Southbridge Towers Cooperative, Civic Center, Manhattan, New York

Southbridge Towers is a large housing cooperative in Lower Manhattan's Civic Center neighborhood. Built between 1961 and 1971 by Tishman Realty & Construction, it was developed as a subsidized co-op under the Mitchell-Lama program. The complex, located between Pearl, Gold, Fulton, and Frankfort streets, consists of four 27-story towers and five 6-story buildings, offering 1,651 apartments with a total floor area of 331,577 square feet. In 2005, the board began exploring privatization, and in September 2014, residents voted to privatize under the Mitchell-Lama law. The privatization was finalized on September 10, 2015.