New York City is known for its exorbitantly priced real estate, from sky-high penthouses to historic townhouses.
There are now three homes in New York City that have sold for $100 or more — and two of them sold this year.
The record-breaking sales began in 2014, when Dell Technologies founder and CEO Michael Dell paid $100.47 million for a penthouse in One57, a 90-story Manhattan luxury tower. It was the first New York City home to sell for more than $100 million.
One57 sits on Billionaires’ Row, a Manhattan mini-neighborhood on the southern edge of Central Park that’s home to some of the city’s most expensive real estate.
Dell’s sale held the city record until January 2019, when billionaire hedge-fund manager Ken Griffin dropped $238 million on multiple floors in 220 Central Park South, another Billionaires’ Row tower that’s still under construction. That sale shattered the record for the priciest home sale ever in the US, a title it still holds.
And yet another $100 million sale came along in December 2019, when an unidentified buyer bought a penthouse in the same building. […]
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