There were 198 transactions totaling $265 million filed in New York City records in the 24 hours before 3 p.m. on Friday, April 10, 2026.
🏆 Commercial: The priciest commercial real estate sale to hit records was in Long Island City, where a school building at 28-04 41st Avenue, home to Gotham Tech High School, traded for $9.4 million. The seller was an LLC tied to Elizabeth Branigan, who had owned the property for decades, and the buyer was an LLC linked to Jade Century Properties.
🏆 Residential: A Lenox Hill co-op was the top home sale recorded in the Big Apple. Vassil Ivanov and Iva Miladinova scooped up a three-bedroom unit at 30 East 71st Street for $8.3 million. The sellers were Peter Kagan, managing director at Warburg Pincus, and Susannah Smetana, the science to policy director for the Urban Climate Change Research Network, who put the residence on the market in January 2025 with an asking price of $8.9 million. Serena Boardman with Sotheby’s International Realty had the listing.
📊 Residential: On the Upper West Side, financiers Tim Wengerd and Shilpee Raina purchased a penthouse at 205 West 75th Street for $8 million. The seller was Harrison PH2 LLC, which purchased the pad in 2010 for $5.5 million. The four-bedroom condo spans about 2,800 square feet, pricing the deal at more than $2,900 per square foot. Douglas Elliman’s Wendy Lee and Michael Rosario represented the seller.
📊 Residential: Mitchell Lichtenstein, a filmmaker who is the son of artist Roy Lichtenstein, and his husband, Vincent Sanchez, picked up a co-op at 16 West 77th Street on the Upper West Side for $7.9 million; its last asking price was $8.5 million. The seller was a trust that had purchased the unit in 2023 for $7.8 million. Compass’ Nick Gavin, Ugo Russino and Allie Fraza had the listing.
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