Eckstrom’s Cobble Hill Triplex Tops Brooklyn’s Luxury Market

A new development triplex hidden inside a Cobble Hill townhouse scored Brooklyn’s priciest contract last week.

Developed by Eckstrom NYC, the “townhouse residence” at 181 Baltic Street was asking $7.2 million. Spanning almost 4,000 square feet, the home has four bedrooms, three bathrooms, a private entrance, garden, and terrace.

The condo is one of two units at 181 Baltic Street. The other unit is a four-bedroom duplex.

Eckstrom, led by husband-wife duo Carlos Saavedra and Nicole Eckstrom, bought the property at 181 Baltic for $5 million, according to public records. The developers have recently expanded to the city, with recent purchases of properties at 59 Morton Street, a landmarked residence in Greenwich Village, and 248 West 12th Street, a two-family home in the West Village.

Eckstrom has also remained active in Brooklyn. The developer sold a single-family townhouse at 307 Hicks Street in February for $15 million, briefly making it the most expensive sale of the year in Brooklyn.

In May, Eckstrom launched another single-family home for sale at 487 Henry Street, which is asking over $14 million.

In total, the borough netted 28 contracts — 14 condos, one co-op, 13 single-family homes — for homes asking at least $2 million, according to Compass’ weekly contracts report. The total contract volume was $93 million.

The previous week saw 30 contracts signed for $126 million.

Homes entering contract last week had a median asking price of $2.9 million, spent an average of 56 days on the market and had an average price per square foot of $1,545.

The second most expensive contract signed last week was for a townhouse at 3 Wythe Lane in Williamsburg asking $6 million.

Spanning 4,470 square feet, the five-story home is part of six townhouses built by KUB Capital in 2015 known as the Wythe Lane Townhouses.

The home made waves when it hit the market earlier this month with a listing that claimed the seller would accept Bitcoin or shares of Anthropic, the artificial intelligence company behind Claude.

The seller is Thomas Gaissmaier, chief people officer at Balyasny Asset Management. Gaissmaier bought the home for $4.1 million, according to public records.

“Every generation has its wealth-creation vehicle. For many people today, that’s private technology companies and digital assets,” Gaissmaier previously told Business Insider. “The mention of Anthropic shares and bitcoin was a way of acknowledging that reality while signaling that we’re open to creative transaction structures.”

Ultimately, the deal turned out to be straightforward. The offer from the current buyer is coming in cash, according to Compass’ Christine Blackburn, who has the listing with Lior Barak.

The home has four bedrooms, three bathrooms and a finished basement with 12-foot ceilings. It has a private garage, a first-level garden with a built-in gas grill and bluestone and concrete pavers, and a hardscaped roof deck with views of Manhattan.