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This Week’s 5 Most Expensive Listings

Here’s our look at the five most expensive residential listings to hit StreetEasy in the past seven days — the crème de la crème of the Manhattan market this week.

1965 Broadway #Ph3bc

Address 1965 Broadway #Ph3bc
Price $29,995,000
Type/Size Condo: eight bedrooms and nine-and-a-half bathrooms
The honor of being dubbed “this week’s most expensive listing” goes to this Lincoln Square triplex. Described by it’s listing as a, “three-story townhouse in the sky”, this unit totals an impressive 10,100 square feet (8,100 interior and 2,000 exterior). It comes with three entrances, one for each level, two landscaped terraces, and a selection of very interesting ceilings.

123 Washington Street #PH56

Address 123 Washington Street #PH56
Price $22,520,000
Type/Size Condo: nine bedrooms and nine bathrooms
This isn’t the first time penthouse 56 at the W Hotel Downtown has made our list. But this time it’s been on the receiving end of a very serious price chop (it was originally asking $31.8 million). From the look of the floor plan this listing appears to be a full floor containing multiple apartments – we spotted six kitchens. But whatever it is, they all come with access to all of the W Hotel’s amenities, including a full catering kitchen, billiards table, cinema room, private fitness center, spa and valet parking.

158 Mercer Street #7BWAY

Address 158 Mercer Street #7BWAY
Price $14,500,000
Type/Size Condo: four bedrooms and three bathrooms
This pretty Soho loft is in the New Museum Building (which appears to have no connection to the actual New Museum just a few blocks away). The spread comes with four exposures, seventeen oversized windows; and while this unit is nice, it’s not as nice as the one Jon Bon Jovi sold a few stories up.

70 Vestry Street #4E

Address 70 Vestry Street #4E
Price $10,750,000
Type/Size Condo: three bedrooms and three-and-a-half bathrooms
70 Vestry dominated our Most Expensive list last week. This time around only one of their pads made the cut. This unit at the Robert A.M. Stern-designed building comes with river views, marble counters and wine storage plus access to all of the building’s swanky amenities which include a billiards room, a cafe and a squash court. Oh, and Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen will be your neighbors.

60 Riverside Boulevard #Ph3802

Address 60 Riverside Boulevard #Ph3802
Price $9,500,000
Type/Size Condo: four bedrooms and four-and-a-half bathrooms
This 3,096-square-foot spread at The Aldyn on Riverside Boulevard was designed by Christopher Coleman. It comes with floor-to-ceiling windows, river views, a ton of storage and a lot of bright colors. Plus access to the buildings amenities which include a rock climbing wall and a bowling alley.

This Week’s 5 Most Expensive Listings

In the past seven days, eight new listings priced at $10 million and above hit the market, according to StreetEasy. From that list, these are the crème de la crème, otherwise known as the five most expensive residential listings to hit the Manhattan market.

21 East 61st Street #16A

Address 21 East 61st Street #16A
Price $19,900,000
Type/Size Condop: three bedrooms and four-and-a-half bathrooms
At the very top of the Upper East Side’s Carlton House, is this 3,500-square-foot penthouse. It comes with 1,120 feet of wrap-around terraces, and although the listing points out that the interiors are finished in “a soft, calming palette,” all we see is shades of white.

252 West 12th Street

Address 252 West 12th Street
Price $19,600,000
Type/Size Townhouse: six bedrooms and five-and-a-half bathrooms
Coming in at second place this week is this West Village townhouse. Built in 1910, it comes with wine storage, a finished basement, and a very lovely kitchen. The current owners did some smart shopping in 2010 when they snapped up this spread for a seemingly reasonable $6.8 million, which makes the current asking price an impressive 188 percent increase. And they decorate beautifully.

212 Fifth Avenue #17A

Address 212 Fifth Avenue #17A
Price $16,600,000
Type/Size Condo: six bedrooms and five-and-a-half bathrooms
212 Fifth Avenue started life in 1912 as an office building, and now, in classic New York style, its turning into luxury condos. Of the 28 units that have hit the market to date, over half are in contract, including the two most expensive units. No word on the apartment itself, but it comes with access to a host of amenities including a screening room and a fitness center.

60 Riverside Boulevard 3201/2/3

Address 60 Riverside Boulevard 3201/2/3
Price $14,900,000
Type/Size Condo: 10 bedrooms and 11-and-a-half bathrooms
This gargantuan spread takes up an entire floor at The Aldyn. The apartment itself comes with river views, Brazilian cherry floors, and three kitchens (one for each of the original apartments that made up this spread). Plus there are amenities aplenty including a pool and a basketball court.

