An unknown buyer paid $800K above ask for 56 Leonard’s priciest penthouse

Only two unsold units remain at Alexico Group's Jenga-like condo building

56 Leonard in Tribeca and Alexico Group's Izak Senbahar (Credit: Getty Images)
56 Leonard in Tribeca and Alexico Group's Izak Senbahar (Credit: Getty Images)

Four years after going into contract, a mystery buyer shelled out nearly $48 million for the priciest penthouse at Alexico Group’s 56 Leonard in Tribeca.

The buyer — identified in public records as Delaware-based Uticon Investment Holdings LLC — paid $47.86 million for Penthouse 60, one of the last unsold units at the Jenga-like condominium tower. That was above the asking price of $47 million, or $6,026 per square foot, according to StreetEasy. The 7,799-square-foot spread has four bedrooms and features a library, conservatory and exercise room.

Alexico has put more than a decade of work into 56 Leonard, which stalled during the financial crisis. After bringing Hines on board in 2013, the partners jumpstarted construction and launched sales. Closings began last year.

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Last month, a buyer closed on Penthouse 59 for $29 million, slightly below the asking price of $31.5 million. Another unknown buyer paid $56 million to combine two units on the 53rd and 54th floors into a massive 11,892-square-foot pad. Known buyers include Leon Shaulov, a portfolio manager at the defunct Galleon Group, who paid $26.8 million.

The building has two units remaining, including a half-floor penthouse asking $17.75 million and a $3.175 million one-bedroom.