730 Fifth Avenue, 21A—$53.4 Million
The backstory: Set in the Crown Building, the new home of the Aman New York, which is a combination of branded residences and the city's most expensive hotel. Located on 57th Street, the building is the furthest south of this year’s top sales. Little is known about this apartment, though it reportedly covers a full floor.
12 East 63rd Street—$56 Million
The backstory: This approximately 10,700-square-foot townhouse went into contract in late 2021 and closed early this year. It first came on the market in 2015 with a $77 million ask; by the time the contract was signed, the price had dropped to $61 million. The house has seven bedrooms, eight bathrooms, and a basement swimming pool, according to reports.
730 Fifth Avenue, 22A—$56.2 Million
The backstory: What’s the premium for living in 22A rather than 21A? Given the price that the latter unit in the Aman New York (No. 7 on this list) sold for, the answer is apparently $2.8 million. But timing might have had something to do with it: This unit’s contract was signed during the heady days of November 2021; the contract for the cheaper unit was signed in June.
432 Park Avenue, 82nd Floor—$70.5 Million
The backstory: At one time asking $90 million, this full-floor, approximately 8,000-square-foot apartment has five bedrooms. (The sale also reportedly included two staff suites on lower floors.) Residents will have 360-degree views of New York at a height so vertiginous they will occasionally be above the cloud line.
220 Central Park South, PH75—$72 Million
The backstory: This roughly 5,000-square-foot penthouse has three bedrooms and four full baths, plus a powder room. It also comes with a terrace overlooking Central Park. The apartment is set within what is arguably the most in-demand super-luxury apartment building in New York; not one apartment is currently publicly listed for sale, according to StreetEasy.
730 Fifth Avenue, 20A—$75.9 Million
The backstory: Known as the Jala Penthouse, this full-floor apartment in the Aman New York has four beds, five full bathrooms, and reportedly some 3,746 square feet of outdoor space. The original asking price for the 6,792-square-foot apartment was reportedly $83.53 million.
4 East 66th Street PH/11—$101 Million
The backstory: To crack nine figures, this sale is actually a pair of co-ops—a penthouse and the floor below it. Sold by the estate of the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen (whose art collection fetched a record-setting $1.5 billion at Christie’s on a single night in November), the sale constitutes a record price for a New York co-op. It was reportedly bought by Julia Koch, widow of ultra-conservative billionaire David Koch, who died in 2019.
This article was provided by Bloomberg News.