Case Study — 50 West NYC · September 2025
50 West — Lower Manhattan
Photography and film for a Helmut Jahn condominium tower in the Financial District: a homepage film, actor-led lifestyle videos, and reels built for the sales campaign.
The Project
50 West Street is a 64-story curved-glass condominium tower by Helmut Jahn in Lower Manhattan, with interiors by Thomas Juul-Hansen — “The Art of Inspired Living,” from double-height residences to the Water Club pool and an observatory over the harbor. Premier New York condos, sold — not leased — which raises the stakes on every impression.
The Challenge
Condo pre-sales are the hardest sell in real estate media: buyers commit seven figures, often before ever standing in the residence. The visuals have to close the distance — floor-to-ceiling harbor views, the calm in every curve of the facade — with the credibility a Financial District buyer expects.
What We Produced
- The 50 West Film — the brand film on the homepage of 50westnyc.com, directed to the building’s curved-glass calm and Juul-Hansen’s interiors.
- Lifestyle videos with actors — residences staged in motion: cast talent living the double-height great room, the Water Club, the observatory at dusk. The buyer as the lead character, always.
- Architectural photography — drone exteriors of the curved facade over the harbor, model residences, and the full amenity collection.
- Social reels — vertical campaign creative for the ad program driving qualified buyers to the sales gallery.
Why It Matters
Pre-sales and lease-ups are our specialty. When a development has this much invested, “good enough” media is the most expensive line item on the budget — it’s the one that costs sales. We produce the visual world that gives buyers the confidence to pull the trigger, site-unseen.
See the work live at 50westnyc.com.
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