| 220 Central Park South | |
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 Seen from Ninth Avenue in 2019 | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Architectural style | New Classical |
| Address | 220 Central Park South |
| Town or city | New York City |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 40°46′01″N 73°58′51″W / 40.76694°N 73.98083°W |
| Groundbreaking | 2013 |
| Completed | 2019 |
| Opened | 2018 |
| Cost | $1.4 billion[1] |
| Owner | Vornado Realty Trust |
| Height | |
| Architectural | 950 feet (290 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 70 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Robert A.M. Stern Architects & Thierry Despont SLCE Architects (architect of record) |
| Structural engineer | DeSimone Consulting Engineers |
220 Central Park South is a residential skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, situated along Billionaires' Row on the south side of Central Park South between Broadway and Seventh Avenue. 220 Central Park South was designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects and SLCE Architects, with interiors designed by Thierry Despont. It is composed of two sections: a 70-story, 950-foot (290 m) tower on 58th Street, which is the 21st-tallest building in New York City, as well as an 18-story section on Central Park South, both of which contain a limestone facade. Most of the 118 apartments are duplex apartments, although some of the units have been combined to create larger units. The building has a porte-cochère, a wine cellar, private dining rooms, and various recreational facilities.
Vornado Realty Trust developed the building on the site of a rent-stabilized apartment complex constructed in 1954. While Vornado acquired the existing apartment building in 2005, a lawsuit from the existing building's tenants forced the demolition of the existing structure to be delayed to 2012. Additionally, Vornado had to settle a dispute with Extell, which owned a garage on the site and had expressed concern that Vornado's structure would block northward views of Extell's adjacent Central Park Tower. Robert A. M. Stern's designs were released in early 2014, and the plans were approved that March. Work on the base started in 2015 and most exterior work was done by the time the first residents moved into the building in 2018.
220 Central Park South contains some of the most expensive apartments in New York City, with a secretive purchasing process and many anonymous buyers. Two of the building's units have sold for over $100 million, including a $238 million unit purchased by billionaire hedge fund manager Kenneth C. Griffin in 2019, the most expensive home ever sold in the United States at the time.