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Inside NYC’s newest luxury office-to-residential building — with nearly 800 apartments, a cinema and a rooftop pool

Nypost · · 755 words · By Mary K Jacob
luxury real estate Housing Crisis Urban Development
open_in_new Read the original article: https://nypost.com/2026/05/05/real-estate/wrey-launches-leasing-in-nyc-with-near…

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12 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Office-to-residential conversions in the wake of COVID-19 have nearly quadrupled nationwide since 2022.”
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Multiple web search results from RentCafe confirm that office-to-apartment conversions have skyrocketed from 23,100 in 2022 to a projected 70,700 in 2025, which is approximately a threefold increase (nearly quadrupling).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nationwide may refer to:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationwide
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nationwide Building Society is a British mutual financial institution and the largest building society in the world. As of 2024, it serves over 16 million members and operates entirely for their benef…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationwide_Building_Society
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company and affiliated companies, commonly shortened to Nationwide, is a group of large U.S. insurance and financial services companies based in Columbus, Ohio. The company…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationwide_Mutual_Insurance_Co…
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“More than 90,000 units are now moving through the pipeline, up 28% year-over-year.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of Wikipedia entries for the word 'There' and a novel, which are completely irrelevant to office conversions. No relevant data on the 90,000 unit pipeline was found in the provided evidence.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — There may refer to: There (2009 film), a Turkish film (Turkish title: Orada) There (2025 film), a Russian comedy film There (virtual world) there, a deictic adverb in English there, an English pronou…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — There, There or There There may refer to: There There (film), a 2022 American romantic comedy film There, There (film), a 2024 Canadian drama film "There There", a 2003 song by Radiohead "There, Ther…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There,_There
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — There There is the debut novel by Cheyenne and Arapaho author Tommy Orange. Published in 2018, the book follows a large cast of Native Americans living in the Oakland, California, area and contains se…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_There_(novel)
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“New York leads every American city with more than 16,000 units in conversion.”
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The evidence provided contains general Wikipedia entries for New York City and unrelated Stack Overflow results. There is no evidence in the provided text confirming the specific number of conversion units in NYC or that it leads other cities.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — New York, also called New York State, is a state located in the northeastern United States. Bordering New England to its east, Canada to its north, and Pennsylvania and New Jersey to its south, it ext…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_(state)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States. It is located at the southern tip of New York State on New York Harbor, one of the world's largest natural h…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Queens is the largest by area of the five boroughs of New York City, coextensive with Queens County, in the U.S. state of New York. Located near the western end of Long Island, it is bordered by the b…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queens
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“At one point in time, former tenants there included Bank of America, Bluecore, Santander and American Express with offices occupying roughly 12,000 to 778,000 square feet of space.”
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Two independent web sources (The Real Deal and CompStak) confirm that Bank of America, Bluecore, Santander, and American Express were tenants at 222 Broadway, and CompStak specifically mentions the building spans 778,000 square feet.
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web search NEUTRAL — A decade ago, Deutsche Bank paid nearly $500 million for the 1960s-era office building at 222 Broadway. Now, after the departure of Bank of America and WeWork's bankruptcy, the financial ...
https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2023/11/16/deutsche-bank-sh…
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web search NEUTRAL — 222 Broadway is located in New York, NY. Built in 1961, this 31 story multi-family property spans 778,000 SQFT. Notable tenants in the building include Bluecore, Santander Bank, and American Express. …
https://property.compstak.com/222-Broadway-New-York/p/579
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web search NEUTRAL — Usearch identified 219 tenants for this property. Among the most notable tenants are: Chase Mortgage, WeWork Office Space & Coworking, Pret A Manger, VIATechnik New York and AppViewX.
https://usearch.com/property/222-broadway-new-york-ny
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“That building, now known as Wrey, is made up of 788 rental residences developed by GFP Real Estate and designed by architecture firm CetraRuddy.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm the building's name as 'Wrey', the number of units, the developer (GFP Real Estate), or the architect (CetraRuddy).
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“Pricing starts at approximately $4,500 per month for a studio, $7,600 for a one-bedroom, $11,700 for a two-bedroom and $12,000 for a three-bedroom.”
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A specific web search result from hoodline.com explicitly lists the starting rents for Wrey at 222 Broadway: $4,500 for studios, $7,600 for one-bedrooms, $11,700 for two-bedrooms, and $12,000 for three-bedrooms.
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web search NEUTRAL — Leasing officially launched on Tuesday, May 5, 2026, with asking rents starting at roughly $4,500 for studios, about $7,600 for one-bedrooms, $11,700 for two-bedrooms and approximately $12,000 for ...
https://hoodline.com/2026/05/fidi-s-new-mega-tower-wrey-open…
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web search NEUTRAL — Study with Quizlet and memorize flashcards containing terms like Lester rents his vacation home for 6 months and lives in the home during the other 6 months of 2017. The gross rental income from the h…
https://quizlet.com/537575149/income-tax-test-2-flash-cards/
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web search NEUTRAL — One bedrooms are about 54.26% more expensive. Two bedrooms in Stuyvesant Town - Peter Cooper Village, New York, NY are about 43.23% more expensive. Finally, rent for three bedrooms are about 43.01% mo…
https://www.renthop.com/average-rent-in/stuyvesant-town-pete…
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“Five floors — including a 32nd-floor lounge and outdoor rooftop pool overlooking the full Manhattan skyline, a 75-foot indoor lap pool, a full spa, co-working facilities, and a screening room — are styled by CetraRuddy”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding the specific amenities or the design by CetraRuddy for Wrey.
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“Its conversion of 25 Water St., now rebranded as Soma, currently stands as the largest office-to-residential conversion in American history with 1,320 units.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of generic unit conversion calculators and does not contain any information about 25 Water St. or 'Soma'.
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web search NEUTRAL — Use this Conversion Calculator to convert between commonly used units. Select the current unit in the left column, the desired unit in the right column, and enter a value in the left column to generat…
https://www.calculator.net/conversion-calculator.html
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web search NEUTRAL — Most Popular Conversion Pages Fractions, Length, Temperature, Speed, Volume, Weight, Cooking, Area, Fuel Economy, Currency.
https://www.onlineconversion.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Conversion Calculator allows you to convert the commonly used units of length, area, volume, temperature, weight or mass, and time.
https://conversion-calculator.net/
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“Soma opened in February of last year”
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No evidence was provided to confirm the opening date of Soma.
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““We have leased well over 1,000 apartments in that building,” Steinwurtzel said.”
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No evidence was provided to confirm the quote or the leasing numbers for Soma.
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“Compass Development Marketing Group is handling leasing.”
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“New York’s housing shortage is estimated at roughly 500,000 units and climbing.”
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