Celebrities Ben Stiller, Jon Bon Jovi, Irina Shayk and other wealthy residents of 150 Charles St. won’t have to go far to reach their wheels. Developer Alex Witkoff is offering condo owners at the 15-story luxury tower the chance to buy underground parking berths for a mere $500,000 each.
Another Manhattan building, 42 Crosby St., drew headlines for $1 million parking spaces 10 years ago, but it has only 10 of them. There are 92 spaces at 150 Charles, where they were previously available for rental use.
And they’re going fast, according to a spokesperson. The half-mill tab might not be a heavy lift for owners who have spent up to $35 million for a penthouse.
Witkoff said, “The West Village has a huge parking shortage which will continue to get worse with time, with many locations lacking garages and many buildings converting garages to condos. We offer savvy buyers a rare opportunity to own a parking spot in prime West Village”
The subterranean garage was completed in 2015 with the rest of the building, where all 91 units have been sold.
Stalling out at Chrysler Building
Cooper Union’s termination of an Aby Rosen- and Michael Fuchs-led company RFR’s ground lease at the Chrysler Building over alleged nonpayment of $21 million in rent, first reported by The Post’s Taylor Herzlich on Friday, was shocking but not surprising after the collapse of Rosen’s Austrian partner last November.
Rosen and Rene Benko were trying to restructure the ground lease with the landowner. (Rosen’s RFR is contesting the termination.)
Cooper Union has tapped Cushman & Wakefield to manage the tower for now. But we hear the school is also advised by a team of outside professionals led by Savills.
With more than half of the landmark’s 1.25 million square feet of offices available, they’ll need all the help they can get.
