Mets Player’s UES Penthouse Tops Manhattan’s Luxury Market

A pending deal signed by baseball star Francisco Lindor led Manhattan’s luxury market last week.

The New York Mets’ shortstop is purchasing a penthouse at EJS Group’s 200 East 75th Street for roughly $20 million, making it the most expensive home to find a buyer between Dec. 9 and Dec. 15, according to Olshan Realty’s weekly report. The Wall Street Journal first reported news of the contract on Tuesday.

The six-bedroom, six-bathroom apartment last asked just under $23 million, according to a Streeteasy listing. Unit PH5 spans 5,300 square feet and has three terraces, 11-foot ceilings and a gas fireplace.

Alexa Lambert, Susan Wires and Marc Achilles with Compass’ new development marketing arm are heading sales at the building. Douglas Elliman’s Dan Benichou represented Lindor in the deal.

Sales at the development launched in March, and buyers have signed contracts for about half of its 36 units since then. Amenities at the 18-story building, where construction is slated for completion next year, include a fitness center, virtual sports room with a golf simulator and landscaped roof terrace.

The Upper East Side abode was one of 31 homes in Manhattan asking $4 million or more to land inked deals last week. The total was down from 34 contracts signed in the previous period.

The second priciest home to find a buyer was a penthouse at 56 Leonard Street, with an asking price just under $20 million. The 3,700-square-foot condo, which last traded for $17.3 million in 2018, hit the market in September. Unit PH52A has four bedrooms, four bathrooms and three terraces.

Clayton Orrigo and Stephen Ferrara of Compass’ Hudson Advisory Team had the listing.

Alexico Group’s and Hines’ 146-unit development, known as the “Jenga Building,” made headlines in 2021 after a buyer signed a contract for a duplex asking $50 million. At the time, it was the most expensive inked deal for a Downtown Manhattan penthouse so far that year.

Of the 31 properties, 24 were condos, four were co-ops, one was a condop and two were townhouses.

The homes’ combined asking price was $262 million, which works out to an average price of $8.5 million and a median of $6.9 million. The typical home spent nearly 550 days on the market and was discounted 7 percent from the original listing price.