1707-1807 at 1 Central Park South

A two-apartment combination at 1 Central Park South’s iconic Plaza Residences has hit the market for just shy of $27 million, according to Streeteasy.com.

The ten-room, 4,368-square-foot apartment sports four bedrooms and 4.5 bathrooms and offers expansive views of Central Park. The seller, who listing brokers Bernice Leventhal and Sarah Thompson of the Corcoran Group identified only as a European entrepreneur, planned to combine the 17th and 18th floor apartments into one space.  [more]

A floorplan for the $55 million combination spread, Yankees star Alex Rodriguez, who used to rent the lesser of the two units, and the exterior of 15 Central Park West

Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez has officially moved out of his blockbuster 15 Central Park West rental, but those hoping to snag his place are out of luck — at least until next year.

Leroy Schecter, the steel mogul who owns both A-Rod’s former unit and the one next door, and who has been trying to sell them for a combined $55 million since last March, pulled the listing from the market this week. Emily Beare, the Core broker in charge of marketing the 35th-floor condominiums on Schecter’s behalf, told The Real Deal that the owner is planning to physically combine the units in an attempt to generate higher offers…. [more]

There’s a new record in town. Russian composer Igor Krutoy has closed on the 6,000-square-foot Plaza Hotel condominium he chose last month after an epic search for Manhattan trophy apartments, and according to the Post, he paid $48 million for the 12th-floor pad. That’s the priciest single condo ever sold in New York — and the musician isn’t even getting the whole floor in the deal. As the Wall Street Journal reported when the contract was signed, Krutoy
and his wife, Olga, had been making offers on all the big-ticket condos
in the city — including the $55 million, two-unit combo at 15 Central
Park West and equally stunning listings at the Time Warner Center —
before settling on the Plaza spread, which has views of Central Park but
wasn’t officially on the market. … [more]

Russian composer Igor Krutoy and his wife, Olga, have wrapped up an epic search for Manhattan trophy apartments with a contract signing for a Plaza Hotel condominium for upwards of $40 million, according to the Wall Street Journal. If the sale closes, it will be the second-priciest residential sale in the city since the collapse of Lehman Brothers, behind the Duke Semans Mansion, which sold for $44 million last year. (William Zeckendorf’s own penthouse atop 15 Central Park West is also reportedly in contract for $40 million). For their money, the Krutoys will get around 6,000 square feet with views of Central Park — a combination of at least two renovated units — that wasn’t officially on the market, brokers said. … [more]