King Charles has splashed out £5.4million ($7million) for a condo in the fourth tallest skyscraper in the US on 'billionaires row' in New York. Images show the three bedroom accommodation covering 3,600sq ft on 111 West 57th Street and his bulging property portfolio has seen him own 24 homes in New York alone.
But he can claim to have got the condo at a knockdown price as it went for £3million less than the initial £8.3million wanted in February 2022. Also known as Steinway Tower, 111 West 57th Street, is a residential skyscraper in the Midtown Manhattan neighbourhood of New York City.
It is the fourth-tallest building in the US as of November 2022, as well as the thinnest skyscraper in the world with a width-to-height ratio of about 1:24. Developed by JDS Development Group and Property Markets Group, it is situated along billionaires row on the northside of 57th Street near Sixth Avenue. The main portion of the building is an 84-story, 1,428-foot tower designed by SHoP Architects and completed in 2021.
Preserved at the base is the 16-story Steinway Building (also Steinway Hall), a former Steinway & Sons store designed by Warren and Wetmore and completed in 1925, which originally carried the address 111 West 57th Street. There are 60 luxury condominiums : 14 in Steinway Hall and 46 in the tower which has a glass facade with piers made of terracotta; its pinnacle contains setbacks on the southern side. Steinway Hall, a New York City designated landmark, contains a facade ma.