Elie Tahari designer finds buyer for $16M Astor Place duplex

4,500 sf penthouse in contract after a month on market

62 Cooper Square
Ryan Serhant (inset) and 62 Cooper Square at Astor Place

Former Kenneth Cole and Elie Tahari designer Kobi Halperin is in contract to sell his Astor Place duplex for $15.5 million, quadrupling his original investment a decade ago.

The 4,500-square-foot penthouse, located in the Carl Fischer Building at 62 Cooper Square, entered contract this week after only a month on the market. Nest Seekers International’s Ryan Serhant, a star of “Million Dollar Listing New York,” did the deal.

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The deal represents a record price of more than $3,100 per square foot for the Noho building, according to the New York Daily News. The duplex features 10-foot ceilings, a hot tub and a 1,600-square-foot roof garden.

Singer Norah Jones sold her 3,227-square-foot condo in the same building for $6.7 million in 2013, having purchased the unit for $2.3 million in 2003. [NYDN]Rey Mashayekhi