Developer Aby Rosen has sold his 11,700-square-foot, six-story townhouse at 3 East 94th Street to a finance honcho for $18.5 million, a large reduction from its earlier $24.75 million asking price, the Post reported. The house, which last sold for $8.8 million in 2005, features a 50-foot pool in the basement, a jacuzzi, a sauna, an elevator, five woodburning fireplaces and a 1,000-bottle wine cellar. Rosen and his family live in a limestone townhouse on East 80th Street. Rosen also has an additional property on the market — another limestone townhouse designed by C.P.H. Gilbert, which is asking $59 million, down from its 2008 original asking price of $75 million. [Post]

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Developer Aby Rosen and his home at 3 East 94th Street in Carnegie Hill

A day after he sold off his 400 Park Avenue property to Waterman Interests, developer Aby Rosen has listed his Carnegie Hill house at 3 East 94th Street for $19.9 million, a steep price cut from its original asking price of $29.5 million. Rosen, of RFR Holdings, paid only $8.8 million for the Upper East side home in 2005, before adding a wine cellar, a pool and another $20.7 million to the list price, Curbed reported. But since its first reduction this spring, the price has been steadily declining, to $24.75 million, then $22.9 million, and is now asking only $19.9 million. Rosen’s other home, a mansion at 22 East 71st Street, is off the market entirely, according to the Observer. [Curbed]

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The townhouse at 3 East 94th Street and developer Aby Rosen

Developer Aby Rosen has put his Upper East Side townhouse on the market for $24.75 million, according to the Post, after previously listing the unit at 3 East 94th Street between Madison and Fifth avenues for nearly $30 million. The 11,700-square-foot townhouse, which is being marketed by the Corcoran Group, underwent a total renovation after Rosen bought it in 2005 from the one-time president of Hearst Magazines, D. Claeys Bahrenburg, for $8.8 million. The home contains five-bedrooms, seven-bathrooms, a pool and a 1,000-bottle wine cellar.

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From the October issue: The ranks of Manhattan’s super-high-end listings may have shrunk over
the past year, but the city still boasts a number of properties with
sales prices north of $30 million. It’s no surprise that few of these mega-listings have traded in the
last year, with the global financial crisis paralyzing potential
buyers. But now, very high-end listings are beginning to generate
interest again, albeit at smaller price tags. (Case in point: Madonna’s
new $32.5 million Upper East Side townhouse, originally listed for $42
million in October of 2008). This month, The Real Deal looked at five of the city’s
priciest listings — some new, others market fixtures — along with
other noteworthy properties generating buzz this fall.

In late August, developer Aby Rosen caused tongues to wag when he bumped up the price of his newly renovated townhouse at 3 East 94th Street to $24.75 million from $23.75 million. While this asking figure pales in comparison to the space’s original price — $29.5 million — some say Rosen’s move was indicative of the changing luxury landscape in Manhattan real estate, one in which some sellers now feel comfortable raising their prices. Michael Lemos, a Greek shipping heir, is another seller toying with increasing his home price. He raised the asking figure on his 14-room co-op at 2 East 67th Street up to $45 million this summer. “The seller feels that $45 million is appropriate,” listing agent Dolly Lenz, vice chairman at Prudential Douglas Elliman, said.