220 Central Park South
New York City, United States. Unbranded. One hundred and eighteen apartments on Central Park South — the building that holds the American record.
The most expensive home ever sold in the United States is in this building, and the price on the instrument is not the price in the headlines. Ken Griffin's four-floor penthouse closed on 23 January 2019 at $239,958,219 per property records; the Wall Street Journal first reported $238 million and that is the figure that entered circulation. The register carries the recorded number and notes the reported one, because the gap between what the press ran and what the deed says is exactly what a chain of record is for.
It is a limestone tower of 950 feet by Robert A.M. Stern Architects with interiors by Thierry Despont, developed by Vornado at a reported construction cost of $1.4 billion — deliberately pre-war in manner, a rebuttal to the glass supertalls that preceded it. Eighteen-storey Villa, seventy-nine-storey Tower, 118 units, 397,000 salable square feet.
Two American records were set in one building within six months. Griffin's penthouse in January; Joe Tsai's two units at $157.5 million combined in June, then the second-largest sale in New York and third-largest in the country. The record has stood since, and no branded residence in this register has come close to it.
Who it is not for
Not for a buyer looking for service: this is an unbranded condominium with a concierge, not an operated building. Not for anyone comparing floor counts — sources give 65, 66 and 79, and only the last describes the Tower.
Sources
- Property records via 6sqft, 29 January 2019 — closing at $239,958,219 on 23 January 2019
- Wall Street Journal via NBC News, CityRealty, StreetEasy, The Real Deal and Time, January 2019 — $238m as first reported
- New York YIMBY, 24 January 2019 — 118 units, Villa and Tower, Stern with Despont
- Vornado regulatory filings via NBC News — $1.4bn construction cost, 397,000 salable sq ft, 83% under contract
- CNBC via 6sqft — Joe Tsai as buyer of two units at $157.5m combined
Verification
- Official source
- Not yet checked
- Inventory
- Awaiting confirmation
- Sources disagree
- floors 65 / 66 / 79; penthouse 23,000 / 23,090 / 24,000 sq ft; price $238m reported vs $239,958,219 recorded
- Property confirmation
- Pending
- Last verified
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Booking
Private Residences records addresses; it does not broker them. Enquiries are passed to the party named in the record, and nothing on this site is an offer.
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