From Lobby to Living Room: NYC Luxury Buildings With Next-Level Elevator Access

Is privacy the ultimate luxury?

For New York City’s most discerning homebuyers, the answer is often yes—especially now, when sharing a crowded elevator with strangers may be even less appealing than before.

The latest crop of new Manhattan residential developments, however, offers unique variations on private elevator entry, allowing buyers to ascend directly to their front door, foyer or living room, oftentimes without crossing paths with anyone else along the way.

212 West 93rd Street

Offering a boutique experience that embraces indoor/outdoor living, 212 West 93rd Street brings just 20 condominium residences—most featuring a generous private terrace—encased in a striking contemporary façade to Manhattan’s Upper West Side. ODA, the award-winning architecture firm known for its mold-breaking, human-centric design, conceived the 14-story building as a vertical collection of 20 individual homes. These residences range from one- to four-bedrooms, including full-floor penthouses, with gracious layouts that express the building’s architecture. As a result, 35% of the building’s homes feature elevators where residents step directly into their living rooms or private foyers, while a handful of residences comprise an entire floor.

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67 Vestry

67 Vestry, the last historic loft conversion on the Tribeca waterfront, is a luxurious boutique building with quite an interesting art world backstory. Originally built in 1896 as the warehouse for The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, 67 Vestry was converted in the 1970s into artist's lofts used by some of the most iconic artists of the 20th Century. The Romanesque revival landmark is now being restored and converted into 13 loft homes. All of the spacious loft homes at 67 Vestry are either full or half floors and have direct elevator entry, providing privacy and space. Gachot designed all of the homes and public spaces at 67 Vestry.

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532 West 20th Street

Designed and developed by Joe McMillan’s DDG, 532 West 20th Street is an intimate collection of only nine full-floor condominium residences in West Chelsea. From the private parking garage, residents have secure, direct elevator entry into their homes, each of which features a private south-facing terrace, a 50-foot-wide great room, a gas fireplace and 10-foot ceilings. The homes emphasize privacy and sanctuary in one of Manhattan's most culturally rich and architecturally significant neighborhoods.

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555 West End Avenue

Nestled in the heart of Manhattan's Upper West Side neighborhood, 555 West End Avenue offers 13 breathtaking, one-of-a-kind residences with unmatched architectural magnificence from the building's origin as a historic Beaux Arts private school. Each home at 555 West End Avenue has a unique layout, including sprawling flats, townhomes with private entrances on West End Avenue, and specialized residences born from quintessential spaces found in a historic private school, such as the penthouse gymnasium and former library. All homes are incredibly spacious, with 12.5- to 20-foot ceilings, original towering windows offering abundant natural light, private elevator landings, gracious entry foyers and voluminous eat-in, chef's kitchens. Select residences feature direct elevator entry, which provides for a seamless, discrete entrance home. Only five homes remain and immediate occupancy is available

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