Location: 18 W. 48th Street (at Fifth Avenue)
Size: 34 floors, 152 luxury condominium units
Prices: $.9 million – $2.5 million
Occupancy: 2007
Developer: JD Carlisle Development Corp
Architect: Perkins Eastman
Interior Designer: Philip Koether
Sales & Marketing: The Marketing Directors

Overview: A Home Away from Home for Traveling Executives
At the southeast corner of Rockefeller Center, the Centria is a striking floor-to-glass condominium, steps away from the NBC studio and the Ice Rink, and across the street from Saks Fifth Avenue.

The Centria caters especially to business executives, as reflected by its unusual sales strategy: It never had a first offering in Manhattan. Instead, this condo was sold, pre-development, to two Irish hedge funds, which then sold individual units to their investors. Many investors bought several units.

The businesslike lobby is upscale and welcoming. The staff is exceptionally pleasant and helpful.

Apartments are on the small side. Kitchens are mostly Pullman, or alcove, kitchens – compact, but with stoves that vent out, as opposed to filtering and recirculating the air. Microwave ovens are placed so high as to make them unusable. (Who cooks when you’re on an expense account?)

In addition to the now usual high-tech business center and health club, the Centria condo boasts a humidor and wine lounge.


Raves & Faves
Both the units and common spaces are of very high quality. Common spaces are beautifully designed.

Not So Hot
Individual units are quite small, though many have high ceilings.

Units: Layout, Pricing and Availability

Apartments range from studios to three-bedroom condo units. Some apartments have expansive views that allow you to see far to the west and east, so you can feel a real breadth.

Price ranges for condominium apartments currently on the market include:

Studio apartment: $1.3 million
One-bedroom apartaments: $.9 million – $1.25 million
Two-bedroom apartments: $2.4 million
Three-bedroom apartments: $2.5 million

Come See for Yourself
Interested in buying at the Centria? Give us a call at 212-220-4633 or 917-603-6224, or email us. As a buyer broker, our services are free to you, and we represent your interests. We’ll be delighted to show you apartments at the Centria and other comparable properties. Be sure to ask about our rebate program.

Location & Neighborhood
To most New Yorkers, “midtown” is synonymous with “work.” To out-of-towners, it spells “entertainment.” In addition to Rockefeller Center, with its 19 buildings and the cavernous Radio City Music Hall, the Centria is close to the theatre district, with its more than 30 legitimate theatres; Times Square, where Manhattan is at its showiest and where hundreds of thousands of people gather every New Year’s Eve to watch the ball drop; and to the oasis of Bryant Park with the magnificent New York Public Library behind it.
Bustling with business people during the day, thriving with tourists and theatregoers at night, Midtown West is one area of Manhattan that barely pauses to rest. While you wouldn’t choose this area if you want a quiet residential neighborhood, the lights and sounds and attractions of Midtown Manhattan’s West Side are sure to infuse you with their energy.

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