You may only have $18 bucks in your account but If your lucky enough to be in America I really believe anything is possible! But the work comes first. Most won’t do the work.
@@syreetathibodeaux6114 The fact that you’re praising America shows you don’t live in America 💀 Being born in the US isn’t an instant promotion in life. Being surrounded by technology doesn’t improve the life of average foes
For someone who grew up with a single mother who was also taking care of my dying grandmother, going days with no other food besides top ramen and rice, being bullied for wearing the same old clothes and shoes to school, this type of wealth is beyond my understanding. I can't even fathom what it's like to have that much money, to be a child that dosent have to worry about when the next meal is or wonder what it's like to have the newest toys and games. Sometimes I'm glad I was raised the way I was because it shaped me into the person I am today but sometimes I just wonder what life would be like if my family was this rich. Maybe I'll find out in the next life but for now I'm content and happy.
@@lawlacast7107 hahahah I love that you called Central Park "pathetic bushes" but as someone from Brazil, I second that Central Park is way too hyped. Perhaps because there is no real green in NY. As someone from Rio, I didn't think NY was particularly well off. I kinda preferred Paris, even if by Rio standards is not really green either... Green makes a huge difference in my well being, I can say.
The views and everything is so amazing. It looks wonderful and so opulent. I can only imagine how alive the city looks at night. I guess if I had that kinda money, I'd love it as my now and again place... But I'd definitely own a house with a yard and a pool as my permanent residence. The New York skyline is amazing from that height, but nothing beats having your own piece of actual earth and sky above your house...seeing birds, walking on grass... planting some flowers... that feels like home.
Here is someone with the right idea! Have the beautiful home with the wife and kids and enjoy yourself! Then every few weeks you take a "work trip" but really just go to your secret apartment and do lines of coke and bang hookers.
These buildings are going to flop like crazy. 50 years from now we are going to be watching a documentary about what a curious mistake this was that eventually had to be torn down because it became too expensive to maintain without enough customers paying for it.
Actually, New York real estate has been declining since people have moved away now that they can work from home, but billionaire's row is one of the few places that continued to rise in price. Like the video said, most of the buyers don't live there. It's an investment for them, and its been working. The value has continued to rise. It's not going anywhere. The only way for it to flop would be for a similar neighborhood to appear in an entirely different city somewhere else in the world.
The problems with all of these is, that 13,million is very less, if compared to some others, like in billionares row there r apartments worth like, 100M, 200M, even one that's 750M......if someone were to pay that much to buy a house/apartment they'd customize each and every brick, why would someone pay 750M for an apartment which is already built? The only thing I like abt penthouses or apartments r the breathtaking views but they r not worth the millions of dollars
@@Shrine_of_Karma What makes these unique is the privacy. Each apartment is an entire floor, and because the building owns the air rights, homeowners know for a fact that no other buildings will ever be built next to theirs. That means guaranteed privacy, silence, and a good view of Central Park. It's nearly impossible to be guaranteed that In NYC. Also, there are probably people who would pay extra for something already built since they don't want to go through the process of designing an apartment. You prefer something customized, but others might not.
Agree Yate , I know some places in London is called desserts, because its just empty dark apartments, no one lives there most of the time, its just dead cold space, pure greed and speculation, it can totally ruin a city and drive normal people away. That´s a great shame IMO
Successful people don't just become that way overnight. What most people see as a glance-wealth, a great career, purpose is the result of hardwork and hustle over time..I pray everyone here becomes extremely successful!!
Staying rich is the trick. People think of stuff they want to buy as soon as they get money. Try thinking of how to use what you have to make more money instead.
IDK. I’m not in real estate and I’ve been in that exact apt (wife got an invite to an interior design function). It’s really not that exclusive to be in that space.
I think it's cool to see these apartments, and you, personally, make great content. But as someone who lived across the river on a street that faced these buildings, they are complete eyesores. They completely ruin the skyline and look hilariously out of place in the city. I'm still amazed that the developers were allowed to build buildings as tall as they are. You don't notice it when you're on the street, as everything looks huge, but once you get outside the city, it's jarring to look at. These huge glass towers that stick out like sore thumbs among the iconic buildings of Riverside Drive and midtown. Seriously, take a drive along Kennedy Blvd in West New York or North Bergen, or even sit at a restaurant along River Road in Edgewater, and all these buildings look goofy when you look at the city. It's not as noticeable from Queens/Brooklyn, from the NJ side of the Hudson, it's very strange. Additionally, these apartments sit empty for years on end, while there's homeless people in need of affordable housing.
do not cry about freedom to build whatever on your land and about capitalism to park wealth in appreciating assets and ignore homelessness unless you're willing to be a man and go all the way to the other side.
@@matletico The guy said the buildings are an eyesore and what about helping homeless people instead of building these monstrosities that nobody will live in anyway, and you found a way to be mad at him? For what?? With some vague psudo-economics BS, as well. Anyone can write the word 'capitalism', the aim is to put it into a sentence where it makes sense.
@@matletico yeah except the builders got tax exemption for the elites for barely anything. This isn't capitalism if you know the history behind these buildings it's gross negligence of the city and their own corruption to allow these buildings to exist. If it was purely capitalism sure, but it's not. They had to do some real scummy stuff to make sure they could build a super tall. And than did more scummy stuff to try and not pay taxes on it either
Being someone that lives paycheck to paycheck and sometimes can’t get food it blows my mind how people have this much money but rarely even live in the apartments they buy
@@mrsteveinsandiego education doesn’t mean you’re going to get a fancy high paying job. And certain spots of the US don’t have many jobs that aren’t minimum wage which you can’t really live on nowadays
Look, the house looks AMAZING! It just doesn’t look like it’s worth millions, in my opinion. I know that the location and the materials used to build it contribute to the price but I feel like there are way better houses on sale for $13 million.
