Former Development Du Jour 111 Central Park North is back in the news today with Braden Keil's report that an unnamed buyer (a "tycoon from Australia," huzzah!) is dropping $12 million on a duplex penthouse in the building. Near as we can tell from spending some more time at the 111 CPN website—perhaps the worst-designed new development website we've ever seen, in terms of how many clicks it takes just to get to any kind of nuts-and-bolts information—the buyer is combining two units into one by merging the front unit (which has the most Central Park frontage) with a side unit (which has only one room facing the park. Which makes sense. If, you know, you've got $12 million lying around. The price is, of course, a new record for Harlem.
Sales at 111 CPN are going okay—the place is about 25% sold since opening its sales office earlier this month, Keil reports. One entire 5,5000 square foot floor sold for over $6 million.
· Harlem Hottie (fifth item) [NYPost via The Real Deal]
· 111 Central Park North [Official Site]
· Development Du Jour: 111 Central Park North [Curbed]