212 Fifth Avenue #14A

Address 212 Fifth Avenue #14A
Price $12,100,000
Type/Size Condo: three bedrooms and three-and-a-half bathrooms
212 Fifth Avenue makes this list again, but this time it’s a few floors down and a couple of million cheaper. This unit comes with all the same amenities, and the apartment has features like oak floors, soaring ceilings and what looks like a whole lot of marble.

These NYC Apartments Come With Private Pools

Earlier this week we provided you with a sumptuous collection of beach-front properties you could escape to (or dream about escaping to) when the oh-so-foreboding “heat dome” became too much.

But what if you want to stay a little closer to home, and ride out this sweaty inferno in the city?

Here, for your perusal, are some of the city’s best private pools on the market right now:

232 West 15th Street #H1

Address 232 West 15th Street #H1
Price $11,495,000
Type/Size Townhouse: six bedrooms and seven bathrooms
At this Chelsea townhouse the pool takes up almost an entire floor. To be a little more precise, it’s 30-feet long and 8-feet deep and it has a two-story waterfall. Unsurprisingly, the rest of the house is pretty nice too.

60 Riverside Boulevard #2101

Address 60 Riverside Boulevard #2101
Price $17,900,000
Type/Size Condo: six bedrooms and eight-and-a-half bathrooms
While this pool might not be as glamorous as the one above, it is outside, which means that from this 21st floor terrace you can swim while you’re enjoying some pretty fantastic views.

2 North Moore Street

Address 2 North Moore Street
Price $39,500,000
Type/Size Townhouse: six bedrooms and seven bathrooms
When we toured 2 North Moore Street recently, we just knew this top floor lap pool was something special. Is there anything better than enjoying the sunshine… from inside?

18 Gramercy Park South #Ph

Address 18 Gramercy Park South #Ph
Price $47,500,000
Type/Size Condo: four bedrooms and five bathrooms
Does size really matter when you’ve got views like this? We say no. This cozy pool lives on the 18th floor and looks out at the Chrysler Building.

50 United Nations Plaza Dph4243

Address 50 United Nations Plaza Dph4243
Price $70,000,000
Type/Size Condo: four bedrooms and six-and-a-half bathrooms
When you’re dropping $70 million on a home, it better come with a pool. In this case it comes with a 30-foot infinity pool, although on the 43rd floor we wouldn’t swim too close to the edge.

7 Spectacular Beachfront Properties Around The World

Worried about the so-called “heat dome” that’s about to turn the city into a miserable, sweaty, disgusting cesspool this weekend? Well for the monyed set, one-hundred degree temperatures mean only one thing: escaping the city for the cool ocean breezes of their lavish summer homes. For those who haven’t yet invested in such a home, we’ve collected a number of suitable options currently on the market for your consideration below.

6901 Collins Av PH, Miami Beach, Florida
$25,000,000
7,945 square feet, six bedrooms, seven bathrooms
See forever in this all-glass two-story penthouse that has a glass elevator, a glass staircase and an infinity pool. Just don’t throw any stones.

Cape Yamu, Phuket, Thailand
$22,000,000
21,581 square feet, seven bedrooms and seven bathrooms
The home comes with 111 meters of beachfront property, and (due to it’s insanely large size) has space for eight live-in staff.

22 Lelands Path, Edgartown, Massachusetts
$20,000,000
10,099 square feet, eight bedrooms, nine bathrooms
You can’t ask for better ocean views than the ones on view from this Massachussetts home, which overlooks Katama Bay and about six acres of conservation land.

Villa Verano en Conchas Chinas, Mexico
$16,500,000
37,038 square feet, 22 bedrooms, 37 bathrooms
Not satisfied with just a house? You can buy a resort! This one comes with more than an acre of land and can accomodate 56 hotel rooms and “multiple pools.”

1 Spinnaker Way, Coronado, California$12,900,000
9,380 square feet, eight bedrooms, seven bathrooms
Ahoy! This glass house comes with its very own 100-foot private dock.

Oceanfront Sapodilla Bay, Turks And Caicos Islands
$11,800,000
14,675 square feet, nine bedrooms, nine bathrooms
Privacy is the name of the game at this estate, which comes with two guest homes, a heated infinity pool, a lighted tennis court, a home theater, a gym and most impressive, a dining deck.

