New apartments are built to be sold, not be lived in. If it looks good when it sells, that's all that matters. For this reason, much of the sought-after stock

New apartments are built to be sold, not be lived in. If it looks good when it sells, that's all that matters. For this reason, much of the sought-after stock in NYC are townhouses that were built for, and occupied by, particular families and then later subdivided.