Private Properties

The Unusual Sells in Manhattan

CHRISTINA S.N. LEWIS

In Manhattan, a few new high-profile condo buildings with unusual designs are selling at high prices for downtown neighborhoods.

At 100 11th Ave., an irregular, glass-faceted tower designed by France's Jean Nouvel, 70% of the building's 72 original units have sold since sales began in April, according to James Lansill, of Corcoran Sunshine Group, which is marketing the condos. Mr. Nouvel, who designed Paris's Institut du Monde Arabe, put roughly 1,700 different-size windows into the tower's fa‡ade. In one costly deal, a 4,775-square-foot unit (plus more than 3,000 feet of outdoor space) is in contract for about $21 million.

Eight of the nine units at Shigeru Ban's "Metal Shutter Houses" development, which will have motorized metal shades and floor-to-ceiling windows that open like garage doors, have sold at full asking price of up to $10.25 million for a 3,320-square-foot penthouse. The Nouvel and Ban buildings are in West Chelsea.

In the NoHo neighborhood, Herzog & de Meuron's 28-unit green-glass 40 Bond building still has one original unit for sale after two years on the market, in addition to several resale listings.