Transfer over “Intercourse and the Metropolis,” there’s one other stoop that may boast film stardom. An Higher East Aspect townhome is underneath contract after being listed for $12.5 million. What makes the property particular? The outside was used within the 1961 movie “Breakfast at Tiffany’s.”
The turn-of-the-century property is situated at East 71st Avenue between Lexington and Third avenues. The four-story townhome sits on the tree-lined road and was the condominium backdrop for Holly Golightly, Audrey Hepburn‘s character.
“It is a very fairly, quiet tree-lined road comprised largely of townhouses. The block has a welcoming, residential really feel versus a block with solely giant residential or industrial buildings,” Donna Olshan, president and actual property agent at Olshan Realty, tells Realtor.com®. “The grandest townhouses in NYC have been primarily constructed on the Higher East Aspect within the early 1900s and they’re extremely fascinating.”
The house has 4,465 sq. toes of house and consists of 4 bedrooms, 4 loos, three powder rooms, an elevator, and a 30-foot landscaped backyard.
The vendor bought it in July 2015 for $7.4 million and fully “gut-renovated” it, in response to the Olshan Report. The townhome was first listed in Could 2025 for $15 million.
The vendor is represented by Corcoran and the itemizing describes it as a two-family house. It does have a backyard/road degree unit with its personal personal entrance, uncovered brick, built-in bookshelves, den, and a bed room.
The restoration and renovation was three years within the making. The basement has additionally been dug out—almost 8 toes in peak—and homes the house’s mechanicals, a second laundry room, wine cellar, and added storage.
Luxurious gross sales
The Tiffany’s townhome is one among 29 contracts at $4 million and above that have been signed for the week ending Dec. 7, in response to the Olshan Luxurious Market Report. That is 10 greater than the prior week.
The costliest contract was for a property at 730 Fifth Avenue. It had an asking value of $29.95 million, after initially being listed for $40 million.
“The No. 1 contract of the week is within the Aman Residences. Aman is without doubt one of the strongest manufacturers within the luxurious lodge market and so they keep a loyal international following,” explains Olshan. “Not all branded accommodations are as devoted to the luxurious expertise as Aman.”
The condominium has three bedrooms and three.5 baths inside 3,746 sq. toes. A number of rooms boast Central Park views and out of doors dwelling house.
“What makes this unit so distinctive is it has a pool on a non-public terrace overlooking Fifth Avenue and Central Park. That is actually dwelling it up,” Olshan provides.
Residents have their very own personal entrance on 56th Avenue, however they’ll use the lodge’s facilities, which embody two eating places, a jazz membership, and a 25,000-square-foot facility with a lounge, spa, and health heart with a pool.
The condominium’s vendor has an LLC in Budapest, Hungary, and bought the unit for $34,857,938 in June 2022 from the sponsor/developer of Aman New York Residences—22-unit condominiums that sit above the 83-unit Aman Lodge, in response to the report.
“The sale serves for example of shopping for a powerful model (Aman) with a novel condominium and placement that did not flip right into a revenue,” says Olshan. “We frequently see this in new improvement the place the preliminary patrons are captivated by robust advertising and marketing solely to seek out years later that the worth of the property does not maintain up. In fact worth additionally is dependent upon the vagaries of the market.”
In complete, the week’s asking gross sales value quantity was valued at $233,459,000.
