Plaza Hotel - Condominiums
768 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10019
Overview
Plaza Hotel - is a 181-unit condo in Manhattan, with 3 commercial units.
- Offering plan: Accepted June 2006 · 727 pages · floor plans on pages 63–64
- Prices: $3,138 a square foot on average, as first offered; $365.6 million in all
- Developer: The El-Ad Group, Ltd.; principals Miki Naftali and Orly Hackmon
- Sponsor: Cps 1 Realty LP, represented by Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
- Neighborhood: Midtown Center, Manhattan
- Subway: 3-minute walk to 5 Av/59 St (N, R, W); 3 minutes to 57 St (M)
- Amendments: 12, the latest in July 2011
- Other filings: NA050224 (no-action filing, filed 2005)
- Units
- 181 residential · 3 commercial
- Neighborhood
- Midtown Center, Manhattan
- Subway
- 3 min walk to 5 Av/59 St N R W57 St M, 3 min
- Developer
- The El-Ad Group, Ltd.
- Principals
- Miki Naftali, Orly Hackmon
- Average $/sf
- $3,138Homes in Schedule A, as first offered
- Offering price
- $365.6 million total
- Floor plans
- Pages 63–64 of the plan
- SubmittedAugust 2006
- AcceptedJune 2006
- 12 amendments
- First sale
- Latest sale
Units & Prices
Sales
From city records (ACRIS), through Apr 30, 2026.
First-Year Budget
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Property Taxes
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Amendments
Amendment 12 2011
Updated budgets for 2011, extended offering term by 12 months, revised Schedule A with current common charges and real estate taxes, and removed Miki Naftali as principal of Sponsor.
- Hotel Section budget for January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011 adopted; common charges approximately 6.63% higher than 2010
- Condominium Board changed operating year from June 1–May 31 fiscal year to calendar year effective January 1, 2010
- Schedule A revised to reflect updated common charge amounts and actual real estate tax amounts from New York City Department of Finance
- 100 unsold Condo Hotel Units as of June 24, 2011; monthly Hotel Common Charges total approximately $610,360; monthly real estate taxes approximately $144,480
- All unsold units subject to two HSBC mortgages maturing November 1, 2011 with one-year extension option
- Miki Naftali removed as principal of Sponsor; Orly Hackmon remains principal
- Offering term extended 12 months from filing date
- Litigation disclosed: arbitration with R.P. Brennan General Contractors over $10.3 million extra work claims; federal lawsuit Tano Holdings Inc. v. CPS 1 Realty LP over deposit return
Amendment 11 2008
Extends the offering term for 12 months, updates budgets and sponsor financial disclosures, and removes electric cook tops from unit specifications.
- Offering term extended 12 months from amendment filing date
- 102 Condo Hotel Units remain unsold as of November 6, 2008
- Budget adopted for July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009
- Monthly Hotel Common Charges for unsold units approximately $90,153 as of November 2008
- Monthly real estate taxes for unsold units approximately $190,081 as of November 2008
- Mortgages totaling $247,660,732 on unsold units, maturity November 1, 2011
- Electric cook tops deleted from Condo Hotel Unit specifications
Amendment 10 May 14, 2008
Revised floor plans for condo hotel units, updated property description, and extended offering term.
- Floor plans for condo hotel units replaced due to field conditions and structural coordination
- Property Report amended and restated in its entirety with substituted materials of equal or better quality
- Revised Certification of Sponsor's Architect executed
- Offering term extended for six (6) months from filing of amendment
Amendment 9 Mar 19, 2008
First Condo Hotel Unit closing occurred; real estate taxes updated and corrected; number of executed agreements corrected; offering term extended.
- First Condo Hotel Unit (Unit 1238) closed on December 27, 2007
- Sponsor posted $5,000,000 cash escrow for completion of Hotel Section
- Working Capital Fund established with $3,456.00 balance at HSBC Bank USA
- Real estate taxes corrected for Hotel Condo Units in revised Schedule A
- Number of executed agreements as of November 27, 2007 corrected from 57 to 45 units
- 47 unsold Hotel Condo Units subject to fully executed Agreements as of December 27, 2007
- Initial Hotel Board designated: Miki Naftali (President), Orly Hackmon (Vice President), Chuck Henry (Secretary)
- Offering term extended for six months from amendment filing date
Amendment 8 Jan 11, 2008
Revised budgets and hotel common charges for the first year of hotel section operation, extended offering term
- First Year of Hotel Section Operation changed to January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2008
- Hotel Section budget increased 12.39% in Hotel Common Charges overall and 17.05% for Condo Hotel Units
- Schedule A revised to reflect new Hotel Common Charges allocations and updated real estate tax assessments
- Schedule B-1 and B-2 budgets revised for new fiscal year periods
- Offering term extended six (6) months from filing date
Amendment 7 Dec 13, 2007
Plan declared effective as of November 27, 2007, with 57 units (37%) under agreement, exceeding the 15% threshold required.
- Plan declared effective as of November 27, 2007
- 57 Condo Hotel Units (37% of 152 total) have executed agreements with unrelated purchasers
- Offering period extended six months from amendment filing date
- Sponsor affidavit confirms no material changes to First Year Hotel Section Operation budget
Amendment 6 Jul 20, 2007
Purchase price increased for Condo Hotel Unit 1823.
Amendment 5 Jul 6, 2007
Purchase prices of certain Condo Hotel Units owned by the Sponsor are increased.
Amendment 4 Jun 28, 2007
Schedule A updated for revised unit sizes and common interest percentages; offering term extended six months.
- Schedule A restated with revised Approximate Sq. Ft. Unit Area, Percentage of Common Interest, and Proportionate Share of Aggregate Hotel Section Common Interest
- Common Interest changes in Condo Hotel Units resulted from final specifications, construction conditions, and as-built plans
- No Condo Hotel Unit's Common Interest increased more than 5%
- Offering period extended six months from amendment filing date
Amendment 3 May 16, 2007
Increases purchase prices for certain Condo Hotel Units.
Amendment 2 Mar 7, 2007
Sponsor increases purchase prices of certain Condo Hotel Units.
- Purchase prices increased for certain Condo Hotel Units owned by CPS 1 Realty LP
- Revised Schedule A attached showing new prices
Amendment 1 Aug 8, 2006
Amendment increases purchase prices for certain Condo Hotel Units owned by the Sponsor.
- Prices of certain Condo Hotel Units increased per revised Schedule A
- Sponsor reserves right to revise further prices and other terms, except for units with existing purchase agreements without purchaser consent
Team
- Sponsor
- Cps 1 Realty LP
- Developer
- The El-Ad Group, Ltd.
- Principals
- Miki Naftali, Orly Hackmon
- Tax estimate
- Leitner Group, Inc.Prepared the first-year real estate tax projection
- Construction lender
- Column Financial$60.9 million loan stated in the plan
- Construction managers
- Tishman Construction, Tishman Construction Corporation of New YorkNamed on p. 55, p. 201
- MEP engineers
- Flack & Kurtz, Flack & Kurtz Inc.Mechanical, electrical and plumbing · Named on p. 55, p. 201
- Property reports
- Flack & Kurtz Inc., Costas Kondylis & PartnersPrepared the plan's description of the property and its condition · Named on p. 201, p. 55
- Title agency
- Royal Abstract of New York LLCThe sponsor's title company for buyers; you can choose another · Named on p. 50
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Zoning
- Zoning districts
- R10H, C5-2.5The lot is split between two districts, the largest share first
- Special district
- Special Midtown District (MiD)
Today's zoning, from city data (PLUTO 26v2).
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