The Zeckendorfs’ “Limestone Jesus” returned to the top of Manhattan’s luxury market last week.
Condos at 15 Central Park West snagged the two priciest deals inked in the borough last week, marking the first time the same building took the No. 1 and No. 2 spots since December 2020, according to Olshan Realty’s weekly report. The last building to do so was CBSK Irongate’s new development co-op at 1228 Madison Avenue.
The two apartments were among 33 properties asking $4 million to find a buyer last week. The total was up from 29 in the previous period.
The most expensive was Unit 12C, with an asking price of $26.8 million. Wall Street executive Richard Cantor and his wife, psychiatrist Pamela Cantor, bought the 3,300-square-foot condo from the developer in 2007 for $14.2 million.
The three-bedroom, three-bathroom home, which hit the market in September, features a terrace, a formal dining room and a study with views of Central Park.
The Mercedes Berk Team with Engel & Völkers New York City had the listing.
The second most expensive was Unit 14B, which last asked $25 million. The condo, which hit the market in May asking $27.5 million, last traded for $14.5 million in 2008, when a buyer whose identity is shielded by an anonymous entity purchased it from the developer.
The apartment spans 3,400 square feet and has four bedrooms and three bathrooms. The deal also includes a 6th-floor studio, which the seller bought for roughly $1 million.
Corcoran’s Cathy Franklin, Alexis Bodenheimer and Shannon Suydam had the listing.
The Robert A.M. Stern-designed tower pushed condo pricing in Manhattan to new heights when sales launched in the early 2000s. It’s since drawn a number of top-dollar deals and big-name buyers, including Hyundai CEO Euisun Chung, who bought a unit from infamous Italian cosmetics mogul Piofrancesco Borgetti for $16.5 million.
Amenities in the building include a fitness center, pool, private restaurant and terrace.
Of the 33 properties, 25 were condos, five were co-ops, one was a condop and two were townhouses.
The homes asked a combined $282 million, which works out to an average price of $8.5 million and a median of $6 million. The typical home was on the market for roughly a year and a half and had a discount of 6 percent.