Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times 18 Gramercy Park SouthWith just a few full-floor units and the distinctive maisonette remaining at the luxury condominium reinvention of a historic Salvation Army lodging house for women at 18 Gramercy Park South, the sale for $17,300,067.50 of the 4,207-square-foot residence that commands the entire eighth floor was the most expensive of the week, according to city records.
The unit, No. 8, has four bedrooms, five and a half baths, and a corner living room with 40 feet of frontage on private Gramercy Park. The monthly carrying costs are $11,225.31, and as a customary closing gift, the sponsors, Zeckendorf Development and Global Holdings, bestowed a key to the park. The condo, with interiors designed by Robert A. M. Stern Architects, who also renovated the Georgian-style brick exterior, sold for its asking price, $16.99 million, plus transfer taxes.
As they did with their previous project, 15 Central Park West, the development team created a prewar ambience enhanced by modern amenities, a combination that proved irresistible to qualified globe-trotters with a fondness for park views. The buyer, identified as the Suyeon Kim Trust, did not use a broker; Zeckendorf Marketing represented the sponsor.
The second-priciest sale also involved park views but required the purchase of two units to create a 5,000-square-foot, 14-room duplex. At the Beresford, an Emery Roth-designed co-op at 211 Central Park West, between 81st and 82nd Streets, Nos. 17/18C and 18B traded for an aggregate $16.1 million, roughly $1 million above their respective asking prices. The buyers, Edward Lavin and Jennifer M. Bruder, were represented by Brad Webb of Douglas Elliman Real Estate. Lorraine Dauber of Stribling & Associates was the listing broker for No. 17/18C, sold by Coke Anne M. Wilcox for $10,196,130, and for No. 18B, sold by Walter S. Tomenson Jr. for $5,903,870.
Big Ticket includes closed sales from the previous week, ending Wednesday.
