In addition, the units have bathrooms with marble walls, limestone floor tiles, and polished-nickel decorations. There are oak floors throughout the units. The only apartments with terraces are units 17B, 17C, and 17D, whose terraces are above the roof of the building to the east. Residential amenities The basement has a bicycle storage area with 91 bicycle parking spots. Floor 12 is an amenity floor with a fitness center, golf simulator, lockers, and a swimming pool area. , The Wright Fit operates classes and programs in the fitness center. The pool area consists of a lap pool measuring , a spa pool measuring , and a "cold plunge" pool measuring . Patrick Blanc designed two living walls for the pool space, with 3,500 plants. Floor 14 contains a laundry room and 34 wine-storage lockers. There are 119 residential storage lockers on floors 14 and 15 as well as a children's play area on floor 16. There is also a double-height lounge on floors 46 and 47. The building's management performs pantry stocking service, a housekeeping service, and pet walking for an additional fee. Residents also receive MoMA benefactor-level memberships, which include unlimited free admission to the museum, exhibition previews, discounts in MoMA stores, and access to film screenings. If a unit is sold, the membership transfers from the seller to the buyer. History Planning MoMA, which owned a lot at 53 West 53rd Street west of its existing building, sold it to developer Gerald D. Hines for $125 million in January 2007. Hines planned to build a skyscraper called Tower Verre on the site. Several architects submitted proposals for the tower before Jean Nouvel was selected as the architect in November 2007. Nouvel had so fervently wanted to design the tower that he told his business partner Michel Pelissié to not pressure Hines excessively on architects' fees. The building initially was to stand 1,250 feet (381 m) tall (the same height as the Empire State Building below its mast). The building was planned to include on the second through fifth floors for MoMA, as well as a 100-room luxury hotel and 120 luxury residential condominiums. At the time, the skyscraper was scheduled to start construction in 2009 and be completed in 2012. To build a taller structure than would normally be allowed, Hines sought to buy air rights from the University Club of New York and St. Thomas Church nearby.