You're right. These condos, apartments, houses etc are way overpriced. A normal, small cozy, one family home here in NYC is about 700-800 thousand dollars. The cost for a MANSION elsewhere is about the same. Hell, you can purchase a damn palace for $13 million elsewhere.
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Central Park Tower is an iconic name in itself. I couldn't even imagine calling that place home and being able to look out over that beautiful unobstructed view every single day of my life 😍😍😍
The funny thing, once you think out it, that's actually one of the lower end homes in that building. Your view are obstructed, you've got two big ass buildings between you and central park, the great room also has obstructed views.
I’ve never understood how people could spend that much. Where I’m from 300k will get you a farm and ranch with your own lake. Who would want to live like this
I have to agree.. I’ve lived in both NYC and the woods in Florida and love the peace and quiet of the woods.. but each to their own..live where you love.
Views are often way overrated for everyday life. I've lived in a couple of places with great views in the city, but day to day you get to where you don't even really notice them most of the time. For me now, it's far more about the actual living space vs what's outside my window.
So true. Also those flats with huge windows just turn into black walls at night, not very homely. I prefer having less view and more walls so you can have bookshelves etc rather than just a spectacular view like you're in a fish tank. They're indeed overrated.
I just moved out of my college apartment and can attest to the idea that views are overrated. My bedroom had an amazing view of our front door. What this means is that I theoretically could have used my bedroom window as a peephole instead of the peephole on my front door in order to see who was at the door. Unfortunately, I was too scared to use it in such way because I feared that the person at the door would notice me spying on them as they waited by the door. All in all, this just goes to show that views can be overrated, no matter how great they may seem at first.
As a Louisiana resident whose mother moved out of that city to my rural town. Thank you mom for moving out of the New York area. I have visited and you guys can have it!
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I feel like a billionaire just by viewing your film. You've done it again. apartment like that cost a lot of money, and that one is no exception. To my knowledge, the billionaires building was surrounded by what appears to be every kind of luxury amenity, from restaurants to retail centers.
I didn't know if was an apartment tour but I love the video... Can you please do a tour of billionaires Row itself, the roads, the shopping Malls, the parks (of any) and other ultra luxury places to visit
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They'll just go buy elsewhere and take with them their property rates (yes, they pay the city rates that are sometimes higher than your rent and taxes combined) and jobs (average people like you and me service those buildings and use that money to raise their families) . Like it or not big investment is the lifeblood of every economy, take it from someone who is in Africa.
@@josetheman239 insightful comment. But, don’t U think there’s a balance that must be achieved?. If 80%+ of the city is foreign investors, then the city is not so “American”, locals must commute from far away to jobs inside the city. Cap foreign investments to no more than 30% of each building.
@@vicmarc4984 I really do not like seeing a nurse or policeman commuting from God knows where in a 5 o'clock train to the city every morning. Those people should be accommodated within the neighborhood they service. As far as ownership, I think some kind of cap might work but this problem is just way too complex, we do not know what unintended consequences that cap may ultimately have. All in all I do not know the answer but we could start by designating buildings or small pockets of the community for essential workers first.
@@josetheman239 thank you for this comment 🙏🏽. I am 1 of the 2 that you just mentioned and my commute was 1 1/2 hours just to get to work only to work 8 1/2 hours and drive hone for sometimes up to 2 1/2hrs. The housing the city offered was in the slums of DC. Thank god I don’t have to travel that distance anymore but my heart goes out to those that still have to.
@@josetheman239 Most of us would be better off having more affordable housing because the market for housing would be based on its actual use value rather than strictly as a random investment vehicle like modern art. Beyond the expense of building and maintaining the buildings, housing in NYC is only expensive because people decided to speculate on it as well as the plethora of welfare programs and rent control laws, which reduce the supply of market rate housing for people not lucky enough to benefit from them and actually have to work.
@@erikvanconover Hope you'll add an outro so that at the end of the video your channel logo and the previous video won't block half of the screen again.
This makes me wanna work harder do that I can have the wealth and money to buy a house like this and live in content with my family one day. This was really inspirational for me .
You can do a few thousand a month easily enough, but I think being a millionaire/billionaire in this day and age is either sheer luck or sheer corruption.
Think it’s easier to become wealthier these days then it was in the past. Education is probably one of the number one and stable ways to make a lot, but side hustles can help
Erik this was one of my most fav videos you've done. I love learning and touring all that "Billionaires Row" has to offer. If you can tour the one where Sting lives that would be awesome. I would love more billionaires row videos and if that gets to be difficult more NYC Manhattan luxury apartments/condos would be awesome. Great job Erik !!!
I was thinking the same. Doesn't really look comfortable and inviting. The people who buy these places will be very new money, so won't have all the nice little family things lots of people do, that make a home.
I thought exactly the same. Take away the furniture, and the unit itself is very boring and not creative. Basically just drywall everywhere. In this type of apartment I would expect some style, such as a feature wall, moldings, wainscoting etc...
Nice video, Erik. Production value is on point. I do find it sad though, that these average appartments are probably mostly a minor place to stay when they are in town. I could only imagine what house I could build for 13 million dollars. Not being in the middle of NY would be a plus, and save a ton of money.
For someone born and raised in NYC, dealt with crazy cold winters and rude people and stress, and eventually left, I can say leaving was the best thing I ever did. Its built on a weak delta, barely 40 feet above sea level. No amount of $$ will save a New Yorker from a tidal wave. It's coming. Get out while you can.
You right New York is a Rat Trapped wasting all that kind of money unbelievable just to be in NY I prefer Colombia house simple in the beach better living like an island an is so cheap I will never spent that kind of money
You're wrong actually. Compared to Miami NYC will suffer dramatically less. Plus were taking drastic measures to protect against sea levels. Do your research.
