Executive Plaza (74.4%) |
CitySpire (60.5%) |
Three Worldwide Plaza (54.2%) |
‘Emptiest’ skyscrapers in New York City
Up to 74.4% of residents at the skyscrapers live elsewhere.
Instead, apartments are used as pieds-à-terre or investment properties.
25% of co-op and condos in New York City are not used as primary residences.
The Vanderbilt (52.6%) |
Zeckendorf Towers (51.0%) |
Manhattan’s ten ‘EMPTIEST’ skyscrapers: Luxury buildings that are only a quarter full as property market becomes monopolized by rich foreign buyers making investments
by Sophie Jane Evans
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2905451/Manhattan-s-ten-EMPTIEST-skyscrapers-Luxury-buildings-quarter-property-market-monopolized-rich-foreign-buyers-making-investments.html
・ Up to 74% of residents at the skyscrapers live elsewhere, figures reveal
・ Instead, apartments are used as pieds-à-terre or investment properties
・ Figures reflect proportion (25%) of co-op and condos in New York City that are not used as primary residences – many, by millionaire foreigners
・ ‘Emptiest’ skyscrapers are Executive Plaza and CitySpire in Manhattan