Sting’s $56M NYC Penthouse Is This Week’s Most Expensive New Listing

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The Englishman in New York is selling his Manhattan pad for $56 million, and it’s this week’s most expensive new listing on realtor.com®.

Gordon Sumner, aka the musician Sting, and his wife, producer and actress Trudie Styler, are offloading the place they purchased in 2008 for the much lower price of $26.98 million, according to the New York Post.

The duplex hits a high note. The graceful Robert A.M. Stern–designed limestone-clad building, built in 2008, takes full advantage of its locale bordering Central Park.

Balcony overlooks Central Park.

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Located on the 16th and 17th floors, the penthouse offers 44-foot-wide frontage with park and city views from the “grand windows” on both floors. It includes a glorious 396-square-foot terrace, the largest in the building.

“The balcony and the view over the park is everyone’s favorite feature,” says associate broker Suzun Bennet at Sotheby’s International Realty. “To have outdoor space in a building like that is extremely unique.”

Floor-to-ceiling glass doors

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The 5,417 square feet of living space includes three bedrooms plus an office or additional guest bedroom, four full baths, and two half-baths. The foyer features a curved staircase leading to the second floor. Beyond beckons the living room with floor-to-ceiling glass doors that open to the large terrace. We know it’s a cliché—but seriously, this place is an entertainer’s dream.

White kitchen and spiral staircase

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There’s a dining room and a bright white chef’s kitchen with a spiral staircase leading upstairs.

The second level, which can also be accessed by a separate entrance off the elevator, boasts a “luxurious” master suite overlooking Central Park. It also has dual baths and sauna. Even the soaking tub includes a Central Park view. It almost makes you want to sing. Perhaps a relaxing ballad?

Bath tub with a view

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When you buy into a luxury New York tower like this one, you get more than your private quarters. You also benefit from white-glove service, and amenities include a parking garage, gym, lap pool, private restaurant/catering, wine rooms, meeting space, game room, outdoor terrace, and children’s playroom, according to the listing. Those extras come with a pricey monthly maintenance fee of $10,842.

That’s rarified air. To get a berth in this building at a lower price, and a higher level, we advise you to check out the two- bedroom, two-bath unit on the 28th floor for $18.8 million. Or, you could consider a corner condo on the eighth floor for $8.6 million; it has two bedrooms and two baths. Both units come with Central Park views.

Given that Sting stands to double his money on this sale, perhaps an investment in this tony piece of property overlooking Manhattan’s backyard isn’t a bad bet. We can hum along to that tune.

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