad exchange building

Broad Exchange Building

25 Broad Street, Manhattan

Preparation of a National Register Nomination and obtaining an Historic Investment Tax Credit for a 500,000sf 21 story skyscraper in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan.

Designed by Clinton & Russell, Architects, in an Italian Renaissnace Palazzo Style and constructed with a granite, brick and terra-cotta facade in 1899.

165 william street

165 William Street

Manhattan

Conversion to residential lofts on the upper floors of a 10 story, 65,000sf, store and loft building building in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan.

City Planning Commission approval.

64-68 fulton street

64-68 Fulton Street

Manhattan

Conversion to residential lofts on the upper floors of an 11 story, 40,000sf store and loft building in the Seaport Financial District.