The Best New Developments in NoMad

NoMad's reputation as a new-development destination is fairly recent, built almost entirely over the past decade by a small handful of towers that established what luxury construction in the neighborhood looks like. Unlike Flatiron, where the standout buildings mix historic conversions with newer towers, NoMad's story is almost entirely about what's been built from the ground up.

277 Fifth Avenue

277 Fifth Avenue, completed in 2019, is the tallest residential building on Fifth Avenue, rising 721 feet across 55 stories. Designed by Rafael Viñoly with interiors by Jeffrey Beers International, the tower holds 130 residences with column-free layouts that maximize the building's sweeping views. The amenity suite spans more than 7,000 square feet and includes a furnished terrace, a windowed fitness center with a yoga studio and spa, a private dining room with a catering kitchen, and a children's playroom. It remains the clearest expression of what a NoMad address commands at the top of the market.

262 Fifth Avenue

262 Fifth Avenue takes the opposite approach to scale: a 52-story tower developed by Five Points Development and designed by the architecture firm Meganom, with only 26 full-floor and duplex residences in the entire building. It's one of the most exclusive addresses in the neighborhood by design, trading unit count for privacy and scale in a way that few other NoMad buildings attempt.

What These Towers Have in Common

Both buildings reflect the same underlying thesis: that NoMad buyers want the polish and amenity level of Billionaires' Row without the Billionaires' Row price tag or the Midtown location. Compared with Flatiron's mix of historic conversions and newer towers, covered in The Best Condo Buildings in Flatiron, NoMad's new-development stock leans more uniformly toward glass-and-steel construction with resort-level amenity packages.

Weighing New Construction Against the Alternative

New development in NoMad prices meaningfully above the neighborhood average — for context on what that means in real terms, see What Does $2 Million Buy in NoMad? If the trade-off between new construction and more square footage in an older building is one you're still weighing, Flatiron vs. NoMad: Which Neighborhood Is Right for You? covers that decision directly.

Building details reflect publicly available information as of publication. Availability and pricing change frequently at this level of the market — for current inventory in either building, please reach out directly.