Ex-Goldman Sachs HQ offers luxury $10k a month pads to New York elite

Goldman Sachs’ former Wall Street headquarters will soon welcome new tenants after a residential conversion – with renters paying up to $10,000 a month to secure their own corner office in the Financial District.  The skyscraper at 55 Broad St.— which served as Goldman’s home from 1967 to 1983 as it became a global finance giant under legendary chief executive and trader Gus Levy — began accepting applications Monday ahead of its November opening, Bloomberg reported.The 36-story former office building, a stone’s throw from the New York Stock Exchange, has been transformed by developers Metro Lost and Silverstein Properties into 571 apartments — ranging from studios that rent for $4,000 a month to three-bedroom units that are expected to fetch $10,000 a month.

The move comes as the finance industry sheds its grip on the neighborhood after the pandemic turned downtown into a virtual ghost town before it slowly began a comeback.The area now features a Whole Foods on Broadway and a food hall at the nearby Tin Building at the South Street Seaport. Young families can be spotted at an indoor playground that used to be a New York Sports Club, while a Serafina restaurant is now located at what was previously a men’s suit store.Like many dated office premises, 55 Broad struggled to retain tenants and was only 60% occupied before the developers snapped up the building for $173 million last year.Metro Lost CEO Nathan Berman said the Financial District has evolved into “a 24/7 area.” “It used to be the consolation prize, now it’s a destination for people and a very reliable neighborhood,” Berman he told Bloomberg.Each apartment at 55 Broad will have “10-foot ceilings and oversized picture windows that flood the space with natural light while offering stunning cityscape views,” according to the developers.“The custom Italian kitchens are a chef’s dream, featuring integrated appliances, quartz countertops, and matching backsplashes that exude ...