NYC double-wide townhouse on Upper West Side goes into contract with record $85M asking price
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Lauren Elkies Schram
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Summary
An Upper West Side combined townhouse at 48-50 W. 69th St., measuring 41.5 feet wide — making it a "double-wide mansion" by NYC standards — has gone into contract with an asking price of $85 million. If it sells for that amount, it would become the most expensive townhouse sale in New York City history. The transaction follows another multimillion-dollar townhouse deal downtown, signaling strong demand among ultra-wealthy buyers for homes of rare scale and width.
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· 3 pulledThe well-heeled are doubling down on double-wide mansions.
A 41.5-foot Upper West Side combined townhouse — whose width makes it a mansion by local standards — asking a record $85 million that has gone into contract.
Should it sell for that sum, it will rank as the city's priciest townhouse sale in history, according to StreetEasy records.
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