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Taylor Swift is not only an 11-time Grammy winning singer-songwriter and iconic popstar but also a surprising real estate investor. The acclaimed American artist has spent $50 million on a single cobblestoned street in the Tribeca neighborhood of Lower Manhattan, New York. Beside her $18 million townhome at 153 Franklin St., she also owns three units at 155 Franklin St. totaling near $30 million. In 2014, Swift purchased an $19.95 million penthouse duplex at 155 Franklin St. from “Lord of the Rings” director Peter Jackson. Later on, she purchased another $9.75 million unit in the same building.

Other notable residents of the charming brick building include Orlando Bloom, comedian Aziz Ansari, former New York Rangers captain Ryan McDonagh, and Steven Soderbergh. Now another unit, on the fourth floor of 155 Franklin, has sold for $9.99 million. While the space was intended to serve as a rental, the buyer reportedly fell in love with the unit and purchased it on the spot crowning them the title of Taylor’s swift’s new neighbor.

The classic 19th-century building formerly served as the Sugarloaf Warehouse before its conversion into a 6.5 story residential space. Spanning 3,532 square feet, the newly purchased Tribeca unit features four bedrooms and three baths. The marvelous great room highlights corner exposure, a woodburning fireplace, and oversized windows for plentiful natural lighting. The open chef’s kitchen is equipped with a quaint breakfast bar. The luxurious primary bathroom encapsulates a spa like atmosphere and offers a dressing room and private seating area. Decorative elements of the home consists of classic loft features such as cast-iron columns, exposed brick, and wood-beamed ceilings.

Kirsten Jordan of Douglas Elliman, a star of “Million Dollar Listing New York,” as well as Karishma Sani of Douglas Elliman held the listing for this property.

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This sprawling French Art-Deco penthouse home in a condo-like building boasts breathtaking, direct & full panoramic Central Park Views with almost 100 feet of park frontage from all major rooms. This one-of-a-kind 4500sf penthouse is a luxury 1930’s Ruhlmann-style mansion in the sky in a pre-war Art Deco Building. Upon entering the vestibule under the period piece onyx chandelier, the home opens to a large paneled foyer with semi-precious tigers eye mosaic flooring which flows into an ultra-wide 37-ft living room on the park. Adjacent to the living room is a large park-facing Anigre wood-paneled library featuring a fully outfitted wet-bar and the only wood-burning fireplace in the building housed by a limited Art Deco black & gold marble mantle and bar top. Directly off the library is a 23-ft long dining room with plastered coffered ceilings and seating for up to 20 people, a south-facing 50sf garden terrace, and easy access to a large eat-in kitchen with an island, diner-style banquet, and top-of-the-line appliances. If you like to entertain, this is a caterer’s dream home with separate service entrance, food staging area, extra-large coat closet, full-service cocktail bar, integrated sound system throughout the home and large 6 to 8-ft passageways for the guests to move easily through the entertaining spaces. The remaining rooms include an oversized 1000sf master suite on the park with a park-facing Jacuzzi & steam room, 3 additional bedrooms with en-suite bathrooms, 2 guest powder rooms and a laundry room.

PH16 has been featured in numerous films, TV shows, documentaries, and photoshoots including NBC’s "30 Rock" with Whoopi Goldberg (EGOT), Showtime’s "Billions," HBO's "The Deuce," HBO series "Vinyl" with Martin Scorsese directing on location, ABC movie "Madoff" starring Richard Dreyfuss, "Dreamgirls" with Jennifer Hudson, President Obama’s re-election campaign video featuring Ricky Martin and "Did You Hear about the Morgans" starring Sarah Jessica Parker and Hugh Grant. It has also played host to myriad charity and political events as well as several celebrity talent shows and performances.

Southmoor House is a pre-war building situated directly across the street from Central Park steps from Columbus Circle and The Time Warner Center. The building has period marble façade & marquis, new mechanicals & infrastructure and a new gym.

Address: 230 Central Park South, PH16, Manhattan, NY 10019

Price: $13,995,000

For more information, please contact Vickey Barron at 646-960-6183 or vbarron@compass.com

Vickey Barron is the exclusive agent representing the Chelsea/Tribeca, NY real estate market as a member of the Haute Residence Real Estate Network. View all of her listings here.

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