Matthew Lesser of Leslie J. Garfield (center) and the exterior and interior of 247 Central Park West

[Updated at 11.20 a.m. with revised price] A 13-room townhouse at 247 Central Park West recently sold by Keith Monda, the former president of handbag company Coach, is now set to hit the rental market in the next few days for a staggering $110,000 per month, listing broker Matthew Lesser of Leslie J. Garfield told The Real Deal yesterday.

Despite the sale having hit public records last month, the identity of the new owner of the property, who is being represented by Lesser in the rental listing, still remains a mystery; he’s identified in public records as a LLC. Lesser declined to comment on his client, saying just that the owner currently lives abroad. [more]

While Central Park West might be better known for its condominiums and pre-war, multi-unit buildings, this single-family home featured by New York Magazine has managed to carve out a niche at 247 Central Park West near 85th Street. The seven-floor, 12,000-square-foot mansion is on the market for $32 million. The townhouse features a basement-level freshwater pool, a private terrace off the master bedroom and a state-of-the-art screening room. Sotheby’s International Realty agent Mara Flash Blum has the listing. As The Real Deal previously reported, the home is owned by a former Coach handbags exec.

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247 Central Park West and listing broker Mara Flash Blum of Sotheby’s International Realty (click the images for more photos of the home)

The 13-room townhouse at 247 Central Park West, which broke an Upper West Side sales record when it last changed hands, is back on the market for another potentially record-breaking $32 million.

The 12,270-square-foot mansion, near West 85th Street, belongs to retail mogul Keith Monda, the former Coach co-president and chief operating officer, property records show. He bought it from Walt Disney’s grandniece, Abigail Disney, for $15.5 million in 2006 — at the time marking the Upper West Side’s highest-priced single-family townhouse sale to date. Currently, that title belongs to 26 West 76th Street, which sold for $19.3 million last month.

The five-bedroom, Edward Angell-designed spread is one of the few remaining single-family homes on Central Park West. Erected in 1887 by builder William Noble, the home would have been demolished in the 1920s and replaced with an apartment building if not for architect W. Gedney Beatty, who owned it at the time and refused to sell.

Among 247 Central Park West’s most noteworthy features today is an indoor, 60-foot lap pool, a domed skylight in the entry parlor and a roof terrace with views of Central Park. It also has an elevator, two offices, and two additional outdoor spaces. [more]