The national real estate market may be struggling, but apparently high-end townhouses on the Upper West Side are doing just fine.
The neighborhood is seeing an “unprecedented” rise in townhouses with asking prices over $10 million.

Most Yankees fans will tell you that Derek Jeter’s “flip” was the best in team history, but (former?) Upper West Sider Alex Rodriguez just made a pretty nice flip of his own.
He recently sold his 35th floor condo at The Rushmore (80 Riverside Boulevard, at 64th) for a “significant profit.” A-Rod purchased the apartment for [...]

This week’s “unattainable” apartment is a fantastic 4,200+ sf duplex at 1 Central Park West (the large, black-glass Trump International building at Columbus Circle).
The apartment, located on the 49th & 50th floors and featuring panoramic city and river views, is the only duplex at 1 CPW.

Meet your new UWS neighbor: Ekaterina Rybolovleva.
She’s your normal, run-of-the-mill, 22-year-old daughter of a Russian billionaire, and she just bought an $88 million dollar apartment on the Upper West Side.

This week’s “unattainable” apartment is a brownstone located at 12 West 83rd.
Newly renovated and located just steps from Central Park on a tree-lined street, it features 5 BR, 4.5 BA, a terrace, private backyard, and massive storage space.