A townhouse on the Upper East Side and Frank Lloyd Wright’s former suite at the Plaza Hotel snagged the priciest contracts inked in Manhattan last week.
The properties were among 28 homes asking $4 million or more to find buyers between April 21 and April 27, according to Olshan Realty’s weekly report. The total —- down from 33 in the previous period — marked a slowdown for the borough, where the number of pending deals remained high despite recent holidays and macroeconomic turbulence.
The most expensive home to land an inked deal was 16 East 64th Street, with an asking price of $25 million. The historic townhouse, which hit the market in March 2024, last traded for $22 million in 2005 and was later renovated.
The 20-foot-wide property, built in 1878, spans 8,700 square feet and six stories. It has five bedrooms and seven bathrooms and features a gym, elevator, garden and two terraces. The home is on the same block as townhouses that once belonged to Gianni Versace and former president Ulysses S. Grant.
Leslie Garfield’s Thomas Wexler and Tyler Wexler had the listing.
The second priciest home to nab a buyer was Unit 409 at 1 Central Park South, known as the Plaza Hotel, with an asking price just under $19 million. The 4,000-square-foot condo, which hit the market in February, has four bedrooms and three bathrooms.
Famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright moved into the apartment, then a hotel suite, in 1954 while he worked on designing the Guggenheim Museum and lived there until his death five years later.
Lisa Cohen, the founder of Galerie magazine, and her husband, Hudson Capital Properties founder James Cohen, bought the home for $13 million in 2009 and gut renovated it two years later. It features a formal dining room, 13-foot ceilings and a chef’s kitchen.
Compass’ Charlie Attias, Brooke Winsness and Connor Ramage had the listing.
The condo is one of 163 private residences at the Plaza developed by Elad Group. Amenities in the building include a private entrance and access to hotel services such as the concierge, gym and garage.
Of the 28 properties, 21 were condos, four were co-ops and three were townhouses, all on the Upper East Side.
The homes’ combined asking price was $211 million, for an average price of $7.5 million and a median of $6.4 million. The typical home spent more than 300 days on the market and was discounted 7 percent from the original listing price.