This Marble-Filled N.Y.C. Penthouse Just Hit the Market for $8 Million
Forget stone countertops. The interiors of this New York City condo are covered in swaths of marble.
An avant-garde penthouse on Prince Street in lower Manhattan is coming on the market for $8 million. The loft-style spread sits atop a circa-1900 condominium in SoHo and admittedly feels more like a contemporary art gallery than a private home. Designed by visionary Brooklyn-based architect Thomas Leeser, founder of internationally acclaimed studio Leeser Architecture, the airy features sculptural, free-flowing indoor living spaces as well as two large terraces on the upper and lower levels.
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“This penthouse is more than a home—it’s an architectural triumph, a curated experience, and a rare opportunity to own a piece of SoHo’s design legacy,” notes the listing, which is being represented by broker Shari Matluck of the Hudson Advisory Team at Compass.
Stepping through the foyer, you’re first met with a bright and open main living area with soaring 30-foot ceilings and soundproof windows that strategically eliminate any neighborhood noise. Throughout the home, you’ll notice that the rooms aren’t demarcated with doors. In fact, there aren’t any interior doors at all, nor is there sheetrock or dropped ceilings. Instead, the abode opts for warm 17th-century French oak floors and a cozy wood-burning fireplace to offset its bold, pared-down aesthetic.
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Elsewhere, the chef’s kitchen is kitted out with tons of Italian stone finishes and top-of-the line-appliances from Sub-Zero and Miele, to name a few. The primary suite is also located on the first floor and was designed to evoke the ambiance of the world’s most sumptuous hotels. Think a sculptural Belgian clay soaking tub in the bathroom alongside honed stone walls and radiant floors. There’s also an antique pedestal and petrified wood sink, John Pawson fixtures, and a bespoke bleached wood console sourced by Andrianna Shamaris from the St. Barts collection.
A marble-clad staircase runs through the heart of the penthouse, extending upward to a skylight. The second floor holds a guest bedroom where the ensuite bath is enhanced by handmade cement tiles and a steam room. Outside, the upper and lower private terraces tower over SoHo, adorned with a custom hand-painted mural and sweeping views to the north, west, and south.
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“This penthouse loft in SoHo, New York, is a radical departure from the conventional deadening perfectionist condo design the city is inundated with,” Leeser writes on its website. “It emphasizes the use of randomly placed marble slabs as an alternative or critical design strategy to the overly perfectionist cartesian grid, allowing for a more economic, fluid, and flexible use of materials.
“At the same time the design is allowing complexity and contradictory scenarios of our current cultural, social, environmental, and economic world to be accepted and understood in not just negative ways, but also as an opportunity to reimagine the world with new hope and energy.”
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