Sotogrande, Costa Del Sol, Spain
$7,200,000
27,727 square feet, nine bedrooms and nine bathrooms
The amenities in this property are on point, and include a swimming pool, a bar, two bathrooms, a spa, sauna, Turkish bath and jacuzzi.

This Week’s 5 Most Expensive Listings

Here’s our look at the five most expensive residential listings to hit StreetEasy in the past seven days — the crème de la crème of the Manhattan market this week.

50 Riverside Boulevard #21B

Address 50 Riverside Boulevard #21B
Price $21,000,000
Type/Size Condo: seven bedrooms and nine bathrooms
This spacious spread is the most expensive listing to hit the market this week and it should come as no surprise that the 6,056-square-foot pad, which is set on the Hudson River-facing Riverside Boulevard, has some very pretty views. It also comes with a double height living room, a library and most impressive of all – a private outdoor pool.

25 Columbus Circle #54AG

Address 25 Columbus Circle #54AG
Price $20,000,000
Type/Size Condo: four bedrooms and four bathrooms
The second priciest listing this week is this Time Warner Center duplex. It’s set across the 54th and 55th floors of the famed building and has 10-foot ceilings, floor-to-ceiling windows and a curved staircase. It looks as though it’s been on the market since 2014, but has had a major price cut from the $42.5 million it was originally asking.

10 West Street #Ph2a

Address 10 West Street #Ph2a
Price $13,500,000
Type/Size Condo: four bedrooms and five bathrooms
If there’s one thing all these listing share, it’s impressive views. In this case, they’re from the top of the Ritz Carlton, Battery Park. Residents get access to a private entrance, while the home itself comes with high ceilings, big rooms, a 305-square-foot private terrace and herringbone floors to die for.

1049 Fifth Avenue 18B–M8

Address 1049 Fifth Avenue 18B–M8
Price $12,500,000
Type/Size Condo: three bedrooms and four bathrooms
According to its listing, this Fifth Avenue home has been on the receiving end of a complete and extensive renovation. And judging by the photos, it was worth it. The 2,925-square-foot spread comes with Central Park views, a separate staff apartment and a library with an upholstered wall of Oxblood leather. Fancy, of course, but not as fancy as a room lined in Hermès leather à la 8 East 62nd Street.

160 West 12th Street #96

Address 160 West 12th Street #96
Price $9,995,000
Type/Size Condo: three bedrooms and three-and-a-half bathrooms
According to StreetEasy this pretty Greenwich Village spread was sold last month for $8.5 million. Already it’s back on the market, and with a hefty $1.5 million added to the price tag. It’s owned by an anonymous LLC, so perhaps we’ll never know who’s trying to make a quick profit, but at least they have good taste. The pad comes with beamed ceilings, solid oak floors and a private terrace.

This Week’s 5 Most Expensive Listings

In the past seven days, six new listings priced at $10 million and above hit the market, according to StreetEasy. From that list, these are the crème de la crème, otherwise known as the five most expensive residential listings to hit the Manhattan market.

123 Washington Street #56

Address 123 Washington Street #56
Price $23,000,000
Type/Size Condo: 12 bedrooms and nine bathrooms
This week’s most expensive listing is just a touch untraditional. From the looks of the broker-babble, it’s six units spread across the 56th floor of the W Hotel’s residences Downtown. Each of the units – which range from one bed, one bath to two bed and two bath – comes with high ceilings, lots of sunlight, and open city views.

71 Laight Street #Phc

Address 71 Laight Street #Phc 
Price $20,000,000
Type/Size Condo: four bedrooms and five bathrooms
From the look of StreetEasy’s records, this penthouse has been trying to sell (without budging in price) since 2013. The 4,986-square foot duplex sits atop Tribeca’s Sterling Mason building and comes with a double-height foyer, a library and a 1,065-square foot private terrace.

100 East 53rd Street #49A

Address 100 East 53rd Street #49A
Price $14,750,000
Type/Size Condo: three bedrooms and three-and-a-half bathrooms
This 3,385 square-foot residence is in a tower which is still under construction. When complete, this Foster + Partners’ designed building will give residents access to a host of hotel-like amenities including a wellness facility, sauna, steam room, and residential library. Don’t start packing yet – occupancy is slated for spring 2017.

