The Charles is a building at 1353-1355 First Avenue on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City.[1][2][3]
In 2007, R. Ramin Kamfar, the chief executive of Bluerock Real Estate, purchased the land for development.[2] A high-rise building with thirty-three floors was scheduled for construction.[2] However, the project was postponed due to the Great Recession.[2] Construction began again in February 2013, with only thirty-one floors.[1][2] It is developed by Bluerock Real Estate, in conjunction with Victor Homes.[2]
The building is a 121.31-metre-high (398.0 ft) structure.[1] It is designed in the modernist architectural style by Ismael Levya.[2][3] The facade is light blue.[1] It is a residential building, with twenty-eight full-floor condominiums.[1][2][3] The interior design is David Collins.[2]