Friday, March 29, 2024

Punting a Penthouse

Duplex penthouse in The Ritz-Carlton New York Central Park for sale for £39.7 million or a sum 48% lower than in 2012; it’s currently home to an Argentine tango dancer whom moonlights as a financier and has a ‘ballroom’ in a colour scheme that would make Katie Price blush

Built in 1930 to 1931 to the designs of the Hungarian-Jewish architect Emery Roth (1871 – 1948), 50 Central Park South – a building formerly known as the St. Moritz Hotel – has been variously owned by Harry Helmsley, Donald Trump, Alan Bond and Ian Schrager. In 2002, as part of a remodelling, the building reopened as The Ritz Carlton New York, Central Park and now one of the ten apartments that subsequently were created in the upper part of the building is again for sale.

 

Occupying the 34th and 35th floors, a “horseshoe-shaped” unit described as ‘Penthouse 34/35’ totals 6,405 square foot including roof terraces. It was first configured as a 4 bedroom and 4.5-bathroom unit, but was reconfigured after being purchased by the Harvard educated founder of Gamechange Solar and CEO of Barron Group Holdings, Andrew Barron Worden, in 2006 into a 3 bedroom, 3.5 bathroom property with a 40-foot long ‘great room’ that has been used for “very, very frequent entertaining” and a 49-foot ‘solarium’ above.

 

Punting a Penthouse – £39.7 million ($49 million) for Andrew Barron Worden owned Penthouse 34/35, 50 Central Park South, New York, NY 10019, United States of America through Christie’s International Real Estate. Reduced from £77 million ($95 million) through Halstead Property; it’s currently home to an Argentine tango dancer whom moonlights as a financier.
Andrew Barron Worden and the exterior of The Ritz-Carlton New York Central Park, 50 Central Park South at the south-east corner of Sixth Avenue, Midtown West, New York, NY 10019.
Punting a Penthouse – £39.7 million ($49 million) for Andrew Barron Worden owned Penthouse 34/35, 50 Central Park South, New York, NY 10019, United States of America through Christie’s International Real Estate. Reduced from £77 million ($95 million) through Halstead Property; it’s currently home to an Argentine tango dancer whom moonlights as a financier.
The main reception room of Mr. Worden’s apartment is lauded as a “grand ballroom” and measures 42” in length and 24’7” in width. If it were a person it’d be a “cross between Katie Price and Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen” and is adjoined by a library.
Punting a Penthouse – £39.7 million ($49 million) for Andrew Barron Worden owned Penthouse 34/35, 50 Central Park South, New York, NY 10019, United States of America through Christie’s International Real Estate. Reduced from £77 million ($95 million) through Halstead Property; it’s currently home to an Argentine tango dancer whom moonlights as a financier.
Guests at parties in the space are said to have included Russell Simmons – the businessman and music executive now in exile in Bali (after being accused of multiple sexual assaults).

Worden, described as “a ballroom dancer – Argentine tango, to be precise” in an article in The New York Times in August 2012, supposedly spent £5.7 million transforming the space and then tried to sell it for the very ambitious sum of £77 million that year. He did not succeed and again placed it on the market for £39.7 million last August.

 

Other owners of the ‘residences’ at 50 Central Park South have variously included the hedge fund tycoon Scott Bommer, the financier Howard Marks and the casino mogul Steve Wynn.

 

Agents Christie’s International Real Estate are currently marketing the “fully soundproofed” penthouse and describe it as an “heirloom unit” that could be “easily converted back as per the approved architectural plans.”

 

The Numbers – Penthouse 34/35, The Ritz-Carlton Residences, 50 Central Park South, New York, NY 10019, United States of America

 

August 2019 – Relisted for sale through Christie’s International Real Estate for £39.7 million ($49 million, €45.4 million or درهم180 million).

 

August 2012 – Listed for sale for £77 million ($95 million, €88.1 million or درهم349 million) by Dianne Weston of Halstead Property. At the time, she claimed the owner “understands the metrics of the market.”

 

“Late 2000s” – Supposedly underwent a “renovation” costing £5.7 million ($7 million, €6.5 million or درهم25.7 million). Of this, The New York Times remarked: “[The apartment was subject to a] complete renovation, designed by the architectural firm Gustavson/Dundes, which gave the space a very contemporary look, including a sleek steel and glass staircase with treads that can be lighted from below.”

 

2006 – Sold to Andrew Barron Worden for £16.2 million ($19.95 million, €18.5 million or درهم73.4 million).

 

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Punting a Penthouse – £39.7 million ($49 million) for Andrew Barron Worden owned Penthouse 34/35, 50 Central Park South, New York, NY 10019, United States of America through Christie’s International Real Estate. Reduced from £77 million ($95 million) through Halstead Property; it’s currently home to an Argentine tango dancer whom moonlights as a financier.
The dining room is said to have “magnificent views.”
Punting a Penthouse – £39.7 million ($49 million) for Andrew Barron Worden owned Penthouse 34/35, 50 Central Park South, New York, NY 10019, United States of America through Christie’s International Real Estate. Reduced from £77 million ($95 million) through Halstead Property; it’s currently home to an Argentine tango dancer whom moonlights as a financier.
There is a chef’s kitchen also.
Punting a Penthouse – £39.7 million ($49 million) for Andrew Barron Worden owned Penthouse 34/35, 50 Central Park South, New York, NY 10019, United States of America through Christie’s International Real Estate. Reduced from £77 million ($95 million) through Halstead Property; it’s currently home to an Argentine tango dancer whom moonlights as a financier.
The 35th floor ‘solarium’ leads onto a vast 700-square-foot terrace beyond.
Punting a Penthouse – £39.7 million ($49 million) for Andrew Barron Worden owned Penthouse 34/35, 50 Central Park South, New York, NY 10019, United States of America through Christie’s International Real Estate. Reduced from £77 million ($95 million) through Halstead Property; it’s currently home to an Argentine tango dancer whom moonlights as a financier.
A view of the ‘residences’ at 50 Central Park South from Central Park.
Punting a Penthouse – £39.7 million ($49 million) for Andrew Barron Worden owned Penthouse 34/35, 50 Central Park South, New York, NY 10019, United States of America through Christie’s International Real Estate. Reduced from £77 million ($95 million) through Halstead Property; it’s currently home to an Argentine tango dancer whom moonlights as a financier.
The floor plan “as is.”
Punting a Penthouse – £39.7 million ($49 million) for Andrew Barron Worden owned Penthouse 34/35, 50 Central Park South, New York, NY 10019, United States of America through Christie’s International Real Estate. Reduced from £77 million ($95 million) through Halstead Property; it’s currently home to an Argentine tango dancer whom moonlights as a financier.
The floor plan of the 34th floor “as could be.”
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2 COMMENTS

  1. What a dump!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Send in the wrecking ball ——- Donald Trump wanted to clad the place in glass!!!!!!!!!! Would have looked MUCH better!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not worth 5 cents!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Destroy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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