2024-05-21T10:00:18-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150140866/hudson-yards-and-stern-designed-towers-dominate-nyc-s-ultraluxury-real-estate-sales Alexander Walter 2019-06-11T14:03:00-04:00 >2022-04-28T19:57:31-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/7f/7ffc9416c600da858362ba979a0c70ce.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Manhattan&rsquo;s latest crop of new luxury developments continues to attract a steady stream of buyers. At the ultra-pricey 220 Central Park South in Midtown, the grand limestone skyscraper designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects, four more units officially sold, including New York City&rsquo;s most expensive closing in May: a three-bedroom aerie for nearly $26.5 million.</p></em><br /><br /><p>The <em>NYT</em>'s Vivian Marino provides an update on the biggest recent luxury real estate transactions in New York City with notably pricey purchases at <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/33199/robert-a-m-stern-architects" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Robert A.M. Stern</a>'s <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/611147/220-central-park-south" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">220 Central Park South</a> and 250 West 81st Street towers and also at the newly opened <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/53803/hudson-yards" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hudson Yards</a> mammoth development.&nbsp;</p> <p>"Philip I. Kent, the former chief executive of Turner Broadcasting System, was one of the many buyers at 15 Hudson Yards, the megaproject&rsquo;s first residential tower. (Oh, and the architect who helped design that building also bought an apartment &mdash; in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.)," writes Marino.<br></p>