252 East 57th Street #61A

Address 252 East 57th Street #61A
Price $12,950,000
Type/Size Condo: five bedrooms and six-and-a-half bathrooms
Curved glass buildings are so hot right now. This 4,624 square-foot home is joining the likes of 100 East 53rd (above) and 520 West 28th with its curvaceous oversized windows. It also comes with expansive views, a balcony, and a library, while the building itself offers amenities including a porte-cochere, a spa, a billiards room, and a screening room.

888 Park Avenue #12B

Address 888 Park Avenue #12B
Price $12,000,000
Type/Size Co-op: five bedrooms and four-and-a-half bathrooms
This Upper East Side spread seems to have been flirting with the market since 2008, and since then it’s chopped $1 million from its price tag. It comes with a formal living room, a banquet-sized dining room, a chef’s kitchen, butler’s pantry and breakfast room.

Who Lives At Fancy 740 Park Avenue?!?

The second cooperative building in our series, 740 Park Avenue, shares many attributes with River House: a strict board, high ceilings, and other architectural details too expensive to replicate with new construction today.

The 19-story building, which also uses the more discrete 71 East 71st Street address, was designed by Rosario Candela and developed by James Lee, the grandfather of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.

Because 740 Park was constructed just as the United States was entering the Great Depression, it faced financial difficulties from its inception and for decades after being completed in 1930, even spending time as a rental. Its units, constructed to be mansion stacked on mansions, were white elephants that were difficult to sell.

By the time the building’s fortunes recovered in the 1980s, the face of the country’s and city’s elite had changed. America’s WASP aristocracy had given up its monopoly on high society in favor of a meritocracy of sorts. At 740 Park, representatives of this meritocracy include David Koch, Stephen Schwarzman, Vera Wang, Elizabeth Swig, and William Zeckendorf.

In 2005, society reporter Michael Gross published “740 Park: The Story of the World’s Richest Apartment Building,” which listed the building’s residents. We give you an updated look at the captains of finance, industry, and fashion who reside there today, more than a decade later.

(Source: Property Shark and published news articles).

David and Julia Koch

Unit price: Undisclosed

David Koch is a Kansas-born chemical engineer, captain of industry, donor to libertarian political causes, philanthropist to the arts and medical research, and the scion of the Koch family that made its fortune in chemicals.

Since 1970, he has worked at the conglomerate owned by his family, Koch Industries — rising to president in 1979, and co-owner with his brother Charles in 1983. He received a master’s degree and a bachelor’s degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1963 and 1962, and is an alumnus of Deerfield Academy (Class of 1959).

Julia Flesher Koch is a former fashion assistant and philanthropist. She is Koch’s second wife. The couple have three children, David Jr., John, and Mary.

Ronald Lauder and Jo Carole Knopf Lauder

Unit price: Undisclosed

Ronald Lauder is a philanthropist, art collector, native New Yorker, would-be politician, donor to Jewish causes and scion of the Lauder family, whose members are heirs to the Estée Lauder cosmetics fortune. His varied career includes a failed run for mayor of New York, founding of the Neue Galerie, working for his family’s company, and in the 1980s, serving at the Pentagon, as a deputy assistant secretary of defense for Europe, and as the US ambassador to Austria in the Reagan administration.

For his gallery, Lauder acquired the Gustav Klimt painting above for $135 million, in June 2006. At the time, it was the highest price ever paid for a painting.

Lauder received a degree in international business from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business. He is an alumnus of Bronx High School of Science. Jo Carole Knopf Lauder is a homemaker. The couple have two adult daughters, Aerin and Jane.

Stephen Schwarzman and Christine Hearst Schwarzman

Unit price: Undisclosed

Stephen Schwarzman is a billionaire financier, philanthropist, and the co-founder and principal of the Blackstone Group, a private equity firm. His career includes stints at Lehman Brothers and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. He received a MBA from Harvard Business School in 1972 and a BA from Yale University. He grew up in suburban Philadelphia.

Christine Hearst Schwarzman is a trained lawyer. She and Schwarzman, her second husband, have two children, Elizabeth and Edward. Her previous marriage, which produced one child, ended in divorce. In the 1990s, she worked as an intellectual property lawyer at Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman. She received a JD from New York University Law School and a BA from Hofstra University.

Dana and Andrew Stone

Unit price: Undisclosed

Dana Stone, née Cook, is a psychotherapist who practices out of an office at 740 Park. Stone received a master’s degree in social work from New York University (NYU) in 2012, a master’s degree in real estate development in 1988, and a BS in occupational therapy from Tufts University in 1980.

