Here is a first look at the planned Nobu Hotel and Residences in the Financial District, which will rise in a 62-story glass tower at 45 Broad St.
Kent Swig of Swig Equities has announced that the nearly 650-foot structure will include 77 “super-luxury” condos on floors 41 through 62, as well as a 128-room hotel and approximately 13,000 square feet of retail space on the ground level and second floor. There will be a Nobu restaurant on the third floor.
David Rockwell and the Rockwell Group have designed the interior, while the firm of Moed de Armas & Shannon designed the glass exterior with oblique curves. There will be a six-story base with a transparent glass facade.
The eco-friendly building will include a health club and spa, open to both residents and hotel guests, with an indoor pool and outdoor sun terrace.
Partners in the project include Robert De Niro, Nobu Matsuhisa, Richie Notar and Meir Teper. Drew Nieporent is also a partner in the restaurant.
Howard’s end
Hillary Clinton’s communications director Howard Wolfson was insisting yesterday that his candidate’s campaign “continues on.” But his days as a New Yorker have come to an end.
Wolfson and his wife, Terri McCullough, who’s chief of staff for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, have sold their seldom used condo at 455 Central Park West (at 104th Street) for $1.91 million. They bought the condo in 2005 for just under $1.8 million.
The two-bedroom, 2½-bath apartment on the 20th floor measures just over 1,300 square feet. It includes views of Central Park, a large terrace off the living room and a 43-foot-long balcony connecting both bedrooms.
The Wolfsons first put the unit on the market last July for $1.995 million, then reduced it by $100,000 two months later.
“We love living next door to the park, and the view from the building is really wonderful. Plus our new baby will finally get a room of her own,” Wolfson told us at the time of his purchase.
The couple, who had previously rented a one-bedroom on the East Side, now live full time in Washington, DC – a few blocks from Hillary’s manse.
Cone zone
Former Mets and Yankees pitcher David Cone is looking for an in-town apartment.
The Cy Young Award winner, who is now a Yankees color commentator for the YES Network, was recently spotted in the Miraval Living condominium sales office on the Upper East Side with a broker in tow, openly discussing the option of combining apartments.
The configuration would amount to a three-bedroom pad for close to $3 million in the building with luxe amenities, including the famed namesake spa.
Cone, who pitched a perfect game in 1999 after suffering a career-threatening brain aneurysm three years earlier, lives with his family in Westport, Conn. He could not be reached for comment.