Sea levels are changing as drastically as you think they are. Depending on the part of the world you are in, they are only rising 3mm a year. At that pace, it will be hundreds of years before NYC is underwater.
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The more I see if these apartments of the rich the more unimpressed I am. It’s part and parcel to the flaws of people and our so called values. We all deserve to have quality homes in the 21st century. Until very affordable and commensurate homes humanity is a failure.
@@theanimehub2180 Housing is a Human need to protect you from the outdoor elements. Yeah…… so “entitled.” You’re an example of Humanity being a failure because you think your species that’s out in the streets with nothing doesn’t deserve a place of their own just so they’re not sleeping in the cold. You make the simple living of being surrounded by drywall, wood and concrete sound like rich living when it’s not because no yachts or private jets are involved. Somehow just needing your own shelter is “entitlement”. Unreal
One more thing: those "billionaire" buildings are so skinny that they'd fall over at the slightest provocation. Especially if a giant ape or dragon showed up.
Can you imagine being on the 95th floor during a crazy big earthquake? I am a tower climber and experienced an earthquake while I was on a 250 ft tower. Probably the most helpless I’ve ever felt.
This seems more like a 4-5 million dollar apartment, not 13 million. It's a shared floor with other apartments, nowhere near the top level and it has obstructed views which is a shame. Very likely to be deal breakers for someone willing to spend > $10 million on an apartment.
The wisest thing that should be on every wise individual's list is to invest in different stream of income and don't depend on the government to bring in money especially now the pandemic is hitting the economy
As someone who was lucky enough to buy a beautiful lakefront property, I can assure you that "the view" is diminishing returns. After a while you get used to it and then it's only as impressive as a really nice photo. If you have $13 million, get a really nice $2 million apartment in NYC, stick the rest in the bank and live comfortably in the upper middle class for rest of your life without working. And put a nice poster of the view of central park in your living room.
I'm pretty sure that hardly anyone who lives in these buildings takes random Ubers. With that price tag you most certainly have a driver on hand. Just saying.
I know I'll probably have to move in a couple of years, but I really like my apartment, tbh. My only complaint is that its floors are too dark. We, mental patients, need lighter spaces, or many of us do. Living in a grand place like this would be exciting for about a month. I get that certain people have jobs and assets where this is necessary, but it isn't for me.
This isn't a necessity in any way. This is an atrocious example of greedy land developers and corrupt politicians creating a situation where a building that shouldn't be able to exist does and the people purchasing these outrageous homes get tax benefits
He kept saying, "They aren't living here, if they are living here they're going out to eat then coming back here." Yea that's how it works when you live somewhere.
Middle class life, living in a small cottage with your happy family, living in peace, the struggle you do for your family and friends is the best life.
I would really like you to check out the real estate in Brownsville. It’s one of nyc premier neighborhoods. The residents are wonderful and would love for you to visit. It’s especially beautiful at night and very safe. It would be worth the visit.
most of the staging is awful, especially mirrors consisting of several parts. Do not allow your reflection in the mirror to be divided into several parts
Beautiful places- but honestly, these apartments look like sterile operating rooms or a waiting room in an upscale plastic surgeon's office. Couldn't imagine what endless wealth would be like. I think giving a lot of it away would be the most satisfying and fun.
What sort of "luxury" apartment needs to make a feature of the dishwashers? At this price a dishwasher, laundry room, etc are absolutely basic features that you shouldn't even have to think about. Also, with spaces the size of the great room in this apartment you really need higher ceilings; this one looks like the ceiling is closing in on you.
Agreed. And that “gorgeous view”, is not that nice in my opinion. I’ve seen a lot better. Central Park is being blocked by two skyscrapers nonetheless.
@@derrmann1800 even if you have money, this is a dumb investment and safety hazard. You can buy a really nice house with an actual yard anywhere else in the world.
Spending my Christmas in New York last 2021 At Intercontinental Hotel, Now I feel like I was once living in Billionaires row in New York...I'm humbled.. Thank you Lord for the dream came true..
“With a view of Central Park” … more like a glimpse. There’s two sky scrapers right in front of the window basically. I’d only ever buy something like this as a billionaire for sure. Even as a multimillionaire I would never overpay on something like this. There’s huge mega mansions for like 100mill
I can't quite imagine anyone living in NYC on purpose unless they are required to... there are so much prettier, cleaner, more accessible places to live, with nicer people around, with more fun things to do, where you can get 2-3x+ the space for the same price... I guess if you like pigeons and rats? idk.
I completely agree. I feel claustrophobic in the city. Just think of the chaos when 9/11 hit. People living on top of each other and nowhere to go. I like my neighbors but I don’t like sitting on them. I get so much more for my money outside of the city.
13 mill for this is way overpriced. Nobody from nyc actually wants to live in midtown. Go there for your business meetings then get out. These days easier to just use zoom. For 2.5-5 mill you can get a huge mansion with pool, backyard, a personal gym, garage etc in south Brooklyn or central queens. Yes expensive but at least seems practical and hundred+ feet away from your neighbors instead of 10 feet away in the condo. I couldn't imagine spending 13mill for a condo and not having a free space to store your nice cars. Gotta be $800 a month to park in midtown and a few blocks from this building walk. Then you have to wait for someone to get your car off the lift and tip them each time.
I'm not sure who would want to buy an apartment to live in unless it was super cheap. For the price you pay for these apartments, you could get a nice house just about anywhere else.
The best thing is to have a good amount of money which nobody else knows about and not having to worry about financial headaches. Let everyone else think that you are just upper middle class. That's good enough. If people find out you are rich you CONSTANTLY have to be on the outlook for predators and people "wanting" stuff from you
Let me know what other type of NYC content you want to see in the coming weeks!
