The Arcadia project entailed the construction of a new luxury condominium apartment building on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Air-rights transfers (the exchange of unused development rights from one property to another) are not unusual in New York City but they are seldom used to build directly above the other property. Usually the properties are adjacent lots merged legally for new construction on the combined lot. This 20-story (plus two below-grade levels) condominium apartment building, however, has used the air-rights from the low-rise apartment building with fire escapes immediately to its east to cantilever part of its bulk at its seventh floor over that building, a rare phenomenon in Manhattan.

The 111,000-SF building consists of 84 high-end condominiums ranging in size from 800-SF to 5,000-SF. The apartments vary in size from one to five bedrooms. The design for the superstructure is a cast-in-place concrete frame with a cantilever over an existing building to the east. The rear of the building will feature a garden area at cellar level for two rear facing triplex apartments. The façade of the building will consist of a combination of pre-cast concrete panels and window wall, including French balconies. The interiors of the apartments will be furnished with stainless steel appliances, wood strip flooring and stone in the bathrooms and kitchens.