Done Deals
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UPPER EAST SIDE
353 E. 72nd St.
One-bedroom co-op
Asking price: $460,000
Selling price: $440,000
Time on market: 24 weeks
A 650-square-foot one-bedroom, one bathroom co-op at 353 E. 72nd St. closed recently for $440,000. “This was probably the smallest deal I’ve ever done, but it was also the most gratifying,” Florean Mader of Halstead, who represented the buyer, said. “It was a very emotional search.”
The purchaser, a divorced woman in her early 60s, had been living in a second-floor apartment on a busy intersection on the Upper East Side, with no privacy, no light, and a lot of noise.
“She literally had to keep her blinds down all day and tolerate this loud traffic,” Ms. Mader said. Her new apartment has lots of northern light, is pindrop quiet, and is in an intimate, doorman building on the East Side – quite a contrast. And by all accounts, she’s pretty happy with the change.
“She’s already sent me at least 12 e-mails telling me how I’ve changed her life,” Ms. Mader said. Dana Eggert of Corcoran represented the seller.
FINANCIAL DISTRICT
50 Pine St.
Two-bedroom condo
Asking price: $1.75 million
Selling price: $1.75 million
Time on market: about 8 months
An 11th-floor, two-bedroom, two bathroom condo at 50 Pine St. sold recently for $1.75 million. The 1,717-square-foot apartment, located in a new development overlooking Chase Plaza, was purchased by a family originally from Texas. They had been living in Tokyo for work. They love Manhattan and plan to spend more time here. Why the location? “They believe downtown and Wall Street is the next ‘it’ neighborhood,” Jonathan Phillips of Halstead, the exclusive agent for the development, said.
Mr. Phillips said there was a huge amount of interest in the property but that these particular purchasers were the first to agree to the full asking price “without any quibbles.” He said every unit in the development has so far sold at full asking price.
Eighty percent of the building is already gone, but the penthouse – at $3 million – is still available.
BRYANT PARK
32 W. 40th St.
One-bedroom co-op
Asking price: $669,000
Selling price: $669,000
Time on market: about 5 months
A one-bedroom, one-bathroom, 700-square-foot co-op at 32 W. 40th St. sold recently for $669,000. The building, which is across from Bryant Park, is known as the Columns and originally housed Andrew Carnegie’s Engineers’ Club.
The apartment overlooks the park and is just up the road from Grand Central Station. The purchasers are a couple in their 60s from Garrison, N.Y., who like their homes to have a bit of history, it seems. They currently live in a condo in what broker Rose Tallis of Halstead describes as a “castle overlooking the Hudson River.”
Jehudith Cohen and Susan Rein of Bellmarc represented the sellers.
EAST VILLAGE
321 Second Ave.
One-bedroom co-op
Asking price: $899,000
Selling price: $860,000
Time on market: about 3 months
The 900-square-foot top floor of a four-story townhouse at 321 Second Ave. has sold for $860,000. The co-op apartment, which has a private 600-square-foot roof deck, was purchased by Gary Adler, the musical director for a number of hit shows including “Altar Boyz” and “Avenue Q.”
The building has good musical karma, apparently – it was previously the home of Joe Jackson. The seller and her five dogs had only lived in the space for a year. She decided to move now that she’s getting married.
Jennie Ma of Corcoran, who represented the seller, said there was a lot of interest in the property, some of it, unfortunately, at the wrong time. “There were quite a few keen parties,” she said, “especially after the contract had been signed!”