Ãngel Franco/The New York Times The Touraine condominium building.A four-bedroom penthouse, one of four that crown the Touraine, a new luxury condominium with distinct European overtones at 132 East 65th Street (at Lexington Avenue), sold for $13,579,371.82 and was the most expensive transaction of the week, according to city records. The listing price for the 3,695-square-foot simplex, PH4, was $13,675,990, and the monthly carrying charges are $6,631.
Toll Brothers City Living, the developer/sponsor, built 22 units and quickly accumulated a near sellout. Another penthouse, PH3, sold for $9,771,116.82, city records show. The only residence still available to those who crave an address at the 15-story building designed by the French architect Lucien Lagrange is the costliest one, PH1, a duplex on the 14th and 15th floors with an asking price of $19,995,990.
The six-room PH4, on the 11th floor, has a private elevator, an art-ready reception gallery, four and a half Calacatta marble baths, and a Gaggenau windowed eat-in kitchen with marble countertops.
The buyer of PH4 used a limited-liability company, NY Touraine PH4, as did the buyer of PH3, recorded as Ask Ventures.
The week’s second-highest-price sale, at $13 million, was downtown in a warehouse-to-loft conversion at 196 West Houston Street. Built in 1899, the property was reimagined as a private residence/entertainment mecca with a two-car garage, a basement recording studio â€" later converted into a yoga studio â€" and a roof deck with outdoor showers. Among those who attended parties there in its heyday were John Lennon and Norman Mailer.
The seller, represented by Stan Ponte and Vannessa Kaufman of Sotheby’s International Realty, was Draw Ventures, a limited-liability company based in Palo Alto, Calif. The buyer also used a limited-liability company, Shatter Scape Holdings.
Big Ticket includes closed sales from the previous week, ending Wednesday.
