Billionaires' Row is the term for a collection of supertall luxury skyscrapers in New York City along the southern end of Central Park. The buildings are home to some of the most expensive residential real estate in the world. Some were recently finished, and others are still under construction.
I walked around Billionaires' Row to check out eight of the newest, tallest, and most luxurious towers in New York City.
The borders of Billionaires' Row are not officially defined, but real estate agents described it to me as an area south of Central Park between 57th St. and 59th St., and between 8th Ave. and reaching as far east as 2nd Ave.
Three of the eight towers are on 57th Street, a bustling thoroughfare that includes some classic New York City destinations including the Russian Tea Room and Carnegie Hall.
I started my tour walking along 57th street from east to west. Here's a guide to the buildings you'll find on those blocks.
1. ) 111 W. 57th St., also known as "Steinway Tower."
next slide will load in 15 secondsSkip AdSkip AdActive listings at 111 W. 57th St. range from $18 million for a three-bedroom to $57 million for a four-bedroom penthouse, according to StreetEasy.
2.) 157 W. 57th St., commonly referred to as "One 57."
According to Curbed, One 57 has been nicknamed the "Billionaire Building."
Chinese billionaire Liu Yiqian and billionaire hedge-fund manager Bill Ackman are both known to have bought units in the tower.
Ackman, along with a few "very good friends, "bought a $91.5 million penthouse in the building in 2012, with the intention of flipping it rather than living in it, according to Curbed.
Current listings in the tower range from $3.85 million for a one-bedroom condo to $58.5 million for a full-floor residence on the 87th floor.
Height: 1,005 feet
Notable buyers: Dell Technologies founder Michael Dell, Chinese billionaire Liu Yiqian, billionaire hedge-fund manager Bill Ackman
State of completion: Completed in 2014
Estimated cost of construction: $1.25 billion
3.) 225 W. 57th St., also known as "Central Park Tower."
Sales in Central Park Tower launched in October 2018.
Central Park Tower is made up of 179 luxury units, 20 of which are priced at $60 million or more.
Gary Barnett, the founder of Extell Development, which is behind the building, told The Wall Street Journal in January that sales in the tower have been "decent," but no major transactions have yet been made public.
Height: 1,550 feet
Notable buyers: Unknown
Status: Under construction, to be finished in 2020
Estimated cost of construction: $1.2 billion
next slide will load in 15 secondsSkip AdSkip Ad4.) 220 Central Park South.
220 Central Park South, designed by architect Robert A.M. Stern, sits right along Central Park on 59th Street.
The tower comprises an 18-story building called "The Villa," behind which will be the 953-foot tower with 118 luxury condos.
220 Central Park is home to the most expensive home ever sold in US history.
Sales in the 79-story building have already broken records. In January 2019, billionaire hedge-fund manager Ken Griffin bought a $238 million penthouse at 220 Central Park South, making it the most expensive home ever sold in the US.
According to StreetEasy, there are no active listing at 220 Central Park South. But three condos are listed for rent, two three-bedrooms for $59,000 a month each, and another three-bedroom going for $60,000 a month.
Height: 953 feet
Notable buyers: Ken Griffin
Status: Under construction, to be finished in 2019
Estimated cost of construction: $1.4 billion
5.) 53 W. 53rd Street.
Sales at the skyscraper, which is steps from Rockefeller Center and topped out at its full height of 1,050 feet in August 2018, have been poor, partly due to the abundance of super-luxury towers in the area, Crain's reported in February 2019.
The most expensive sale to date in the still-under-construction building just went into contract for $33.5 million, a publicist for the building told me.
53 W. 53rd St. is the southern-most tower of Billionaires Row.
next slide will load in 15 secondsSkip AdSkip Ad432 Park Ave is home to several notable residents.
520 Park Ave is the only of the Billionaire's Row buildings located in the Upper East Side, rather than Midtown.
8.) 252 E. 57th St.
252 E. 57th St. is a bit of an outlier from the rest of Billionaires' Row, when it comes to both location and height.
It tops out at only 712 feet tall, making it the shortest of the Billionaires' Row skyscrapers, and it sits farther east than any of the other towers.
But the level of luxury at the 65-floor building seem to have allowed 252 E. 57th St. to be a part of the exclusive Billionaires' Row club, with perhaps slightly lower prices.
Edward Seisdedos, a real estate broker at Compass, told me he's sold three apartments in the building totaling about $20 million.