The Spa Like Amenities You Didn't Know You Needed In Your Home

NYC’s wellness-oriented apartment buildings now bring the spa home, with amenities like infrared saunas, ice rooms, hammams, and chromotherapy lighting built directly into the building — no membership or subway ride required.

In the buzzing Big Apple, people have long sought out meditation and yoga studios to help them cope with the stresses of everyday life. With the constant stresses that this city can bring upon people it can be a bit overwhelming and we all deserve a break. Now with wellness-oriented apartment buildings popping up all over the city, you wouldn’t even have to leave your home to find that kind of escape.

These buildings allow residents to enjoy that ultimate luxury: a place to let go, relax and unwind from the pressures of the world without ever having to put on shoes. Sounds like a dream come true!!

Courtesy of 252 East 57th Street

These buildings offer everything from state-of-the-art gyms to cutting edge health technology. One such building, called Arbor 18 in Brooklyn, offer residents an infrared sauna with built-in chromotherapy, a designated meditation room and zen garden. And on the Lower East Side, a new tower called One Manhattan Square takes the wellness theme even further, with relaxation rooms, a zen teahouse, adult treehouse and a traditional Turkish hammam.

Having the luxury of a spa-at-home just became easier with these new state-of-the-art apartment buildings and their impressive wellness-oriented amenities. Improve your well-being while still being at home and indulge yourself to the world of relaxation.

Arbor 18

CHROMOTHERAPY: Chromotherapy has been available at a few select spas, but now it is making its way into people's private homes; at Arbor 18, a brand new luxury condominium in Greenwood Heights, the building's sauna comes complete with an advanced chromotherapy built-in. Wintertime means more time indoors, and for many people, that lack of vital vitamin D can cause a form of depression called Seasonal Affective Disorder. One scientifically proven cure for SAD is chromotherapy, or different colored lamps that can replenish and rebalance the body's energy.

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ICE ROOMS:  252 East 57th Street, a 65-story ultra-luxury condo on Billionaire’s Row, offers its residents a generous spa and wellness package with a hydrotherapy circuit spa as well as ice rooms with an experiential shower equipped with a cold rainspout and a Kneipp hose. This extreme experience cools the entire body creating a systemic boost and allows the body to warm up faster afterwards. Just three minutes in the ice room improves blood circulation as well as joint and muscle function with benefits effective for six months up to one year.

The Kent credit: Evan Joseph

INFRARED SAUNAS: The Kent, a new art deco-inspired condominium on the Upper East Side, residents have exclusive access to the building’s infrared sauna as part of the building’s comprehensive fitness center, helping stave off illnesses that tend to crop up during winter. Infrared saunas, especially the far-infrared levels, allows the body to eliminate about seven times more toxins, optimizing your body’s functions and staving off illness. Infrared saunas also warm the body in the same way as natural sunlight.

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HAMMAM: One Manhattan Square on the Lower East Side has over 100,000 square feet of amenities, including a full service spa with sauna, hammam steam room, cold plunge pool, tranquility garden and selection of curated relaxation services that can be ordered through the building’s concierge. The specialty hammam took inspiration from 14th Century Ottoman Empire hammans and interpreted that relaxation and ritual in modern way, with mood lighting, heated benches, and private recessed stone chambers.

More NYC Buildings Bringing Spa Amenities Home

Since this roundup first published, several new NYC developments have raised the bar even further. Aman New York Residences at the Crown Building unveiled a 25,000-square-foot, three-story Aman Spa in early 2025, with a banya, hammam, hot and cold plunge pools, hydro-massage pools, saunas, steam rooms, and dedicated yoga and Pilates studios. One High Line in West Chelsea, which opened in 2025, pairs a 75-foot lap pool and private spa treatment room with resident access to Faena’s neighboring 17,000-square-foot Tierra Santa Healing House. And Mandarin Oriental Residences Fifth Avenue, unveiled in 2024, offers a rooftop pool overlooking Central Park alongside a full spa floor with sauna, steam room, and in-home treatment options; nearby, Pearl House in the Financial District built a 30,000-plus-square-foot “Pearl Spa” with a cold plunge, sauna, steam room, and whirlpool.

What to Ask Before You Tour: Spa Amenity Access

Before you sign a lease or a contract, ask whether spa and wellness access is included in your rent or common charges or billed as a separate membership fee, and whether it’s reservation-based or capacity-capped during peak hours. Some buildings set adults-only hours for saunas and steam rooms, and newer developments sometimes list a wellness floor as “phase two,” meaning it isn’t operational yet at move-in — confirm the amenity is actually open before you rely on it. For hotel-branded residences like Aman or Mandarin Oriental, building access doesn’t always include spa treatments themselves, which can carry their own membership or day-use fees. It’s a real investment for developers: the Global Wellness Institute’s 2025 “Build Well to Live Well” report found that wellness-focused residential properties can command a 10-25% price premium at the middle and upper market tiers, so expect these amenities to be reflected in the price.

Frequently Asked Questions

What buildings in NYC offer spa-like wellness amenities?

A growing number of NYC luxury condos and rentals now build spa amenities directly into the building, including Arbor 18 (chromotherapy sauna), 252 East 57th Street (ice rooms), The Kent (infrared sauna), One Manhattan Square (hammam), and newer additions like Aman New York Residences, One High Line, Mandarin Oriental Residences Fifth Avenue, and Pearl House.

Is spa or wellness amenity access included in rent or common charges?

It varies by building. Some include full spa and wellness access in rent or common charges, while others charge a separate membership fee or bill spa treatments individually, especially in hotel-branded residences. Always confirm the terms during your tour rather than assuming access is included.

Do wellness amenities actually raise a building’s value?

Generally, yes. The Global Wellness Institute’s 2025 “Build Well to Live Well” report, reviewing 300-plus studies, found that wellness-focused residential properties can command a 10-25% price premium at the middle and upper market tiers, and estimated the global wellness real estate market reached $584 billion in 2024.

What’s the difference between an infrared sauna and a traditional sauna?

Infrared saunas use light to heat the body directly rather than heating the surrounding air, which lets them run at lower temperatures while still producing a deep sweat; far-infrared models in particular are associated with helping the body eliminate toxins more efficiently. Traditional Finnish-style saunas heat the air itself and typically run much hotter.

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