{"id":236551,"date":"2026-05-19T11:17:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T11:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/236551\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T11:17:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T11:17:08","slug":"manhattans-largest-2-bedroom-apartment-asks-25m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/236551\/","title":{"rendered":"Manhattan&#8217;s largest 2-bedroom apartment asks $25M"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A nearly 7,000-square-foot downtown loft with industrial manholes embedded in the floor, a 1950s phone booth that still works and a gym bigger than some boutique fitness studios is about to test the limits of New York luxury real estate.<\/p>\n<p>The sprawling residence at 345 W. 13th St. in <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/14\/real-estate\/ryan-serhant-brings-his-serhant-brokerage-to-california\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Meatpacking District<\/a> has hit the market for $25 million, and according to listing broker Peter Ocean of Serhant, the property holds a title no other Manhattan apartment can claim.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom my research, it is the largest two-bedroom from what I can find in the history of Manhattan. And certainly today. So you won\u2019t find anything this large today,\u201d Ocean, who shares the listing with <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/14\/real-estate\/ryan-serhant-brings-his-serhant-brokerage-to-california\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan Serhant<\/a>, told The Post.<\/p>\n<p>A massive loft at 345 W. 13th St. in Manhattan\u2019s Meatpacking District has hit the market for $25 million, offering the largest two-bedroom apartment ever listed in Manhattan. Alejandro Leon | DD-Reps<\/p>\n<p>The nearly 7,000-square-foot residence, dubbed \u201cLoft345,\u201d was created by combining three separate units over several years before being completed around 2012. Alejandro Leon | DD-Reps<\/p>\n<p>Rather than maximizing bedroom count, the owners intentionally designed the home as a sprawling entertainment-focused loft with two oversized bedroom wings that each exceed 1,000 square feet. Alejandro Leon | DD-Reps<\/p>\n<p>The apartment features an ultra-industrial aesthetic with exposed brick, steel columns, timber beams and oversized warehouse-style windows that flood the space with natural light. Alejandro Leon | DD-Reps<\/p>\n<p>Known internally as \u201cLoft345,\u201d the home was stitched together from three separate units over several years beginning in the mid-2000s before being fully completed around 2012. But instead of carving the footprint into a maze of bedrooms, the owners leaned into scale, openness and spectacle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe apartment was born out of three apartments that were combined, but it was intentionally built as a two-bed,\u201d Ocean said. \u201cCertainly one can change it and make it into a larger unit, more bedrooms, for instance, four, five, even maybe six bedrooms pretty easily. However, they opted to have it into a true loft-style apartment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The result feels less like a conventional residence and more like an ultra-curated private club hidden above one of Manhattan\u2019s busiest downtown corners.<\/p>\n<p>Inside, towering warehouse windows flood the loft with sunlight across massive entertaining spaces wrapped in exposed brick, steel columns and original timber beams. A soundproof music studio sits off the main living area. A grand piano occupies its own dedicated room. Each bedroom wing stretches beyond 1,000 square feet and includes spa-style bathrooms with oversized Jacuzzis and custom wellness features.<\/p>\n<p>The owners filled the residence with unusual vintage and industrial elements, including real manholes embedded in the floor, a functioning 1953 phone booth used as the home phone, a bell once used to call a dog for dinner and a 1926 barber chair. Alejandro Leon | DD-Reps<\/p>\n<p>The home also includes a soundproof music studio, a dedicated piano room and a more than 1,000-square-foot private gym that Ocean said is larger than some commercial fitness centers. Alejandro Leon | DD-Reps<\/p>\n<p>Wellness played a major role in the design, with circadian lighting systems, advanced air and water purification technology and posture-optimized flooring installed throughout the loft. Alejandro Leon | DD-Reps<\/p>\n<p>Each bedroom suite was designed to feel like a luxury spa and includes oversized Jacuzzis, sauna features and steam-room-style showers. Alejandro Leon | DD-Reps<\/p>\n<p>A dining space.  Peter Ocean<\/p>\n<p>One entire section of the loft is devoted to fitness and recovery. The private gym alone spans more than 1,000 square feet and includes equipment that would look more at home in a luxury training facility than a residence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you see the pictures for this, you\u2019ll see it\u2019s larger than some buildings\u2019 gyms, let alone other people\u2019s home gyms,\u201d Ocean said. \u201cSo it\u2019s a real workout gym.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The apartment\u2019s owners, brothers involved in <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/06\/23\/real-estate\/luxury-nyc-condos-are-one-upping-each-other-on-wellness-amenities\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">wellness-focused real estate<\/a> consulting, designed the home around health optimization and sensory experience. The loft includes circadian lighting systems programmed to shift depending on mood or activity, advanced air and water purification systems and even posture-focused flooring intended to improve body alignment while walking through the space.