100 Claremont Condominium

Finishes

The plan lists finishes down to the model number. The developer can substitute items of "equal or better quality," so treat this as the planned spec.

• Kitchens: Bosch appliances with a gas range or cooktop, quartz counters, painted MDF cabinets, a Kallista faucet and, in many layouts, a U-Line wine cooler. The range hoods recirculate rather than vent outside.
• Primary baths: Kallista One fittings, Kohler Kathryn sinks (two in larger layouts), Toto toilets and, in some, a Kohler Underscore tub.
• Secondary baths: Kohler Purist fittings with the same sinks and toilets.
• Floors: 5½-inch engineered oak over a sound mat.
• Windows: thermally broken aluminum windows by Wausau, with low-E glass and in-swing casements.
• Laundry: a Bosch washer and ventless electric dryer in every apartment, mostly stacked.
• Heating and cooling: in-unit water-source heat pumps on a loop heated by gas boilers. You pay for your heat pumps' electricity through a submeter.

Tip: some lines, including the G line on floors 10 to 23, have windowless storage rooms that the plan says can't be used for sleeping. For context, see bathroom brands in NYC luxury condos and NYC condo finishes since 2010.

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Sharing a Building With a Seminary

• Two boards. A Tower board sets Tower common charges. A seven-member condominium board runs the shared parts, and the seminary names one member.
• A say on rule changes. While the seminary owns units, the condo documents can't be changed in ways that materially hurt its rights without its consent.
• Shared costs can shift. The seminary pays an allocated share of shared expenses tied to the services it gets, so changes can raise or lower what Tower owners pay.
• Easements. The seminary gave the building rights to vent the garage over campus land, to use exit doors onto its courtyard (expected to be used to move trash to the street) and to light, air and views over parts of the campus. An enclosed corridor, the Cloister, runs along the south side as a covered campus walkway.
• Landmarks. The building isn't landmarked, but Brown Tower, James Chapel and James Tower on the same zoning lot are.

Amenities, Staffing & Transportation

The amenities are on the cellar, lobby, second, third and eighth floors and are shared with residents of the seminary's apartments.

• Indoor lap pool: about 48 by 14 feet, on the second floor of the seminary's old Refectory, which is being renovated into the building. Panels can cover it so the room works as a meeting space.
• Fitness center on the second floor, with locker rooms by the pool.
• Third floor: a movement studio, maker's studio, music practice room and kids' playroom.
• Lounges: a lounge, library and dining room off the lobby, and an eighth-floor lounge with a terrace.
• Bike room for 101 bikes, free for owners.

Good to know: the courtyard next door belongs to the seminary campus and isn't open to Tower owners, and the building's amenities aren't open to seminary or Columbia students. Compare with amenities by building size.

Staffing and Services

• A concierge 24/7 and a doorperson 16 hours a day, promised from the first closing.
• A live-in resident manager, a handyman and four porters.
• Outside companies running the valet garage and the amenities.

The plan says the staff will be non-union, which is unusual for a building this size. More on lobby costs in what a doorman costs a NYC condo.

Transportation

• Subway: 6 min walk to 116 St-Columbia University 1; 125 St 1, 7 min