Dude am in Africa Kenya to be specific,our tallest building is 44 floors 😂😂
more nyc condo videos :)
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New York at Christmas please
How about Ken Griffin's 238 million apartment 😂?
“Honestly that’s not bad for 13 million.”
-Me with $18 in my bank account.
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You may only have $18 bucks in your account but If your lucky enough to be in America I really believe anything is possible! But the work comes first. Most won’t do the work.
@@syreetathibodeaux6114 I'm from America and let me tell ya, it's what you think
Same ☠️
@@syreetathibodeaux6114 The fact that you’re praising America shows you don’t live in America 💀 Being born in the US isn’t an instant promotion in life. Being surrounded by technology doesn’t improve the life of average foes
For someone who grew up with a single mother who was also taking care of my dying grandmother, going days with no other food besides top ramen and rice, being bullied for wearing the same old clothes and shoes to school, this type of wealth is beyond my understanding. I can't even fathom what it's like to have that much money, to be a child that dosent have to worry about when the next meal is or wonder what it's like to have the newest toys and games. Sometimes I'm glad I was raised the way I was because it shaped me into the person I am today but sometimes I just wonder what life would be like if my family was this rich. Maybe I'll find out in the next life but for now I'm content and happy.
Learn from Buddha bro,
Extra wealth creates a sense of emptiness and hollowness.
Where are you from?
@@makaranddesai6139 like where do I live or what's my ethnicity ?
@@BenEnlet29 yess yesss
@@makaranddesai6139 I'm from Micronesia. I spent some of my childhood in Hawaii and I've been in Oregon for almost a decade now
The major selling point being repeatedly iterated was the "Park View", which is blocked by 2 buildings.
13 million blocks on those 2 buildings he meant 🤷🏾♂️😂😭
Selling prices almost always a matter of what the market will bear. Check the comps b4 you write the check.
"Sea of green" was not appropriately used either lmao, those few pathetic "bushes" and you call it a "sea of green"
@@lawlacast7107 hahahah I love that you called Central Park "pathetic bushes" but as someone from Brazil, I second that Central Park is way too hyped. Perhaps because there is no real green in NY. As someone from Rio, I didn't think NY was particularly well off. I kinda preferred Paris, even if by Rio standards is not really green either... Green makes a huge difference in my well being, I can say.
I pity the person who pay for this, my apartment view is better than this SHIT !!
The views and everything is so amazing. It looks wonderful and so opulent. I can only imagine how alive the city looks at night. I guess if I had that kinda money, I'd love it as my now and again place... But I'd definitely own a house with a yard and a pool as my permanent residence. The New York skyline is amazing from that height, but nothing beats having your own piece of actual earth and sky above your house...seeing birds, walking on grass... planting some flowers... that feels like home.
Here is someone with the right idea! Have the beautiful home with the wife and kids and enjoy yourself! Then every few weeks you take a "work trip" but really just go to your secret apartment and do lines of coke and bang hookers.
These buildings are going to flop like crazy. 50 years from now we are going to be watching a documentary about what a curious mistake this was that eventually had to be torn down because it became too expensive to maintain without enough customers paying for it.
Actually, New York real estate has been declining since people have moved away now that they can work from home, but billionaire's row is one of the few places that continued to rise in price. Like the video said, most of the buyers don't live there. It's an investment for them, and its been working. The value has continued to rise. It's not going anywhere. The only way for it to flop would be for a similar neighborhood to appear in an entirely different city somewhere else in the world.
The problems with all of these is, that 13,million is very less, if compared to some others, like in billionares row there r apartments worth like, 100M, 200M, even one that's 750M......if someone were to pay that much to buy a house/apartment they'd customize each and every brick, why would someone pay 750M for an apartment which is already built? The only thing I like abt penthouses or apartments r the breathtaking views but they r not worth the millions of dollars
@@Shrine_of_Karma What makes these unique is the privacy. Each apartment is an entire floor, and because the building owns the air rights, homeowners know for a fact that no other buildings will ever be built next to theirs. That means guaranteed privacy, silence, and a good view of Central Park. It's nearly impossible to be guaranteed that In NYC. Also, there are probably people who would pay extra for something already built since they don't want to go through the process of designing an apartment. You prefer something customized, but others might not.
@@1370802 well, u have a point!
@@1370802 those apartments arent even being lived in, its all just for show , they might rent one out once in a while
Someone did a really impressive job of making people think that these apartments are worth millions.
Location, location, location!
@@emanym Bullshit, bullshit, bullshit.
@@martj1313 LOL
@@emanym business,business, business
It’s NYC when is anything there not expensive 😂
As someone who lives in the Thousanaires’ Row, I can assure you, we still living the best life
LOL
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Ok then why are you here watching this video? Why bother comment?
@@mrlaybackvevo264 🙄 TH-cam recommended it, duh.. why are you so jealous gadamm
@@mrlaybackvevo264 why you so mad tf😂😂😂
It'll be interesting to know the percentage of these homes that are actually physically occupied.
Most of them are probably just crash pads for when they are in the city
Agree Yate , I know some places in London is called desserts, because its just empty dark apartments, no one lives there most of the time, its just dead cold space, pure greed and speculation, it can totally ruin a city and drive normal people away. That´s a great shame IMO
@@calebconklin3306 what’s the problem with that if they can afford it?
@@ruckustv7614 who said there was a problem?😭😭
I believe its something like half
Successful people don't just become that way overnight. What most people see as a glance-wealth, a great career, purpose is the result of hardwork and hustle over time..I pray everyone here becomes extremely successful!!
@Ben Kent you're right it's obvious a lot of people remain poor due to ignorance
Starting early is the best way to getting ahead of build wealth, investing remains the priority
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Now is the best time to purchase and invest in Bitcoin stop proscastinating
Staying rich is the trick. People think of stuff they want to buy as soon as they get money. Try thinking of how to use what you have to make more money instead.
