Flatiron Building nears sellout as wealthy buyers race to claim a rare piece of NYC history
New York’s most-photographed landmark just became its hardest apartment to snag. Nearly every unit publicly listed for sale at Manhattan’s famed Flatiron Building has already found a buyer, cementing the century-old triangular landmark as the most sought-after residential conversion in Manhattan just as it prepares to open its doors this fall.
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New York’s most-photographed landmark just became its hardest apartment to snag. Nearly every unit publicly listed for sale at Manhattan’s famed Flatiron Building has already found a buyer, cementing the century-old triangular landmark as the most sought-after residential conversion in Manhattan just as it prepares to open its doors this fall. Of the 22 residences StreetEasy has shown as listed for sale at 175 Fifth Ave., only four remain unsold, putting the building at roughly 82% absorption on its public listings. That kind of pace for a building still finishing construction has stunned brokers who track the city’s luxury new development pipeline, where units routinely sit for a year or more before finding takers.
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- New York’s most-photographed landmark just became its hardest apartment to snag. Nearly every unit publicly listed for sale at Manhattan’s famed Flatiron Building has already found a buyer, cementing the century-old triangular landmark as the most sought-after residential conversion in Manhattan just as it prepares to open its doors this fall.
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