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March 4-10, 2013
Report on Contracts Signed
NYC Residential
Properties
$4 Million and Above
43 Contracts Signed
Another week, another multi-year high. And I’m not talking about the stock market. Sound familiar? Well, faithful readers, it should. Those are exactly the same 2 sentences with which I led last week’s report. I guess I could have been more clever, but the numbers speak for themselves: 43 contracts were signed last week at $4 million and above, the biggest number since we started keeping track in 2007. The dollar volume of $326,738,000 was not, however, a 6-year record. There were 2 weeks in 2012 that had larger dollar volume on fewer sales.
Last week, condos outsold co-ops: 36-5, and there were 2 townhouses in the mix. The biggest contributor was 56 Leonard, where 16 contracts totaling $98.4 million were signed off floorplans, this despite being 2 to 3 years away from completion. The building is destined to be the most architecturally significant condo ever constructed in Tribeca. The architects are Pritzker Prize winners Herzog & de Meuron (Tate Modern Museum in London and Beijing Bird’s Nest). The 145-unit condo is a soaring 60-story glass sculpture that translates into a contemporary masterpiece meant to compliment the new Freedom Tower, the site of the former World Trade Center being built 10 blocks south.
The No. 1 contract of the week, however, wasn’t new construction. It was Apartment 19A at 737 Park Avenue, asking $26 million, in a building being transformed from a rental to a condo by Macklowe Properties. This 5-bedroom, 6.5-bath condominium has 5,508 square feet and a fireplace. It wraps around the corner of Park and 71st Street with a 49-foot living room and formal dining room facing one of the most important co-ops in New York: 740 Park Avenue, known for grand apartments, famous residents, and a tough co-op board, all chronicled in a book by Michael Gross.
The No. 2 contract was Apartment 42C at 1 Central Park West, asking $19.9 million, reduced by $2 million when it went on the market last May. This is a 2-bedroom, 2.5- bath unit with 4,415 square feet and sweeping views of Central Park.
NYC Luxury Tracking Scoreboard: Sales $4 Million and Above
March 4-10, 2013
| |
East |
West |
Midtown |
Downtown |
Asking $/sq.ft. |
Totals |
Co-ops |
2 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
Avg.Price:$6,249,000
|
5 |
Condos |
8 |
3 |
1 |
24 |
Avg.Price:$7,648,750
Avg.$/sq.ft:$2,846/sq.ft.
Avg.Sq.Ft.:2,688sq.ft. |
36 |
Condops * |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
Townhouses |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Avg.Price:$10,069,000
Avg.$/sq.ft:$1,595/sq.ft.
Avg.Sq.Ft:6,312sq.ft. |
2 |
Totals |
10 |
4 |
2 |
27 |
|
43 |
Total Weekly Asking Price Sales Volume: $326,738,000
Average Asking Price: $7,598,558
Median Asking Price: $6,000,000
Average Discount from Original Ask to Last Asking Price:3%
Average Days on Market:108
*Condop is a co-op with condo rules.
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Donna Olshan
President
dso@olshan.com
Emily Chen
Private Wealth Real Estate Services
Chief of Research
ecc@olshan.com
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