Building amenities include 24-hour security, a fitness center, tennis courts, a pool and a cafeteria.

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Building amenities include a fitness center, an indoor swimming pool and a recreation room, all attended to by white-gloved staff.

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The owner, steel magnate Leroy Schecter, is combining the units into one large apartment that will have five bedrooms, seven bathrooms, a library, a gallery area and access to some of the best building amenities in the city ( 15 CPW is famous for them).

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Yes, many universities compete for students by building costly, resort-style amenities.

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Developers today are responding to the increased demand for single-living "with amenities to make the building more social and fun, " adds Mr. Klinenberg, the NYU professor.

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It had been expected the council or local authority would be given it, to pay for the increased amenities required in the area of increased building but now ministers are insisting 25% is put directly into the hands of local people and not all given to the council or local authority to spend.

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There's a dizzying array of amenities at New York by Gehry, a building designed by iconic architect Frank Gehry near City Hall that is the tallest residential building in the city's history.

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The prime example he offers is the cost of building stadiums now that credit is hard to come by and high-tech amenities are increasingly needed to lure fans from their 60-inch, high-def home televisions.

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