Visionary developers are building tricked-out new office towers to tempt powerful tenants

NYC’s office market is still in hot water, but as trophy towers see renewed demand, some visionary developers are building new-construction, best-in-class workspaces.Here’s a look at the three newest additions to Manhattan’s commercial playground, designed to tempt its top tenants.You already live on Billionaires’ Row (right?) — now you can work there, too.This newly built, 30-story office tower, between Sixth and Seventh avenues, has 172,685 square feet of offices — all with Central Park views.The elegant ground-up, mid-block building developed by Alchemy-ABR Investment Partners and Cain International was designed by FXCollaborative and Gensler.

It includes a new Calvary Baptist Church in its base, which allows the full-floor offices to start 175 feet up on the 14th floor.“The view down 57th Street is amazing,” said Kenneth Horn of Alchemy, which is known for luxury residential properties like the Woolworth Building.“The concept was to create something boutique that doesn’t exist in the market.”While they considered creating more apartments along the luxurious block filled with such trophy towers, they felt the site was ripe for a special office building.The 11th-floor has 7,150 square feet of amenities opening to a 4,300-square-foot outdoor terrace that wraps around the tower.

There are private meeting rooms and a conference center, bar, coffee area and lounge with a catering kitchen.Eight of the 10,280-square-foot floors will have private, 250-square-foot terraces, while the 15th and 16th floors can be combined into a duplex.“We’re a spectacular project in an A-plus location,” said Brian Ray of ABR.“Where else can you get light and air on three sides overlooking 57th Street and the park with these ceiling heights?”Rents start in the mid-$200s per foot and leasing is being handled by a JLL team led by Mitchell Konsker.This new 1,000-foot-tall tower on Fifth Ave.combines living, working and play at a location just steps from Bryan...