The amount of space and land they give these folks so they can stay in their units 2 days out of the year is incredible
It's nice to see how liveable they make this city for a small minority of its population.
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A minority that will be living somewhere else anyway.
literally.
@unreal world facts
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You know you made it in real estate when you're allowed to tour apartments on billionaires row
those apartments arent even being lived in, its all just for show , they might rent one out once in a while for A party
@@kay8698 he literally said in the video that some do live there
IDK. I’m not in real estate and I’ve been in that exact apt (wife got an invite to an interior design function). It’s really not that exclusive to be in that space.
Whoever is behind the camera is great!! Love the video
You can see the camera operator in the mirror of the master bedroom around the 7:59 mark. White shorts and sneakers.
@@bikerz999 You have some sharp eyes, sir.
The subway
dont forget editors too
Hell yes! These are cinematic gems.
I think it's cool to see these apartments, and you, personally, make great content. But as someone who lived across the river on a street that faced these buildings, they are complete eyesores. They completely ruin the skyline and look hilariously out of place in the city. I'm still amazed that the developers were allowed to build buildings as tall as they are. You don't notice it when you're on the street, as everything looks huge, but once you get outside the city, it's jarring to look at. These huge glass towers that stick out like sore thumbs among the iconic buildings of Riverside Drive and midtown.
Seriously, take a drive along Kennedy Blvd in West New York or North Bergen, or even sit at a restaurant along River Road in Edgewater, and all these buildings look goofy when you look at the city. It's not as noticeable from Queens/Brooklyn, from the NJ side of the Hudson, it's very strange. Additionally, these apartments sit empty for years on end, while there's homeless people in need of affordable housing.
do not cry about freedom to build whatever on your land and about capitalism to park wealth in appreciating assets and ignore homelessness unless you're willing to be a man and go all the way to the other side.
@@matletico The guy said the buildings are an eyesore and what about helping homeless people instead of building these monstrosities that nobody will live in anyway, and you found a way to be mad at him? For what?? With some vague psudo-economics BS, as well. Anyone can write the word 'capitalism', the aim is to put it into a sentence where it makes sense.
@@matletico yeah except the builders got tax exemption for the elites for barely anything.
This isn't capitalism if you know the history behind these buildings it's gross negligence of the city and their own corruption to allow these buildings to exist.
If it was purely capitalism sure, but it's not. They had to do some real scummy stuff to make sure they could build a super tall. And than did more scummy stuff to try and not pay taxes on it either
Lol @ capitalism
@@jp9707 relax buddy, he's got a point. All those eyesores are a symbols of how free the rich are to be corrupt but it's still better than communism.
Being someone that lives paycheck to paycheck and sometimes can’t get food it blows my mind how people have this much money but rarely even live in the apartments they buy
those apartments arent even being lived in, its all just for show , they might rent one out once in a while
Get more education and a better job.
@@mrsteveinsandiego education doesn’t mean you’re going to get a fancy high paying job. And certain spots of the US don’t have many jobs that aren’t minimum wage which you can’t really live on nowadays
@@emmahartvig9966 I know right
Most of these super rich are either business men, celebrities or politicians who dried the tax payer.
@@emmahartvig9966 he probably also think hard works makes you rich. Or working “smart” as if that means anything
I'm so far from being a billionaire, I didn't even know there was a "Billionaires Row" (and I'm a native New Yorker 😂😂)
Reading that makes me feel better about myself. Stay strong, regular New Yorker.
@@emanym New York strong! haha
Facts 😳
I just looked back on my Christmas 2018 NYC Pictures and realized that I took a few Under-Construction pictures of Billionaires Row.
Look, the house looks AMAZING! It just doesn’t look like it’s worth millions, in my opinion. I know that the location and the materials used to build it contribute to the price but I feel like there are way better houses on sale for $13 million.
NYC realty is so over priced
My thoughts exactly I’d rather but a mansion in California than an apartment in New York if I had that kind of money 🤷🏻♂️
You're right. These condos, apartments, houses etc are way overpriced. A normal, small cozy, one family home here in NYC is about 700-800 thousand dollars. The cost for a MANSION elsewhere is about the same. Hell, you can purchase a damn palace for $13 million elsewhere.
@@EddyGraphic The thing is that lots of people that buy this type of apartment in New York City also have the equivalent mansion in California.
I was thinking the same thing! I live in Cali and for 13 million you’re getting a MANSION near the coast!
I’ve done electrical work in serval of these buildings. The views are absolutely insane.
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Not gonna lie bro, that's actually kinda envious. I wanna work in NY one day, and just come home to this. It would literally make my day.
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Central Park Tower is an iconic name in itself. I couldn't even imagine calling that place home and being able to look out over that beautiful unobstructed view every single day of my life 😍😍😍
ERIK brother your production quality is amazing ! been watching you for 3 years now and your growth has been amazing!
THANK YOU!!
Being uncomfortable with heights it doesn’t attract me. Even watching this makes my legs tingle.
The funny thing, once you think out it, that's actually one of the lower end homes in that building. Your view are obstructed, you've got two big ass buildings between you and central park, the great room also has obstructed views.
yeah you need to go a bit high to get rid of Essex sign
@@erikvanconover Higher in altitude and finance lol
Wow, living in the middle of the center of the universe in something like that is amazing. The world is right outside your front door.
I just went to NYC for a school trip and we snuck out to billionaires row and it was probably the best part of the trip
you're elevating your production game on every video, congrats, keep the hard work
I appreciate that!
I’ve never understood how people could spend that much. Where I’m from 300k will get you a farm and ranch with your own lake. Who would want to live like this
Not me.
People who can afford it
I have to agree.. I’ve lived in both NYC and the woods in Florida and love the peace and quiet of the woods.. but each to their own..live where you love.
