Three neighboring multi-family townhouses in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village, have created an unparalleled opportunity for a megamansion. While two of the homes had previously been marketed together in a pre-auction sale, the third is currently being converted and joining the duo, according to developers and agents involved in the offering plan.
Once combined, the three townhouses at West 13th Street will encompass about 20,000 square feet with 62-foot-wide frontage. The three townhouses, fully renovated, could fetch as high as $75 million, according to Robert Kaliner, owner and developer of one of the townhouses.
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"It will be the most unique and spectacular piece of real estate in the heart of Greenwich Village," said Greg Corbin, executive managing director of The Besen Group, which is marketing the two townhouses at 133 and 135 West 13th St.
"It’s ideal for a billionaire or a celebrity who doesn’t want to be in a high-rise condo, instead, wants the feel of a home with privacy, backyard and amenities like a home gym, media room, and indoor swimming pool," he added.
These two adjacent townhouses, which were offered for a combined $15.6 million earlier this year, are facing foreclosures after the owners group, listed in public records as 135 West 13 LLC, filed for bankruptcy in May. The owners are a group of investors led by art collector Max Dolgicer, according to The Real Deal. He couldn’t immediately be reached for comment.
The third one in the bundle, 137 West 13th St., was bought by developer Robert Kaliner’s Ascend Group for $6.5 million in June. He has since vacated the four-unit building and tapped a top interior designer to convert it, according to Mr. Kaliner. Round Square Builders, led by Mr. Kaliner’s son Justin, will be responsible for construction.
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Interested buyers can grab this one alone, for a projected $20 million, Mr. Kaliner said. Besides purchasing all three, interested parties also have the option of buying any two of the adjacent townhouses separately.
Mr. Kaliner converted a historic Greenwich townhouse on Waverly Place from a four-story rental into a single-family house and sold it for $23.28 million last year, more than doubling the $10.2 million he paid for it in 2013, property records show.
Lined with mostly Greek-style townhouses built in the late 1900s and early 2000s, the area is becoming Manhattan’s hotbed for megamansions. Celebrity couple Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick, Facebook co-founder Sean Parker and telecom mogul Dexter Goei are all in the midst of creating mega mansions in the neighborhood.