House of the Day: NYC Condo for Your Viewing Pleasure

There are New York homes and then there are New York homes. This 11-bedroom condominium on the 49th floor of the Bristol Plaza in Manhattan is, undeniably, of the latter breed.

Spanning 5,678 square feet, the condominium boasts a 22-foot dining room and a 38-foot corner living room flanked by unparalleled 360-degree views of Central Park. Pristine oak boards line its sprawling floors and a luxurious, nine-zone central air-conditioning system keeps the full-floor condominium cool. But that's not even the good part. The selling point of this $22.5 million condo is its brand-new in-house movie theater and (wait for it) saltwater aquarium that divides the living and dining rooms.

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Despite all its offerings however, it looks like the ridiculously swanky condo can't seem to cut a break. Its owner, former real estate titan Eric Hadar, who ran afoul of the law in a drug case, tried unsuccessfully to sell the home for $26 million last year. After no sale, Hadar (whose mother, Margery Hadar, is not-so-coincidentally the Brown Harris Stevens broker in charge of the listing) subjected the condo to a $12-million renovation in which the movie theater, aquarium and a "security room" were added.

But instead of the renovations hiking up the property value, on Dec. 5, the condo hit the market again, sporting a significantly humbler asking price of $22.5 million.

Fluctuating price dramas aside, we still think this condo is kind of a steal. Similar properties in Manhattan can be seen sporting much heftier price tags, without the amenities at 200 E. 65th. Take, for example, the significantly smaller four-bedroom, 4,000-square-foot condo at 25 Columbus Circle, priced at a whopping $60 million, or the $38.9 million, eight-bedroom penthouse at Chelsea Nouvel. And, to our knowledge, neither of these properties come with an aquarium.

Margery Hadar from Brown Harris Stevens has the listing.

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