Andrew Stone is a real estate portfolio manager, financier, and the founder of Petra Capital Management. While working at investment bank Credit Suisse, he financed the real estate development projects of Donald Trump, Harry Macklowe, Ian Schrager, and Steven Witkoff. Stone received an MBA from the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business and a BS from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business.

Elizabeth Swig

Unit price: Undisclosed

Elizabeth Swig is an art collector and philanthropist. She is the ex-wife of Kent Swig, with whom she has two sons. Her father, Harry Macklowe, and her ex-husband are both real estate investors and former business partners who have experienced dramatic reversals of fortune.

Jonathan Sobel and Marcia Dunn

Unit price: $19,250,000

Jonathan Sobel is a financier, former Goldman Sachs partner, and philanthropist, who owns four car dealerships (Mini, BMW, Porsche, and Audi) in Southampton, on Long Island. Sobel received a BA from Columbia University in 1988 and is an alumnus of Dwight Englewood, a private school in New Jersey. He collects models of early computers and other gadgets, including the first model of the Apple Mac.

Marcia Dunn is an ophthalmologist in private practice and a philanthropist to medical causes. Dunn sees patients out of Manhattan office and a West Chester office.

Vera Wang

Unit price: $23,100,000

Vera Wang Becker is a designer of wedding dresses and evening wear, who worked as an editor at Vogue, and as design director at Ralph Lauren, before striking out on her own.

As of 2016, she was separated from Arthur Becker, whom she married in 1989. She received a BA from Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York, and is an alumna of Chapin, a private all-girls school on the Upper East Side. She was a competitive figure skater as a child.

Hamburg and Miranda Tang

Unit price: Undisclosed

Hamburg Tang, Sr. is a retired businessman who made his fortune in semiconductors and was the co-founder of Long Island City-based Alloys Unlimited.

Miranda Wong Tang is a philanthropist. In 2001, she sat on the board of the Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute and was a member of the president’s council at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

William Lie Zeckendorf and Laura Jean Weiser

Unit price: $27,000,000

William Lie Zeckendorf is a real estate developer and the scion of the Zeckendorf family, which has been investing in New York City real estate for three generations. He is the co-chairman of Terra Holdings, which controls two upscale residential brokerage firms: Brown Harris Stevens and Halstead Property. Kent Swig, the ex-husband of fellow 740 Park resident Elizabeth Swig is co-chairman of Terra Holdings. Zeckendorf is the co-founder with his brother Arthur of their eponymous firm, Zeckendorf Development.

He received an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1984 and an undergraduate degree from Tufts University in Massachusetts in 1980. Zeckendorf is an alumnus of Taft, a boarding school in Connecticut.

Laura Jean Weiser is a lawyer. Weiser received a JD from Fordham University, a BA from Tufts University in Massachusetts, studied at Sciences Po (Institut d’études politiques de Paris), and is an alumna of Chapin, a private all-girls school on the Upper East Side, class of 1976.

Michael Palin

Unit price: Undisclosed

Michael Palin is a real estate developer and a widower. He is a principal at Palin Enterprises. His wife Caryl, whose father owned a stake in Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, died in 2007. Palin has a son, Dean, and two daughters, Andrea and Dorothy. Dean works at the family firm.

Israel and Caryl Englander

Unit price: $71,277,500

Israel Englander, who goes by Izzy, is a hedge fund manager, art collector and philanthropist. Forbes estimated his net worth $5 billion, as of 2016.

Englander, who grew up in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, and began trading stocks in high school, co-founded Millennium Management in 1989. He received a BS from New York University in 1970 and majored in finance.

He and his wife Caryl have donated millions of dollars to Jewish organizations and schools.  Caryl Englander, née Schechter, is an art collector and philanthropist. She sits on the board of the Mount Sinai Children’s Center Foundation.

John and Carmen Thain

Unit price: $27,500,000

John Thain is a bank executive and former Goldman Sachs partner, whose career has included stints as chief executive of both investment bank Merrill Lynch and the New York Stock Exchange.

Since 2010, he has served as chairman and chief executive of mid-sized lender CIT Group, but is expected to step down in March 2016. Thain’s decade-long leadership of Merrill Lynch was cut short by the financial crisis and the bank’s forced merger with Bank of America. He received an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1979 and a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1977.

Carmen Ribera-Thain is a homemaker. She and John Thain have four children.

