Suzanne DeChillo/The New York Times A co-op at the Dakota sets a record, according to the listing broker. An exquisitely restored and renovated co-op at the Dakota that enjoys 100 feet of unobstructed Central Park vistas just above the tree canopy sold for $27.5 million and was the most expensive sale of the week, according to city records.
The residence was listed at $29.6 million in 2012 when its owner, the investment banker and Arts and Crafts collector/scholar Bruce Barnes, who at the time was president of the Dakota’s co-op board, chose to downsize after 17 years there.
The nine-room apartment, with three bedrooms, three baths, two balconies, a terrace off the master suite and a 70-foot-long gallery, is one of the largest at the Dakota, the imposing 1884 landmark at 1 West 72nd Street, designed by Henry J. Hardenbergh, the architect of the Plaza Hotel. The monthly maintenance charges for the unit, No. 63, are $10,326.
The apartment, which has 12-foot ceilings and seven antique fireplaces, makes a gracious impression right from the private mahogany-trimmed vestibule, which yields to a foyer with a fireplace and pocket doors that open onto the 29-foot living room. Along with the library and the master suite, the living room faces west toward the park, while the formal dining room overlooks the courtyard. The 24-foot chef’s kitchen has mahogany cabinetry and two islands, and the family room has built-in bookcases and a window-seat above the courtyard.
The storybook master suite has three floor-to-ceiling windows, a fireplace, a terrace, a honed onyx bath with five vintage showerheads, and an adjacent study with a fireplace. Additional vintage atmosphere emanates from wood shutters framing all 12 windows.
John Burger of Brown Harris Stevens was the listing broker and also represented the buyer, the artist/collector Ydessa Hendeles, who closed her Toronto gallery in 2012. “This sale represents the highest price ever recorded for the sale of a co-op on Central Park West â€" on the entire Upper West Side, in fact,†Mr. Burger said.
Big Ticket includes closed sales from the previous week, ending Wednesday.
