Sophia Cicilioni is working her way through some of the largest real estate properties in the city. The former director of leasing for Peter Cooper Village and Stuyvesant Town, which sold last month for $5.4 billion, is now director of sales at Sheffield57, one of the largest new condo projects in Manhattan.
Cicilioni will lead sales efforts for the luxury condos as well as supervise on-site brokers for the residential development located at 322 West 57th Street. Sheffield57 is a 58-story condo conversion with over 600 units.
At Sheffield57, the on-site sales center has taken over the entire 22nd floor. Nine model apartments, some of which are fully furnished, share space with brokers and an interior designer to give buyers a good feel of what it’s like to live in the building, said Kent Swig, the president of Swig Equities, who owns the building along with Yair Levy of Y.L. Real Estate Developers. According to Swig, sales at Sheffield57 are now reaching about $1,500 a square foot for units as large as 1,700 square feet.
“It’s a less expensive alternative to the neighborhood,” Swig says of the development, where amenities include a health club, private restaurant, lounge, screening room and garage. He called it “one of the largest sales jobs.”
“We hired [Cicilioni] because of her incredible experience with rental and sales property. Sophia is incredibly detailed and extremely patient with buyers, sellers and brokers,” Swig said. Before heading leasing for Stuyvesant Town, Cicilioni was the sales manager for 455 Central Park West and the director of residential leasing at Town Sales & Marketing LLC.