Madison House: The NoMad Condo at 15 East 30th Street

Madison House is a condominium tower of 199 residences at 15 East 30th Street in NoMad, designed by Handel Architects and completed in 2022, with a striped facade that rises to about 805 feet.

Its lot runs through the block from East 30th to East 31st Street beside Madison Avenue, and as a condominium it sells without a co-op board interview. Here is what an overseas buyer should know before making an offer.

1. What the Building Is

Madison House is a condominium tower on East 30th Street between Fifth and Madison Avenues. The city's property record lists it as 15 East 30th Street, and listings also use Madison Avenue numbers from 126 to 132 and East 31st Street numbers, because the lot reaches through the block.

Handel Architects designed the tower and Gachot Studios the interiors, for JD Carlisle Development and Fosun Group. Press reports give 62 stories and about 805 feet, while the city's record lists 56 floors, so ask the managing agent how floors are numbered in the offering plan. It was completed in 2022.

The developers said every residence has at least one corner window, and homes begin above the lower amenity floors, about 50 feet over the street. The city's record shows no historic district or landmark designation on the lot, which sits on a block that mixes new towers with older loft and apartment buildings.

The location is on Google Maps.

2. Design and Amenities

The tower's identity is its striped facade, which runs up the full height to an angled pinnacle. On a block where most neighbours are well under twenty floors, it is visible from Madison Square Park and from far up Madison Avenue.

The amenity floors cover about 30,000 square feet. Listings and the developers describe a spa with a 75-foot lap pool, a hot tub, a cold plunge and a sauna, a double-height gym about 120 feet above the street, a golf simulator, a game room and a library, with a rooftop terrace that has a chef's kitchen for warmer months.

A lounge called the Madison Club has double-height ceilings, oak floors, a wood-paneled bar and fireplaces. Day-to-day services listed for the building include a concierge, a full-time doorman, a bike room and in-unit washers and dryers.

Ask which amenities are included in the common charges and which are booked or charged separately.

3. The Block and the Neighbourhood

The same tax block holds a mix of buildings. The city's record lists 30 East 31st Street, a 42-floor condominium completed in 2017, and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts at 118 Madison Avenue, alongside walk-up and elevator buildings from the 1900s to the 1930s.

Madison Square Park lies a few blocks south, and Koreatown and a large grocery store are within walking distance. CityRealty measures the 6 train on Park Avenue South at about 0.15 miles, the N and R on Broadway at about 0.19 miles and the B, D, F, M and Q on Sixth Avenue at about 0.31 miles.

NoMad is a working neighbourhood by day, with offices, hotels and restaurants around Broadway and Madison Avenue. Ask to see the apartment at different hours, and check which exposures face the taller towers to the north and which keep open views south toward the park.

Walk the blocks between the building and the park before you commit to a line.

4. Buying Here as an Overseas Purchaser

Because Madison House is a condominium, buyers receive a deed to the apartment and there is no co-op board interview. Ask whether the condominium declaration gives the board a right of first refusal and how long a waiver takes, and if you will finance, open the lender conversation early, since lenders ask overseas borrowers for fuller documentation.

At closing the buyer pays New York's mansion tax on residential purchases of $1 million or more, charged on the whole price at graduated rates from 1% between $1 million and $2 million up to 3.9% at $25 million and above. Since July 2026 the city has also levied an annual pied-à-terre surcharge on high-value apartments that are not anyone's primary residence, and its administration is before the courts.

On a later sale by a foreign owner, FIRPTA withholding of 15% of the gross price applies unless an IRS withholding certificate reduces it. A non-resident who is not a US citizen has only a $60,000 US estate tax exemption on US-situs assets, so decide with tax counsel whether title is held personally, through a US entity or in a trust before you sign the contract.

Settle ownership structure and financing first, then make the offer.

Recorded Sales: What the Public Record Shows

NYC's Department of Finance records every sale with its address and price. Between January 2023 and September 2026 it recorded 57 sales of apartments at Madison House, at a median price of $3.85 million. Half of them closed between $3.02 million and $4.96 million; the highest was $21.52 million.

A median across a whole building mixes small and large apartments, low floors and high ones, so it describes the building rather than any one residence. Use it to see how often apartments here change hands and where the building's prices sit. Price a specific apartment from recorded sales on the same line and floor range, which can be pulled from the deed records before you make an offer.

These are recorded deed prices, not asking prices, and none of them is a Reinvent NY transaction. A sale appears in the record weeks after closing, and a deed price can include a parking space or storage unit bought at the same time.

Final Thoughts: A Tall Tower With a Through-Block Lot

Madison House offers new construction, a large amenity program and corner windows on a block that is otherwise low and old. Its height means views vary a great deal from floor to floor and line to line, which matters more than the address when comparing apartments.

Before an offer, read the offering plan and its amendments, the most recent budget and the house rules, and ask about any pending litigation or warranty claims. As a building completed in 2022, it may still have sponsor-owned units, so ask how many remain and whether the sponsor still controls the board.

Price a specific apartment from recorded sales of comparable floors and layouts rather than a building-wide figure. The city records sales here under several address forms, including 15 East 30th Street and 132 Madison Avenue, so search all of them.

Request the offering plan, the current budget and the amenity rules before scheduling a viewing.

Figures here describe the building, not any one apartment. Asking prices, monthly carrying costs, tax abatement status and sublet rules are established unit by unit from the offering plan, the most recent financial statement and the managing agent.

Reinvent NY Inc. provides real estate and business expansion consulting in New York. This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal, tax or investment advice.

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