Personally I don’t need it to be a luxury building. When I moved to jersey city I was short on time (new job in NYC) and the smaller apartments had issues (dead roaches on the floor, dirty/broken appliances). In NYC I wouldn’t even look for a “luxury” building since those are mostly for the wealthy. Can definitely find an apartment in NYC under $2475.

Honestly most people in my building don’t even use the amenities so luxury buildings are not worth it besides the (usually) extra space in square ft in the apartment.