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Developer Larry Silverstein Finds Dream Home In His Own 30 Park Place Building

He paid full price for a $34 million full-floor penthouse near the top of the sky-high tower

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Even legendary New York City developer Larry Silverstein has a dream home

Composite: thirtyparkplace.com; Slaven Vlasic / Getty Images
Even legendary New York City developer Larry Silverstein has a dream home
Composite: thirtyparkplace.com; Slaven Vlasic / Getty Images

Even legendary New York City developer Larry Silverstein has a dream home. In his case, he built it and is now moving into it.

A spokesman for Mr. Silverstein confirmed that the developer has purchased a penthouse on the 80th floor of a new condominium he developed at 30 Park Place in Tribeca.

"My dream property I would say is probably at the top of 30 Park Place," Mr. Silverstein said during a recent interview with Mansion Global. Mr. Silverstein had hinted at the move, but officially broke the news Tuesday.

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During the Mansion Global interview, Mr. Silverstein heaped praise onto the condos, which occupy the top 22 floors of the 937-foot Four Seasons Hotel in Downtown and which he developed. He extolled the panoramic views and the building’s 75-foot lap pool.

"If I wanted to choose a place to live other than the place where I’ve been living for the last 32 years in Midtown Manhattan, this would be a superb location to consider," Mr. Silverstein hinted.

As it turns out, that was no marketing spiel—the 85-year-old developer has paid full price, a whopping $34 million, for his new full-floor, 6,200-square-foot home, The Wall Street Journal first reported.

That will get Mr. Silverstein one of the best views of New York City. His apartment is just shy of the top of 30 Park Place, which is 82 floors and currently the tallest residential building in downtown Manhattan. Mr. Silverstein bought one of the most, if not the most, expensive unit in the building. The top penthouse, on the 82nd floor, is on the market for $30 million, while a half-floor duplex unit on the 78th level is selling for $32.5 million, according to the building’s website

During the construction of the building, Mr. Silverstein insisted that the architects from Robert A.M. Stern make room for a 75-foot lap pool—a request that makes one wonder if he was plotting his move all along.

"I remember telling the architects very early on to be sure that they made room for a 75-foot lap pool and by golly there it is," Mr. Silverstein said.

"It is just absolutely perfect for people who have a propensity for swimming on a daily basis, and it just so happens that I’m one of them," he said, adding, "I look at that and I say to myself ‘God what a beautiful facility that is.’"

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Mansion Global got an early tour of the penthouse condos in October. While we only got as high as the 78th level, floor-to-ceiling windows and a private terrace gave sweeping views over the Hudson River’s Upper Bay.

Mr. Silverstein’s new digs have two balconies, and on the north side, vistas reach as far as Central Park, according to the building’s sales agents. He’ll also get a front-row view of the World Trade Center complex, an area his company, Silverstein Properties, was instrumental in rebuilding after 9/11. He developed several new office buildings at the site, including One World Trade Center, the tallest building in the United States, and 7 WTC, where he works.

The developer and his wife, Klara, have enjoyed strolling around the revived neighborhood, perusing shops in the new Oculus shopping center and buying groceries at a newly opened branch of Eataly, he told Mansion Global.

"She’s a foodie and so she loves to shop and see what’s available," Mr. Silverstein said, adding that the couple likes to people watch. "One of the other things that we see down here is the huge number of carriages, the abundant number of young families, husbands, wives and children, baby carriages all over the place, skateboards, bicycles, young people, doing all kinds of wonderful things that we can’t do anymore because we’re a bunch of old folks."