Flatiron Building

The Flatiron Building is Daniel Burnham's landmarked Beaux-Arts wedge at 175 Fifth Avenue, where Fifth Avenue meets Broadway and East 22nd Street in Manhattan's Flatiron District. The Brodsky Organization and Sorgente Group, with GFP Real Estate and ABS Partners in the ownership group, are converting the 255,000-square-foot, 22-story office landmark into 38 condominium residences, with SLCE Architects leading the conversion and William Sofield of Studio Sofield designing the interiors. The restoration replaces more than 1,000 windows and repairs the terra-cotta facade, while an LED scheme by L'Observatoire International lights the building at night for the first time in its history. Roughly 10,600-square-foot floor plates and the tower's triangular geometry yield unusually large great rooms, arched windows and white oak parquet floors, with the most dramatic homes taking the prow itself. Amenities include a lap pool, hot spa and cold plunge, a fitness center, games and residents' lounges with a kitchenette and bar, a wine room and bike storage, above about 5,000 square feet of ground-floor retail.