I love city living but not in a building all i can think about is groceries and earthquake or would be on time for anything.
Views are often way overrated for everyday life. I've lived in a couple of places with great views in the city, but day to day you get to where you don't even really notice them most of the time. For me now, it's far more about the actual living space vs what's outside my window.
I can attest to this as well.
So true. Also those flats with huge windows just turn into black walls at night, not very homely. I prefer having less view and more walls so you can have bookshelves etc rather than just a spectacular view like you're in a fish tank. They're indeed overrated.
I just moved out of my college apartment and can attest to the idea that views are overrated. My bedroom had an amazing view of our front door. What this means is that I theoretically could have used my bedroom window as a peephole instead of the peephole on my front door in order to see who was at the door. Unfortunately, I was too scared to use it in such way because I feared that the person at the door would notice me spying on them as they waited by the door. All in all, this just goes to show that views can be overrated, no matter how great they may seem at first.
If you listen to the end of thet video most people don't live here. It's just to store value and invest. Im sure they make money off of it
True.
As a Louisiana resident whose mother moved out of that city to my rural town. Thank you mom for moving out of the New York area. I have visited and you guys can have it!
You should tour this apartment in the winter, that view of Central Park in the show would be beautiful
The grill thing is a JennAir counter top grill. They can be electric or gas (usually whatever your stovetop is). Maytag sold the Jenn-Air company to Whirlpool in 2006. They’re super popular here in NC, especially with the higher end houses and almost every single cottage on the Outer Banks. You don’t hear much about them anymore but in 2018 Whirlpool did some rebranding and launched the new JennAir name (they removed the hyphen) to make it stand out a bit.
Thia is correct! I am also in the Cape Fear region and they are pretty popular here in NC. They are definitely not charcoal.
Lol ,charcoal grill in a condo. It’s gas grill.
Have one of those in a rental I own. Can’t stand it. That guy is funny, thinking it’s a charcoal grill….in an apartment 🤪
Erik I don’t know if you’ve thought about this but would you be able to do a “small space/small price” series? For us “average” folks. ✌🏼
I find the smaller spaces more interesting TBH. Much more to come
Yesss that would be awesome
@@erikvanconover to be honest.. Yall so lazy spell the damn words out tho
The quality of your videos is just insane!
If I had a penny for every time he says Billionaire’s Row, I’d be living there
I feel like a billionaire just by viewing your film. You've done it again. apartment like that cost a lot of money, and that one is no exception. To my knowledge, the billionaires building was surrounded by what appears to be every kind of luxury amenity, from restaurants to retail centers.
We get it, you are also a real estate agent and are just licking boots. Good job.
I didn't know if was an apartment tour but I love the video... Can you please do a tour of billionaires Row itself, the roads, the shopping Malls, the parks (of any) and other ultra luxury places to visit
Yes I thought it was that too. Would love to see it
More penthouse tours, keep em coming!!
Not gonna lie, that gallery hallway is incredible in my opinion. I've been binging these videos and that's the sweetest hallway, easily.
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I love the camera and editing work you put into these tours. Absolutely stunning!
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Yeah, I think it's amazing, too
The 80's called. They want their brown Hofmann jacket back🙄ghasty🤮
Should impose “primary residency” requirements, not enough housing for foreign investors to leave these places empty.
They'll just go buy elsewhere and take with them their property rates (yes, they pay the city rates that are sometimes higher than your rent and taxes combined) and jobs (average people like you and me service those buildings and use that money to raise their families) . Like it or not big investment is the lifeblood of every economy, take it from someone who is in Africa.
@@josetheman239 insightful comment. But, don’t U think there’s a balance that must be achieved?. If 80%+ of the city is foreign investors, then the city is not so “American”, locals must commute from far away to jobs inside the city. Cap foreign investments to no more than 30% of each building.
@@vicmarc4984 I really do not like seeing a nurse or policeman commuting from God knows where in a 5 o'clock train to the city every morning. Those people should be accommodated within the neighborhood they service. As far as ownership, I think some kind of cap might work but this problem is just way too complex, we do not know what unintended consequences that cap may ultimately have. All in all I do not know the answer but we could start by designating buildings or small pockets of the community for essential workers first.
@@josetheman239 thank you for this comment 🙏🏽. I am 1 of the 2 that you just mentioned and my commute was 1 1/2 hours just to get to work only to work 8 1/2 hours and drive hone for sometimes up to 2 1/2hrs. The housing the city offered was in the slums of DC. Thank god I don’t have to travel that distance anymore but my heart goes out to those that still have to.
@@josetheman239 Most of us would be better off having more affordable housing because the market for housing would be based on its actual use value rather than strictly as a random investment vehicle like modern art. Beyond the expense of building and maintaining the buildings, housing in NYC is only expensive because people decided to speculate on it as well as the plethora of welfare programs and rent control laws, which reduce the supply of market rate housing for people not lucky enough to benefit from them and actually have to work.
I always love the way Erik's videos start. So Captivating! 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌
More to come!
@@erikvanconover Hope you'll add an outro so that at the end of the video your channel logo and the previous video won't block half of the screen again.
This makes me wanna work harder do that I can have the wealth and money to buy a house like this and live in content with my family one day. This was really inspirational for me .
You can do a few thousand a month easily enough, but I think being a millionaire/billionaire in this day and age is either sheer luck or sheer corruption.
Think it’s easier to become wealthier these days then it was in the past. Education is probably one of the number one and stable ways to make a lot, but side hustles can help
If you have to "work harder" you are just spinning your wheels. You will never achieve this. One doesn't get that amount of money by "working harder."