Steven and Heather Mnuchin

Unit price: Undisclosed

Steven Mnuchin is a senior bank executive, former Goldman Sachs partner and financier to the movie industry. His career has included a stint as co-owner and co-chairman of Relativity Media, a film and television production studio in Beverly Hills that declared bankruptcy in 2015.

Mnuchin led a group of investors that acquired California-based OneWest Bank (formerly known as IndyMac), which was reeling from the sub-prime crisis. CIT, which was run by fellow 740 Park resident John Thain, acquired OneWest in 2015. He received a BA from Yale University.

He and his wife Heather, who have three children, spend most of their time in Los Angeles. Heather Mnuchin, née Crosby, is a designer of yoga clothes and former public relations executive. She received a BA from Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

Tamara Sarah and David Randall Winn

 Unit price: $32,000,000

Tamara Sarah Winn is an heiress. She is the daughter of billionaire Ira Rennert, who made his fortune in mining and smelting plants in South America and the United States via Renco Group, a privately-held conglomerate. The EPA singled out the company as a polluter.

David Randall Winn, who goes by Randy, is a fund manager and former credit ratings analyst. In 2014, he established FiveW Capital LLC, a private investment firm. From 1999 to 2011, he co-managed Capital IQ, now a subsidiary of ratings agency Standard & Poor’s. Winn received a bachelor’s degree from Princeton University.

Howard and Nancy Marks

Unit price: $52,500,000

Howard Marks is a private equity executive, former equities analyst and author. He serves as chairman of Los Angeles-based Oaktree Capital Management, a private equity firm he co-founded.

In 2011, Columbia University Press published a book written by Marks, “The Most Important Thing: Uncommon Sense for the Thoughtful Investor.” He and his second wife Nancy spend a significant amount of their time in L.A. The couple have an adult son, Andrew, who works as a hedge fund manager. Marks received an MBA from the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business and a degree from University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business in 1967. He grew up in Rego Park, Queens.

Nancy Marks is a homemaker and educator by training. She received an MA from Columbia University Teachers College in 1972 and a BA from New York University in 1971.

David and Danielle Ganek

Unit price: $19,100,000

David Ganek is a money manager, patron of the arts and a former trustee of the Guggenheim.

From 2003 to 2011, he established and ran a hedge fund, Level Global. It closed in the wake of an insider trading scandal. Ganek himself was never charged, though his fund settled with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, paying $20.5 million.

His career includes stints at now-shuttered hedge fund SAC Capital, and at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (an investment bank acquired by Credit Suisse in 2000). He received an undergraduate degree from Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Danielle Ganek is a philanthropist, a novelist and a former magazine editor. She is the author of “Lulu Meets God and Doubts Him,” set in the milieu of artists and their modern-day patrons, and “The Summer We Read Gatsby,” about love in the Hamptons. She serves on the board of the Robin Hood Foundation, an organization that strives to alleviate poverty in New York. Her career also includes stints in the editorial departments of glossy magazines Woman’s Day and Mademoiselle and at Galeries Lafayette, a French department store. She received an undergraduate degree from Franklin & Marshall, where she met her husband, and spent parts of her childhood in Brazil and Switzerland.

The Ganeks have three children, Harry, Nicholas, and Zoe and divide their time between Manhattan and a house in Southampton.
As of April 2016, their 4-bedroom unit was listed for $32,500,000, according to Streeteasy.

This Week’s 5 Most Expensive Listings

In the past seven days, 12 new listings priced at $10 million and above hit the market, according to StreetEasy. From that list, these are the crème de la crème, otherwise known as the five most expensive residential listings to hit the Manhattan market.

18 Gramercy Park South #Ph

Address 18 Gramercy Park South #Ph
Price $47,500,000
Type/Size Condo: four bedrooms and five bathrooms
This Gramercy Park duplex penthouse is this weeks most expensive listing. The 6,329-square-foot spread last sold in 2012 to Ceas Holdings Ny I, LLC, who paid a cool $42 million, and according to The Observer the man behind the LLC is Houston Rockets owner Leslie Alexander. Check out all the blue accents and the private pool.

12 East 73rd Street

Address 12 East 73rd Street
Price $42,500,000
Type/Size Townhouse: five bedrooms and seven-and-a-half bathrooms
This Henry Allan Jacob-designed townhouse is owned by real estate bigwig Andrew Farkas. The home’s 10,410 square feet are spread across five floors plus an English basement and according to the listing the boldly-decorated house has undergone a complete state of the art renovation by designer Daniel Romualdez.

