Artwork vendor Gordon VeneKlasen offered his townhouse in Greenwich Village for $18 million.
VeneKlasen, who owns the eponymous gallery, offered his residence at 7 MacDougal Alley to a purchaser whose id is shielded by a shell firm, in keeping with public data. The deal, which seems to be off-market, works out to roughly $4,500 per sq. foot.
VeneKlasen sought to dump the two-bedroom, two-bathroom abode final March for slightly below $20 million, although he pulled it off the market in December, in keeping with a StreetEasy itemizing. VeneKlasen purchased the house from billionaire hedge fund supervisor Daniel Loeb for $5.5 million in 2009.
After buying the property, VeneKlasen — whose gallery has places in New York and London — renovated it with famend German architect Annabelle Seldorf. The house spans 4,000 sq. toes and incorporates a double-height front room, chef’s kitchen, patio and rooftop backyard. It additionally features a personal parking house.
The client, an entity generally known as Metropolis Weed LLC, was represented by an Austin, Texas-based lawyer, Donald Stuart. Stuart didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark. Barry Landsman, an lawyer representing VeneKlasen, declined to touch upon the deal.
The deal for VeneKlasen’s residence comes as costs for Greenwich Village townhouses have reached new heights. An entity related to Altice USA’s Dexter Goi set a brand new file for Downtown Manhattan when it offered a double-wide townhouse within the neighborhood for $73 million in 2024.
Since then, different notable names have traded their houses within the space, together with Texas-based entrepreneur J. Carey Smith, who discovered a purchaser for his residence at 11 West twelfth Road in June, with a $27 million asking price.
Final 12 months, David Zaslav, the CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery, sought to dump his Greenwich Village pad for slightly below $22 million, although he pulled the four-bedroom residence off the market in December.
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