A Madison Avenue condo with a pool and no common charges for three years, for $5,750,000
With a glut of unsold new condos in NYC, developers are in a tough spot. The sponsor of this apartment is offering to pay common charges for three years—but also raised the price.
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This three-bedroom, three-and-a-half-bath luxury condo, 172 Madison Ave, #25A, comes with what seems like a sweet deal, but you would be wise to check the pricing history. The 2,146-square-foot apartment is asking $5,750,000 and the sponsor is offering to pay three years of common charges, which are $2,890 a month. Taxes are $3,792 a month.
According to StreetEasy, the price of this condo went up by $100,000 about four months ago—which is nearly equivalent to three years of common charges.
New condo developers are in a tough spot: A recent report from StreetEasy finds that over 25 percent of new condos built in New York City since the start of 2013 are still unsold. So this apartment, which appears to have been on and off the market since this building went up in 2016, when it was originally asking $6,125,000, has a lot of competition.
It has all the bells and whistles of a luxury condo, plus a prime Midtown location. There are southern, eastern and western exposures and 11-foot ceilings.
The kitchen has an integrated Marvin wine cooler, Miele refrigerator and dishwasher, and a basaltina stone slab counter.
The master bedroom suite has a lounge area, walk-in closet and floor-to-ceiling windowed bath that faces the Empire State Building.
The baths have marble heated floors.
There’s a lounge with billiards, a gym, 67-foot saltwater lap pool, Jacuzzi, steam room, and yoga room, plus a pet spa.
The building is fully staffed, with a full-time doorman and live-in super.
The building is a block from the Empire Stage Building, just off 34th Street, in the center of the Midtown’s buzz, with loads of restaurants, stores, and cultural destinations in the surrounding blocks.
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