240 Riverside Boulevard #7A

Address 240 Riverside Boulevard #7A
Price $40,000,000
Type/Size Condo: five bedrooms and seven bathrooms
This gargantuan 10,500-square-foot triplex is at 240 Riverside Boulevard aka The Heritage at Trump Place. It was last bought in 2005 for a little under $3 million (bargain) making this current price tag an impressive 1254 percent price increase. The home comes with three private terraces, a restaurant-quality kitchen and sushi bar, a billiards room, and a spa.

980 Fifth Avenue #18AB

Address 980 Fifth Avenue #18AB
Price $20,825,000
Type/Size Co-op: seven bedrooms and seven-and-a-half bathrooms
This listing is for a combination of two neighboring apartments at the 26-story 980 Fifth Avenue. When joined, the homes will total approximately 6,000 square feet and will enjoy Central Park views.

180 East 73rd Street

Address 180 East 73rd Street
Price $16,750,000
Type/Size Townhouse: four bedrooms and four bathrooms
Built in 1890, this three story carriage house has little information and few photos. According to the listing the home has two entrances, a side entrance and a center entry that is accompanied by a show window once used for commercial purposes.

This Week’s 5 Most Expensive Listings

In the past seven days, 15 new listings priced at $10 million and above hit the market, according to StreetEasy. From that list, these are the crème de la crème, otherwise known as the five most expensive residential listings to hit the Manhattan market.

1060 Fifth Avenue #10BC

Address 1060 Fifth Avenue #10BC
Price $73,800,000
Type/Size Co-op: eight bedrooms and eight-and-a-half bathrooms
With an impressive $73.8 million price tag this “potential combination opportunity” is this week’s clear winner. Splash out and you may be able to (the listing points out this is subject to approval) combine an adjacent B and C line. While there are no pictures yet we suspect, with a price tag as high as this one, the pads are pretty swanky.

641 5th Avenue #46/47C

Address 641 5th Avenue #46/47C
Price $33,000,000
Type/Size Condo: five bedrooms and six-and-a-half bathrooms
We reported on this spread hitting the market a few weeks ago, and now it’s appeared on StreetEasy. The 7,750 square foot Olympic Tower duplex was rented by Anne Hathaway and her then-boyfriend Raffaello Follieri — who has since been jailed and deported to Italy — in the mid-2000s. It comes with a media room with an eight-foot projector, a 12-seat dining room, marble kitchen counters, 360 degree views of Manhattan and a white-gloved, uniformed doorman and concierge.

15 Leonard Street #F6ph

Address 15 Leonard Street #F6ph
Price $26,500,000
Type/Size Condo: nine bedrooms and nine-and-a-half bathrooms
Both information and photos are unfortunately sparse when it comes to the penthouse at this boutique condo building. But if the floor plans are anything to go by – it looks as though this 7,200 square foot spread spans an impressive four floors.

50 Riverside Boulevard #Ph5

Address 50 Riverside Boulevard #Ph5
Price $19,950,000
Type/Size Condo: six bedrooms and eight-and-a-half bathrooms
This full-floor penthouse at One Riverside Park has almost 10-feet-tall floor to ceiling windows. Along with a lot of glass this home has a private landing, a library and, unusually, two dishwashers.

 

40 East 67th Street

Address 40 East 67th Street
Price $19,250,000
Type/Size Condo: four bedrooms, three bathrooms and two half bathrooms
This 20 foot wide townhouse 20 wide townhouse is nestles between Park and Madison Avenues. Built in 1910, it comes with an elevator, two staircases, plenty of original features and a very pretty garden.

Ben Stiller Picked Up $15M Apartment at 150 Charles Street

Like all good models, Derek Zoolander (aka, Ben Stiller) has made the move to the West Village. The actor and his wife, “Zoolander” co-star Christine Taylor, paid $15.1 million for the apartment in the celebrity-filled building, 150 Charles. Peter Zaitzeff, Raphael De Niro and Darren Sukenik all of Douglas Elliman had the listing.

According to the Observer, which first spotted the sale, Stiller and Taylor sold their 4,000-square-foot apartment on Riverside Drive at a loss in 2013. 

Their new apartment has 3,395-square feet, with four bedrooms, four and a half bathrooms, fifty feet of western-facing windows with views of the Hudson (including some in the master suite), and a 78-bottle wine refrigerator. 

