A gracious residence on the Dakota, lengthy generally known as America’s first luxurious condo constructing, is now $20 million off its unique $39 million asking value.
That drastic value slash got here earlier this week, after the gorgeous unfold — now asking $19 million — had languished on and off the marketplace for a staggering eight years.
The sellers, Jane Rosenthal and her ex-husband Craig Hatkoff — co-founders of the Tribeca Movie Competition with Robert De Niro — lovingly assembled the beautiful house at 1 W. 72nd St. from a number of flats.
Rosenthal and Hatkoff, who divorced in 2014, have been married for 19 years.
The condo was final available on the market for $20 million in 2023.
“It took 30 years and 20 transactions to create this house,” mentioned co-listing dealer Benjamin P. Dixon, of Douglas Elliman. “It was not straightforward to create, and it has essentially the most Central Park frontage than another residence within the constructing.”
The eighth-floor unfold incorporates a 6,000-square-foot condo with 4 separate rooms throughout the corridor that can be utilized as versatile house — comparable to a visitor suite, an workplace or an artwork studio, or perhaps a health club or a children’ playroom.
Altogether, the providing, together with downstairs storage, totals round 7,500 sq. toes.
Particulars additionally embrace 11-foot-high ceilings, hardwood flooring, 19 park-facing home windows and 4 exposures — together with an unique double entrance door, arched doorways and coved ceilings.
There’s additionally a proper eating room, a nook front room, and a predominant bed room suite with a sitting space and a spa-like tub.
Rosenthal is understood for movies like “Meet the Mother and father” and “Wag the Canine,” whereas Hatkoff — an actual property financier and entrepreneur — is chairman of Turtle Pond Productions.
The landmarked constructing is famed for its Gothic and Renaissance Revival exterior, its inside courtyard, in addition to its residents. It was designed in 1884 by Henry J. Hardenberg, who additionally created the close by Plaza Lodge and the Waldorf Astoria.
Extra tragically, the Dakota is the place John Lennon was gunned down — particularly, exterior the constructing — in 1980. Strawberry Fields, the place followers nonetheless collect to pay their respects, is throughout the road in Central Park. Previous and current residents additionally embrace his widow Yoko Ono, Roberta Flack, Boris Karloff and Lauren Bacall, who lived there for the final 53 years of her life.
Dixon shares the itemizing with Douglas Elliman’s Matthew Mackay.