Rising Tower Emerges As a Billionaires’ Haven

　　One57, a 1,004-foot tower under construction in MidtownManhattan, will soon hold the title of New York’s tallest buildingwith residences. But without fanfare from its ultraprivate futureresidents, it is cementing a new title: the global billionaires’ club.

　　One57是曼哈頓中城正在建設的一棟1004英尺（合306米）高的大樓，很快就將贏得紐約最高住宅樓的盛名。盡管其十分低調的未來住戶不會大肆慶祝，但這棟大樓也有了一個新稱號：全球億萬富翁俱樂部。

　　The buyers of the nine full-floor apartments near the top that have sold so far — among themtwo duplexes under contract for more than $90 million each — are all billionaires, Gary Barnett, the president of the Extell Development Company, the building’s developer, said this week. Theother seven apartmentsranged in price from $45 million to $50 million.

　　這棟大樓的開發(fā)商，Extell開發(fā)公司(Extell Development Company)總裁加里·巴尼特(Gary Barnett)本周表示，到目前為止，靠近頂層的整層公寓已售出九套，其中包括兩套每套售價超過9000萬美元的復式公寓，另外七套公寓的價格從4500萬美元到5000萬美元不等。這些已售出公寓的買主，全都是億萬富翁。

　　The billionaires’ club includes several Americans, at least two buyers from China, a Canadian, aNigerian and a Briton, according to Mr. Barnett and brokers who have sold apartments in thebuilding, at 157 West 57th Street. Mr. Barnett said that at least a few buyers were “significantForbes billionaires.”

　　這棟大樓位于西57街157號。巴尼特和售出過公寓的經(jīng)紀人透露，紐約這個“億萬富翁俱樂部”中包括幾名美國人、至少兩名來自中國的買家、一名加拿大人、一名尼日利亞人和一名英國人。巴尼特說，至少有一些買主是“福布斯富豪榜里的顯赫人物”。

　　Since late last year, the “trophy” end of New York’s real estate market has been recording eye-popping sales that seem to have little basis in reality. The signed contract for the nearly-11,000-square-foot duplex on the 89th and 90th floors of One57 that sold for about $95 million toppedthe record sale in March of a penthouse at 15 Central Park West to a Russian billionaire’s daughterfor $88 million. In June, Steve Wynn, the Las Vegas casino magnate, paid $70 million for a duplexpenthouse apartment above the Ritz-Carlton.

　　去年年底以來，紐約超高端地產(chǎn)市場產(chǎn)生了令人瞠目結舌的優(yōu)異銷售成績，高得似乎完全脫離了現(xiàn)實基礎。One57第89/90層的復式公寓面積將近1.1萬平方英尺（合1022平方米），簽約價格為9500萬美元，突破了3月的一筆交易所創(chuàng)下的記錄，當時，一位俄羅斯億萬富翁的女兒，以8800萬美元的價格購得了中央公園西路15號的頂層公寓。今年6月，拉斯維加斯賭場大亨史蒂夫·韋恩(Steve Wynn)曾出資7000萬美元，購得麗思卡爾頓酒店(Ritz-Carlton)上的頂層復式公寓。

　　Individual sales aside, it is the sheer concentration of wealth in One57, a $1.5 billion development, that is raising the eyebrows of some longtime market watchers.

　　撇開那些單筆銷售不談，One57這個成本15億美元的開發(fā)項目令一些長期關注市場的人士所驚嘆的，是其中聚集的大量財富。

　　“The scale of wealth in this building is just unheard of,” said Jonathan J. Miller, president of MillerSamuel, a property appraiser. “Despite all the problems economically, you are seeing these peopleinvest in real estate unlike in any period that has ever happened.”

　　“這棟樓里聚集的財富規(guī)模前所未聞。”房地產(chǎn)評估企業(yè)米勒薩繆爾公司(Miller Samuel)的總裁喬納森·J·米勒(Jonathan J. Miller)說，“盡管當前經(jīng)濟存在很多問題，但是仍能看到有人以過去任何時期都沒有過的方式，投資房地產(chǎn)。”

　　Since sales began in the building in November, Extell has signed contracts for more than $1 billionworth of apartments, about $300 million just this summer, Mr. Barnett said. Fewer than 40 of the 92 apartments remain unsold, among them four full-floor units. But Mr. Barnett said two potentialbuyers from China were “circling” one of them.

　　巴尼特稱，這棟大樓去年11月開盤以來，Extell已簽約的公寓總價值超過10億美元，單單今年夏天就有約3億美元。92套公寓中，只有不到40套仍未售出，其中包括4套整層公寓。不過巴尼特說，兩名來自中國的潛在買主正在考慮這四套整層公寓中的一套。