I stayed in Essex House back in 2008. It felt sooo good 😊 I hope I’ll stay there again someday
I’m glad I know what it’s like to be a billionaire when I don’t own a home lmao
NYC vlogs! Especially during Christmas season soon
Erik this was one of my most fav videos you've done. I love learning and touring all that "Billionaires Row" has to offer. If you can tour the one where Sting lives that would be awesome. I would love more billionaires row videos and if that gets to be difficult more NYC Manhattan luxury apartments/condos would be awesome. Great job Erik !!!
I mean, that was an amazing review!!! Cheers. Thank a lot for your job. Definetely will need you in my projects.
Thank you so much! My grandfather worked at the Gray at building on 33rd Street for 42 years. Love going back to the city.
“Most owners aren’t living here, they are using it to store value” 🤣
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To avoid taxes
@@AmandaVieiraMamaesouCult you would avoid tax as well in their position
I was expecting this to be nicer for $13 million. Interior is super blah, just paying for location.
Yeah or an investment because that will go up in value for sure
I was thinking the same. Doesn't really look comfortable and inviting. The people who buy these places will be very new money, so won't have all the nice little family things lots of people do, that make a home.
I thought exactly the same. Take away the furniture, and the unit itself is very boring and not creative. Basically just drywall everywhere. In this type of apartment I would expect some style, such as a feature wall, moldings, wainscoting etc...
It’s not worth it! Kinda disappointed…
It supposed to be covered in gold for 13m
What a view , what a building and what an awesome tour Erik ! Nailed this one 🌅🙏🏻🔥🔥
thank you Peter!
Having high ceilings and those beautiful large doors is an awesome feature in a high rise apartment!
This was a fun watch !
Nice video, Erik. Production value is on point. I do find it sad though, that these average appartments are probably mostly a minor place to stay when they are in town. I could only imagine what house I could build for 13 million dollars. Not being in the middle of NY would be a plus, and save a ton of money.
I’m building a castle with that money with a motte, and turrets
Forget the USA, in the third world you could build a 20000 square foot mansion
I lived in Manhattan for 21 years before moving to the suburbs…not even a$13 million dollar apartment would entice me back…
For someone born and raised in NYC, dealt with crazy cold winters and rude people and stress, and eventually left, I can say leaving was the best thing I ever did. Its built on a weak delta, barely 40 feet above sea level. No amount of $$ will save a New Yorker from a tidal wave. It's coming. Get out while you can.
You right New York is a Rat Trapped wasting all that kind of money unbelievable just to be in NY I prefer Colombia house simple in the beach better living like an island an is so cheap I will never spent that kind of money
If some of the videos I've seen are correct many years from now NYC will be Atlantis.
@@Dnero518 NYC and the rest of the coastal cities in the world. Shanghai, Tokyo, London, everything
You're wrong actually. Compared to Miami NYC will suffer dramatically less. Plus were taking drastic measures to protect against sea levels. Do your research.
Sea levels are changing as drastically as you think they are. Depending on the part of the world you are in, they are only rising 3mm a year. At that pace, it will be hundreds of years before NYC is underwater.
By far one of the best videos
my legs are shaking just thinking about the window cleaners😀
That sounds like a pain in the butt to live, basically an extra commute everytime you want to leave the building
That’s what I was thinking
I usually always skip the sponsor section of the video, but this time I stuck around and this sponsor is insanely cool! I'm gonna see if I can use this to rededcorate and fully furnish my bedroom
The more I see if these apartments of the rich the more unimpressed I am. It’s part and parcel to the flaws of people and our so called values. We all deserve to have quality homes in the 21st century. Until very affordable and commensurate homes humanity is a failure.
Money talks and as long as the top 0.01% keep pulling the strings, nothing will ever change. They will only give us the illusion that change is near.
Talk about entitled
@@theanimehub2180 Housing is a Human need to protect you from the outdoor elements. Yeah…… so “entitled.” You’re an example of Humanity being a failure because you think your species that’s out in the streets with nothing doesn’t deserve a place of their own just so they’re not sleeping in the cold.
You make the simple living of being surrounded by drywall, wood and concrete sound like rich living when it’s not because no yachts or private jets are involved.
Somehow just needing your own shelter is “entitlement”. Unreal
“The view of the park” pans in camera between 2 other buildings lol
I loved the Italian marble. It was beautiful 😍
One more thing: those "billionaire" buildings are so skinny that they'd fall over at the slightest provocation. Especially if a giant ape or dragon showed up.
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I see you watch so many movies
Lol 😂
Can you imagine being on the 95th floor during a crazy big earthquake?
I am a tower climber and experienced an earthquake while I was on a 250 ft tower. Probably the most helpless I’ve ever felt.
doesn't happen in NYC my friend
@@ChuckleHoneybear trutrue
@@ChuckleHoneybear new york's never had an earthquake?
If you were a billionaire I would assume you would own one using one of your shell companies
you would be correct, refer to pandora papers for confirmation
What is a shell company ? Sorry I’m a minority 😅
@@davontawilliams3958 legal entity set up to hide the identity of the true buyer. And avoid taxes
Amazing camera work!
I Live here it’s Beautiful !!!!♥️♥️♥️♥️
Not gonna lie, the 2 buildings blocking my "13 million dollar view of central park" is freakin annoying :/
This seems more like a 4-5 million dollar apartment, not 13 million. It's a shared floor with other apartments, nowhere near the top level and it has obstructed views which is a shame. Very likely to be deal breakers for someone willing to spend > $10 million on an apartment.
The wisest thing that should be on every wise individual's list is to invest in different stream of income and don't depend on the government to bring in money especially now the pandemic is hitting the economy
you are definitely right , waiting on the government is a big waste
Investments are the stepping Stones to success especially if you been guided by a professional
Investing is good but investing in the right thing is the actual key to success . who is your pro ?
That was exactly what I did, I trade with a professional stock expert "Tamara Diane Hagan " who i met in one of the seminars..
There are so many investment out there but if profits must be considered then not all investments are good to go into.
