Midtown Manhattan’s Central Park Park Tower set a report for the world’s tallest residential rental constructing — reaching 1,550 ft excessive — following its completion earlier this 12 months. However now, the Billionaires’ Row skyscraper may land one other one.
The triplex penthouse unit at 217 W. 57th St. is about to hit the market on Monday for an aptly sky-high $250 million, constructing reps informed The Publish. If bought at that asking value, it might mark the nation’s priciest residence ever offered, in keeping with the Wall Road Journal, which was first to report the itemizing.
Particularly, such a high-figure buy would crush the report at present held by billionaire hedge funder Ken Griffin, who spent roughly $238 million for 4 flooring throughout the road on the Robert A.M. Stern-designed 220 Central Park South.
Thus far this 12 months, the Aman New York at 730 Fifth Ave. has the highest-priced rental closings. These costs span $53.38 million for a four-bedroom unfold to $75.89 million for an additional four-bedroom residence, in keeping with knowledge from Marketproof.
The Central Park Tower penthouse contains three ranges — from the 129th via the 131st flooring — with inside area that spans some 17,500 sq. ft.
Moreover, there's a 1,433-square-foot outside terrace looking to sprawling views of the town and much past. Pegged as a “mansion within the sky,” this residence has additionally been marked as having the best personal terrace on the earth — in addition to the best personal ballroom on Earth.
“It’s so excessive, you might be above noise,” Serhant informed The Publish of the providing. “When you're on the terrace, you hear nothing — perhaps an airplane, however that’s it. You're above sound. It’s so serene. It's magical. You're 1,400 ft within the air, stepping out onto your personal terrace, surrounded by an enormous glass wall. There has by no means been something prefer it.”
With such area inside and outside, there's additionally room for a pool — or two.
“It’s totally completed and constructed. It’s not a uncooked field that it's a must to customise, it’s a tremendous area,” added Serhant. “However if you wish to construct an indoor and outside pool, you are able to do it when you get approvals after which you'll be able to invite Michael Phelps over for a celebration,” he quipped.
The developer, Extell honcho Gary Barnett, additionally informed the Journal that, though gross sales of the 179 items launched in 2018, he wished the complete completion of the constructing earlier than advertising the penthouse. In a separate assertion, Barnett added, “Now we have skilled important gross sales exercise this previous 12 months, additional supporting our perception that consumers wanted to see the finished constructing firsthand.”
“The nine-figure membership is a particular membership, and that membership can be now trying to personal nine-figure actual property,” Serhant informed the Journal. “It’s a brand new paradigm now. The uber-wealthy are on the lookout for locations to diversify property, and actual property has change into some of the standard and wanted mega-assets. The degrees have exploded.”
Made up of seven bedrooms and 11 bogs, different options embrace partitions of glass, hovering 27-foot excessive ceilings, two kitchens, and a number of other dwelling and leisure areas. What’s extra, there’s not only one ballroom — however two. Different particulars, for now, are unavailable.
“Nobody has seen the interiors but,” added Serhant. It’s seven bedrooms over three ranges with two ballrooms. It’s actually nuts. I walked in, and I simply stated, ‘What?’ To do what Extell and Gary [Barnett] did actually takes braveness. You step out onto the one hundred and thirtieth flooring and you might be in your personal personal ballroom, hovering over Central Park.”
“We're nonetheless a few month away from revealing the interiors. For now, nobody can see. We're retaining it beneath wraps,” Serhant stated.
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