Wanted, New York's richest tenants

That's because an apartment on New York's new Billionaire's Row has just gone up for rent for $150,000 per month - and the new tenants won't even get furniture thrown in.

The 4,500sq-ft pad is on the 65ft floor of One57, the periscope-like glass skyscraper designed by French architect Christian de Portzamparc which is just one of several exclusive apartment blocks currently springing up along 57th Street, now dubbed Billionaire's Row.

The penthouse at the top of the tower has already smashed records for the most expensive family home in New York after selling earlier this year for a staggering $100.5million.

Now the 65th floor apartment, which boasts three bedrooms, each one adjoined to a bathroom with marbled showers and soaking tubs, plus a fully-equipped kitchen and floor-to ceiling windows giving views over the length of Central Park and Midtown.

The interior, which features 11ft high ceilings and a rosewood floor arranged in a French herringbone pattern, has been designed by Dutch-born, Harvard educated architect Thomas Juul-Hansen who is currently heading up projects across Midtown, Chelsea and the Upper East Side.

While the apartment comes without a stick of furniture - the decor in these pictures having been added using computer graphics - it is fitted with state-of-the-art appliances and fixtures, including hand-carved cabinets in the kitchen.

While that might be enough to ensure you never want to leave your apartment again, residents also enjoy access to a yoga studio, full fitness center and the swimming pool inside the five-star Hyatt hotel which occupies the bottom 25 floors of the tower.

There is also a caterer's kitchen available, for nights of entertaining, along with an event room, a concierge service, and a 24-hour doorman.

Whoever decides to rent the apartment will certainly be joined by a selection of prestigious neighbors once a selection of new skyscrapers along 57st Street are completed by 2030.

The tallest will be the Nordstrom Tower which is expected to top out at 1,570ft at the parapet, 15 stories higher than One World Trade Center, which is currently New York's highest building and the forth highest structure in the world. 

Another building currently under construction along 57th is 432 Park, which is nearing completion, and will be the tallest residential building in the city before being overtaken by Nordstrom.

The $95million penthouse at the top of that tower, on the 96th floor, has already been bought by Saudi real estate billionaire Fawaz Al Hokair, who is believed to have purchased the property two years ago. 

That apartment includes 8,255sq-ft of space, six bedrooms, seven bathrooms, heated bathroom floors and a wood-burning fireplace.

(dailymail.co.uk)