Ken Griffin will have to selll that apartment when Citadel goes bankrupt
Lmayo
As someone who was lucky enough to buy a beautiful lakefront property, I can assure you that "the view" is diminishing returns. After a while you get used to it and then it's only as impressive as a really nice photo. If you have $13 million, get a really nice $2 million apartment in NYC, stick the rest in the bank and live comfortably in the upper middle class for rest of your life without working. And put a nice poster of the view of central park in your living room.
4:34 man is built like a fallout NPC and framed like you just initiated dialog with him
I'm pretty sure that hardly anyone who lives in these buildings takes random Ubers. With that price tag you most certainly have a driver on hand. Just saying.
Manifesting this apartment for me 🥰
Let's manifest together ❤ ✨
A little motivation to start the day 👌🏼
Can confirm, no matter how rich I was, I would never buy one of these units
Me: Hmmmm looks interesting
*Bank Account:* You can either have lunch or buy a bus pass
Human ingenuity is always so impressive to me
I am actually surprised that they were all recently built, one would think there is no space left in New York city
I know I'll probably have to move in a couple of years, but I really like my apartment, tbh. My only complaint is that its floors are too dark. We, mental patients, need lighter spaces, or many of us do. Living in a grand place like this would be exciting for about a month. I get that certain people have jobs and assets where this is necessary, but it isn't for me.
This isn't a necessity in any way. This is an atrocious example of greedy land developers and corrupt politicians creating a situation where a building that shouldn't be able to exist does and the people purchasing these outrageous homes get tax benefits
He kept saying, "They aren't living here, if they are living here they're going out to eat then coming back here." Yea that's how it works when you live somewhere.
Think he meant using it as a crash pad
I appreciate your hardwork...🙂
Middle class life, living in a small cottage with your happy family, living in peace, the struggle you do for your family and friends is the best life.
I would really like you to check out the real estate in Brownsville. It’s one of nyc premier neighborhoods. The residents are wonderful and would love for you to visit. It’s especially beautiful at night and very safe. It would be worth the visit.
Lmaoooo you trying to get this man robbed
@@tink729 no of course not
most of the staging is awful, especially mirrors consisting of several parts. Do not allow your reflection in the mirror to be divided into several parts
And yet these same business owners gripe about paying their employees more than $7/hr minimum wage 🙄🤦🏻♂️
this is evoking my fear of heights but I love it
i can just imagine the winter views at night ❄️
Beautiful places- but honestly, these apartments look like sterile operating rooms or a waiting room in an upscale plastic surgeon's office. Couldn't imagine what endless wealth would be like. I think giving a lot of it away would be the most satisfying and fun.
What sort of "luxury" apartment needs to make a feature of the dishwashers? At this price a dishwasher, laundry room, etc are absolutely basic features that you shouldn't even have to think about. Also, with spaces the size of the great room in this apartment you really need higher ceilings; this one looks like the ceiling is closing in on you.
Agreed. And that “gorgeous view”, is not that nice in my opinion. I’ve seen a lot better. Central Park is being blocked by two skyscrapers nonetheless.
I don't understand wanting to live in a hi-rise. Tip: fire ladders can only reach at best the 8th floor.
if you're broke just say it
"The Towering Inferno" comes to mind. They should do a remake of that with a super high rise building.
@@derrmann1800 you’re a billionaire? Let me hold a dollar
@@derrmann1800 even if you have money, this is a dumb investment and safety hazard. You can buy a really nice house with an actual yard anywhere else in the world.
Spending my Christmas in New York last 2021 At Intercontinental Hotel, Now I feel like I was once living in Billionaires row in New York...I'm humbled..
Thank you Lord for the dream came true..
“With a view of Central Park” … more like a glimpse. There’s two sky scrapers right in front of the window basically. I’d only ever buy something like this as a billionaire for sure. Even as a multimillionaire I would never overpay on something like this. There’s huge mega mansions for like 100mill
Weird question - but in those skinny buildings do you have noticeable wind sway at the upper floors? Or is that not noticeable in NYC?
432 Park is known for its problems of sway, creaking, and elevator break downs. If you look it up you can see articles about how it's a nightmare.
There’s gaps in between floors to prevent this
I can't quite imagine anyone living in NYC on purpose unless they are required to... there are so much prettier, cleaner, more accessible places to live, with nicer people around, with more fun things to do, where you can get 2-3x+ the space for the same price... I guess if you like pigeons and rats? idk.
I completely agree. I feel claustrophobic in the city. Just think of the chaos when 9/11 hit. People living on top of each other and nowhere to go. I like my neighbors but I don’t like sitting on them. I get so much more for my money outside of the city.
13 mill for this is way overpriced. Nobody from nyc actually wants to live in midtown. Go there for your business meetings then get out. These days easier to just use zoom. For 2.5-5 mill you can get a huge mansion with pool, backyard, a personal gym, garage etc in south Brooklyn or central queens. Yes expensive but at least seems practical and hundred+ feet away from your neighbors instead of 10 feet away in the condo. I couldn't imagine spending 13mill for a condo and not having a free space to store your nice cars. Gotta be $800 a month to park in midtown and a few blocks from this building walk. Then you have to wait for someone to get your car off the lift and tip them each time.
I'm not sure who would want to buy an apartment to live in unless it was super cheap. For the price you pay for these apartments, you could get a nice house just about anywhere else.
I was born and raised in Queens and after living in the south, I wouldn’t move back to NY for free. I’m enjoying the space and clean air.
bet my life that you’ve never even lived here but ok
I won’t mind being a maid in that type of house hehe
drooling over these apartments
The best thing is to have a good amount of money which nobody else knows about and not having to worry about financial headaches. Let everyone else think that you are just upper middle class. That's good enough. If people find out you are rich you CONSTANTLY have to be on the outlook for predators and people "wanting" stuff from you