Nov 3, 2009 9:00 am US/Pacific
New York Apartment Going For Cool $25M
Upper Floors Of Brooklyn Clock Tower Building Home To 7,000 Square Foot Palace, With Majestic Views Of NYC Skyline
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The Clock Tower, a New York City landmark, has an apartment going for $25 million.
CBS
There are certain properties that defy the current downturn in real estate. These trophy apartments have price tags and pedigrees that put them outside of the reach of all but a select few.
But that doesn't mean we can't take a look inside the most expensive apartment in Brooklyn.
The location is a former industrial section of Brooklyn known as Dumbo. The
property is located on the top three floors in the
Clock Tower Building, a New York City landmark. The price is $25 million, reports CBS station WCBS-TV in New York City.
"You'd have to be insane in this kind of economy to put a $25 million triplex in the market, but I think that the answer is that there is no market or timing for something like this," Asher Abehsera said.
And "time" is certainly a theme here -- with the most notable feature of this one of a kind penthouse being the iconic clocks inside, they're 14-foot high windows. In every direction, there are stunning views of the city.
"You're literally looking at the icons of New York. You have the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges right in your face. You have the Manhattan skyline as a picture right in front of you. The Statue of Liberty," Abehsera said.
The kitchen is top of the line with state of the art everything. Overall, the apartment is 7,000 square feet, including 3,000 on the main floor alone.
Access is by private elevator, and once inside, "We created an elevator in the core of the space that's enclosed in glass and a staircase that's glass and steel," Abehsera said.
The interior elevator takes you to the upper floors where there are three light-filled bedrooms, and luxurious bathrooms. The master features a tub opening up to the city expanse.
And ascending even higher there's a roof deck that is half open, half enclosed.
"You literally have 360-degree unobstructed views of the entire NYC skyline, from Staten Island to Jersey to all of Brooklyn. It's really special. It's a 'wow' space," Abehsera said.
The apartment is currently available, but there are reports the developer is trying to interest Mikhail Prokhorov, a Russian billionaire who is said to be interested in buying the New Jersey Nets and moving them to Brooklyn.
And for the record, the most expensive condo that has sold in Brooklyn to date is on the 14th floor of the clock tower building.
That one is a relative bargain at $8 million.
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