A townhouse in the West Village has been listed for $75 million, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal. The property at 105-107 Bank Street covers 13,000 square feet and was designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects, with an asking price of about $5,769 per square foot.
The home features six bedrooms. The primary suite includes dual bathrooms, dressing rooms, a sitting room, and a private terrace. Other features include a six-story floating staircase and a roof skylight.
RoundSquare Builders acquired the two adjacent walkups in 2021 and 2022 for a total of $18 million. The company did not disclose how much it spent on construction over the following years but had to secure approval from the Landmarks Preservation Commission before renovating the century-old buildings.
The townhouse maintains connections to its past residents: John Lennon and Yoko Ono previously lived at 105 Bank Street, while composer John Cage resided at 107 Bank Street. A spiral staircase that was refurbished and moved from Lennon’s apartment remains in the rear of the house.
Last year, Slack co-founder Stewart Butterfield and Away co-founder Jen Rubio set a new downtown townhouse record when they purchased a double-wide townhome for $72.5 million.
Matthew Lesser of Leslie Garfield is handling the listing. He did not allow showings or visits to the 40-foot-wide property until renovations were finished, stating his reluctance “to display anything less than a finished product.”
Combining smaller properties into larger single-family homes has become controversial in New York City. Critics argue that converting multifamily buildings into megamansions reduces housing stock at a time when affordable housing is scarce. Over several decades, such conversions have contributed to the loss of more than 100,000 homes in the city.
At one point in New York’s history, developers often converted single-family row houses into co-ops or multifamily rentals instead of large luxury residences.
