While looking at the listing for Ilon Specht's one-time and freshly PriceChopped pad in the Dakota, we noticed the listing had been on the market for an impressive 1,806 days. And that isn't actually Manhattan's most lingering listing. Curbed intern William Weber went through StreetEasy's records to find the 10 Manhattan properties having the toughest time selling. Some parameters: the list is organized by date since the property's first appearance on the market, and some apartments have taken frequent market breaks, so the days on market stat doesn't always match a property's place on the list. We took our best guesses as to the sales troubles for each property. Got more theories? Drop 'em in comments. Looking to do a good deed? Consider picking up a struggling property.
10) 425 East 63rd Street #PH
Asking Price: $5.7 million
Days on Market: 1,576
Vitals: 3,248 square feet
Fatal Flaw: A lack of photos in the listing doesn’t help. Boring? A mess? Anyone been inside?
9)200 Eleventh Avenue #PH1
Asking Price: $12.475 million
Days on Market: 405
Vitals: 3,248 square feet
Fatal Flaw: Recent closing prices in this building have seesawed from 33.8 percent below asking price to 33.6 percent above asking price, so maybe no one's hit on quite the right number for PH1 just yet. What price to put on a sky garage, anyway?
8) 115 Mercer Street #PH
Asking Price: $6.25 million
Days on Market: 1,539
Vitals: 2,741 square feet
Fatal Flaw: Back in 2008 the likes of Marc Jacobs and Curbed favorite Courtney Love dropped by to take a look. Three years later it’s still on view. Any takers for the lingering stardust?
7) 455 Central Park West #LM19
Asking Price: $3.795 million
Days on Market: 1,331
Vitals: 3,214 square feet
Fatal Flaw: One woman, an artist who wandered through 455 Central Park West when it was abandoned, said, "As much as I would love to have $7 million for an apartment. I would never want to live in a building that I think is probably haunted."
6) 455 Central Park West #LM17
Asking Price: $5.65 million
Days on Market: 1,742
Vitals: 5,317 square feet
Fatal Flaw: Aside from the fear factor?though we happen to love the building?the circular layout and thick wall divisions probably aren't helping either.
5) 80 Riverside Boulevard #10P
Asking Price: $2.475 million
Days on Market: 1,229
Vitals: 1,850 square feet
Fatal Flaw: Maybe all the legal drama has made things particularly tough for this Upper West Sider.
4) 80 Riverside Boulevard #9M
Asking Price: $4.337 million
Days on Market: 1,082
Vitals: 4,500 square feet
Fatal Flaw: This unit, also in The Rushmore, seems to be another victim of the building's turmoil. It's been in flux since it was first listed in 2006. Celebrity interest can't fix everything.
3) 1 West 72nd Street #46
Asking Price: $14.5 million
Days on Market: 1,809
Vitals: 4,500 square feet
Fatal Flaw: This Dakota apartment, mentioned recently around these parts, may have once been home to Ilon Specht, who coined the L'Oreal tagline "Because I'm worth it”?but maybe this property isn’t.
2) 1 River Terrace #14F
Asking Price: $2.3 million
Days on Market: 1,785
Vitals: 1,910 square feet
Fatal Flaw: On and off the market since 2006? Apartments in this building have been selling steadily this year, and generally within 10 percent of their most recent asking prices, so this one's a bit of a head-scratcher.
1) 41 East 70th Street
Asking Price: $30 million
Days on Market:2,150
Vitals: 11,256 square feet
Fatal Flaw: The Mansion built for Walter N. and Carola Warburg-Rothschild has roller-coasted in price from the initial $25 million up to $35 million, down to $25.5M again, and back to its current price. Maybe a 28-foot width and 66x103-foot garden is just too grandiose during the “Occupy” era.
?Reporting by William Weber
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