150 Charles also offers pretty great amenities like a 75-foot lap pool in the building, a hot tub, plunge pool, a gym with a sauna and a juice bar. Perhaps that is what has attracted so many celebrities to its grounds: In addition to Stiller, model Irina Shayk and the one and only Jon Bon Jovi also own apartments in the building.

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Sales of $10M+ Apartments Were Down 14% in 2015 - The Real Deal

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From left: One57, rendering of the Baccarat Hotel and Residences, and One Madison

 

Though Manhattan apartment prices hit record-breaking levels last year, the same could not be said for the volume of luxury apartment sales. Sales of units priced at $10 million or more in the borough fell nearly 14 percent year-over-year in 2015 — with only 177 apartments at that price point sold in Manhattan last year, compared to a record 205 in 2014. While units priced $10 million and up comprise only 1.4 percent of Manhattan’s total apartment sales, they make up 14.4 percent of the dollar volume, according to the Wall Street Journal. Brokers cited resistance from buyers to rising prices, as well as a slowdown in transactions in the second half of the year attributed to increased global economic uncertainty. “The buyer that used to drive our market is being cautious,” Kirk Henckels of Stribling & Associates told the Journal. Older co-op buildings saw the greatest decline in transaction volume, with sales of co-ops priced at $10 million and up falling nearly 25 percent in 2015 – to 46 in 2015 from 61 the year prior. Going beyond the $10 million benchmark, there was a slighter drop in sales of units priced at $20 million or more – 44 in 2015, compared to 48 in 2014 – while the five apartments sold at $50 million or more last year was only one less than in 2014. [WSJ] – Rey Mashayekhi

Source: Manhattan Luxury Apartments | NYC Luxury Apartment Sales

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First Look at Rafael Viñoly's Boxy Chelsea Office Building - Development Update-o-Rama - Curbed NY

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A recent Crain's article about the trend of "boutique office properties" offers one particularly interesting tidbit for the architecture-obsessed: the first rendering of Rafael Viñoly's latest NYC commission, an office building at 61 Ninth Avenue.

Viñoly's building will replace the nearly century-old Prince Lumber, a holdover from the Meatpacking District and Chelsea's industrial days. The new structure will stand nine stories, with 115,000 square feet of office space and 37,000 square feet devoted to retail. Though it's shorter and squatter than the Uruguayan architect's best-known NYC project, 432 Park Avenue, it has some of the same boxiness that defines that supertall building. (But is this one inspired by a trash can, or some other quirky quotidian object?)

Construction is set to start by the middle of this year, with an anticipated completion date of 2018—and the whole thing will cost $100 million. But according to Crain's, rents in the building will likely start at $150 per square foot, which is double the average for Class A spaces in Midtown, so the developers shouldn't be in the red for long.

 

Source: First Look at Rafael Viñoly's Boxy Chelsea Office Building - Development Update-o-Rama - Curbed NY

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Luxury Sales Slow With 13 Contracts at $4m+ Last Week - The Real Deal

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Manhattan’s luxury residential market maintained its relatively tepid pace. A total of 13 contracts were signed this week at $4 million and above, only a slight improvement over last week’s paltry total of 10. The persistently low demand at the high end has also continued to depress prices, with the average unit this week going into contract for $6.3 million, down from $6.6 million last week. The median price, $5.3 million, was also down from last week’s figure of $5.9 million. The one clear positive sign was a strong fall in the average discount from the original asking price, which came in at 2 percent this week, down from a two-year-high of 12 percent last week. The week’s top contract was for the four-bedroom unit M10 at Witkoff Group’s 150 Charles Street in the West Village. The triplex 5,600-square-foot condo features 19-foot ceilings, a fireplace and a 458-square-foot garden. The unit was sold from floors in 2013 for $12.5 million. The developer allowed that buyer to reassign the contract for the unit. 150 Charles started closing over the summer. Construction there is nearly complete. The second most expensive unit of the week was a co-op, 11C at Halstead Property’s 1125 Park Avenue on the Upper West Side. The nine-room corner unit, which features a library, was asking $9 million. It was last purchased in 2005 for $5.3 million, and has since been renovated. [Olshan Realty] – Ariel Stulberg - See more at: http://therealdeal.com/blog/2015/10/05/luxury-sales-slow-with-13-contracts-at-4m-plus-olshan/#sthash.ngKhoDwh.dpuf Source: Olshan Realty | 150 Charles Street | 1125 Park Avenue

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