Minimalist Manhattan Condo Combines Prestige Architecture with Spectacular Views

A handful of floors below the 9,500-square-foot West Village triplex penthouse that octogenarian Sports Illustrated cover model Martha Stewart’s silver-spooned daughter Alexis Stewart has in contract to sell in the low $30 million range, another of the boutique building’s well-heeled residents has hoisted their substantially smaller, second-floor simplex unit on the market with a fractionally lower (yet still infinitely unaffordable to most) price of $7.95 million.

Last sold almost a decade ago to an obviously successful private equity investor for $6.1 million, the 2,300-square-foot, two-bedroom and two-and-a-half-bath spread offers an ultra-luxe take on urban minimalism wrapped in prestige architecture. The striking green-glass building, the southernmost of three sister towers that were completed in the early Aughts and designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Richard Meier along the West Side Highway, stands 16 stories tall directly across from Pier 46 at Hudson River Park.

The fifth-floor apartment, with ceilings that soar to almost 11 feet, sits just above the treetops with walls of glass that stretch from floor-to-ceiling and allow for unobstructed views that sweep up, down, and across the Hudson River to the sun setting behind the Jersey City skyline. High-tech creature comforts include a state-of-the-art home automation system that raises and lowers the automatic shades and controls an audio system that includes invisible speakers throughout. Other notable features include artisanal millwork, extensive storage solutions, including a large room in the basement, and lights in the foyer that turn on and off automatically.

Medium-brown hardwood floors ground the light-filled apartment; curved sofas add movement to the nearly 30-foot-long trapezoidal living room, which opens to a 21-foot covered balcony; the sleek all-white open kitchen manages to be both unobtrusive and equipped for a gourmand; in the 18-foot-long dining area, a full-height wall panel opens to reveal a handy bar closet with wine fridge.

There’s a well-positioned powder room for guests and a washer and dryer hidden in a cabinet along the corridor that leads to the primary bedroom, which boasts four separate closets, including a sizable walk-in. A smooth-paneled wall behind the bed serves not only to block views of and from the neighboring building but also creates a slender storage space for luggage and out-of-season clothes.

Residents are pampered with 24-hour door attendants, concierge services, a plush screening room with lounge seating, a fitness center with a sauna and infinity-edge lap pool, and, perhaps best of all, restaurant service from Jean George’s Perry Street restaurant across the street, where a burger slathered in blue cheese costs $30 and a side of fries another $14.

Listed Mary Barbrak, Michelle Flikerski, Julia Hoagland of the Julia Hoagland Team of Compass, taxes and common charges add up to about ten grand a month.