Open house: Inside the Police Building’s $35M clock tower

The current layout of the Cupola Penthouse is somewhat of a jigsaw

240 Centre Street
240 Centre Street

From Luxury Listings NYC: Framed on the south by Grand StreetAnd On The North By Broome Street, the triangular lot at 240 Centre Street is within a stones throw of Chinatown, Little Italy (or, what’s left of it), Tribeca, Soho, Nolita and the Lower East Side. Which is probably why it was chosen – back in 1909 – to be the site of the Hoppin and Koen-designed police building.

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Today, at the top of the building is unit 6R, also known as the Cupola Penthouse, which comes with 5,500 square feet and a price tag of $35 million. Its owners are Ahmass Fakahany (the retired president of Merrill Lynch and the current CEO of the Altamarea Group) and Alsun Keogh (owner of an architecture and design firm.) [more]