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can literally set it, and the apartment is built to help you, whether you\u2019re trying to be productive, whether you\u2019re trying to unwind, whether you\u2019re working out in the gym,\u201d Ocean said.<\/p>\n<p>A close-up of the 1953 still-operating telephone booth.  Peter Ocean<\/p>\n<p>The loft is located inside the historic Astor House building, originally constructed in 1890 as part of the Astor Estate\u2019s manufacturing portfolio before being converted into condominiums in 1999. Alejandro Leon | DD-Reps<\/p>\n<p>A second bedroom.  Alejandro Leon | DD-Reps<\/p>\n<p>The building sits at the crossroads of the West Village and Meatpacking District near the High Line, Chelsea Market, Soho House and the Whitney Museum. Alejandro Leon | DD-Reps<\/p>\n<p>Ocean said recreating a property like this today would be nearly impossible due to the difficulty and expense of combining multiple adjacent apartments and replicating the highly customized finishes and infrastructure. Alejandro Leon | DD-Reps<\/p>\n<p>But what truly separates the loft from every other downtown trophy property may be its obsessive commitment to industrial theater.<\/p>\n<p>The owners filled the apartment with rare salvaged pieces and custom fabricated details that blur the line between museum installation and luxury design. There are genuine industrial manholes embedded into the floor, a vintage bell once used to call a dog for dinner and a 1926 barber chair positioned among the exposed masonry and steel.<\/p>\n<p>A restored 1953 telephone booth still functions as the home\u2019s working phone line.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen\u2019s the last time you walked into an apartment and saw a manhole, let alone two manholes? It is extraordinarily unique,\u201d Ocean said.<\/p>\n<p>The lighting system may be the most eccentric detail of all. Massive industrial fixtures mounted to steel poles can rotate and dim through oversized mechanical-style control panels designed to resemble vintage factory equipment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo you see the wattage going up and down as you turn the dial to dim it or increase the light,\u201d Ocean said. \u201cThey could have easily installed a fancy sort of dimmer. But this is super, super unique, really, really hard to find, extremely industrial.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the broker, the owners also plan to leave behind all of the apartment\u2019s collectible furnishings and industrial artifacts for the future buyer. Alejandro Leon | DD-Reps<\/p>\n<p>One of 2.5 bathrooms.  Alejandro Leon | DD-Reps<\/p>\n<p>A 1926 barber chair. Peter Ocean<\/p>\n<p>The building offers a 24-hour doorman.  Alejandro Leon | DD-Reps<\/p>\n<p>A close-up of the living space.  Alejandro Leon | DD-Reps<\/p>\n<p>According to Ocean, nearly every collectible and custom piece inside the loft will remain with the sale.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe sellers will also be leaving all items for the buyer,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The building itself comes with its own pedigree. Originally constructed in 1890 as part of the Astor Estate\u2019s manufacturing holdings, the property was converted into loft condominiums in 1999 while preserving many of its original industrial details, including cast iron columns, brick arches and oversized warehouse windows.<\/p>\n<p>Today the address sits directly where the West Village collides with the Meatpacking District, across from the Gansevoort Hotel and steps from the High Line, Chelsea Market, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/10\/02\/business\/soho-house-2-0-digital-members-clubs-are-booming-across-new-york-city\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Soho House<\/a>, the Whitney Museum and some of Manhattan\u2019s most coveted retail and nightlife.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd the building itself is impeccable,\u201d Ocean said. \u201cIt feels like you\u2019re walking into one of those luxury hotels when you walk into the lobby.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The home completed its transformation in 2012.  Alejandro Leon | DD-Reps<\/p>\n<p>A closer look the expansive bedroom.  Alejandro Leon | DD-Reps<\/p>\n<p>One of two walk-in closets.  Alejandro Leon | DD-Reps<\/p>\n<p>The entryway to the gym.  Peter Ocean<\/p>\n<p>The lighting system.  Peter Ocean<\/p>\n<p>Despite the eye-popping $25 million ask, Ocean argues the loft\u2019s rarity makes it impossible to replicate in today\u2019s market.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you were to buy three different apartments, which would be terribly hard today to find three apartments adjacent to each other and combining them \u2014\u00a0 just the combination cost is an extraordinarily high cost,\u201d he said. \u201cYou\u2019re buying a piece of art here. You\u2019re not just buying a normal apartment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It is equal parts wellness retreat, entertainment venue, recording studio, industrial time capsule and trophy residence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you think of loft, when you think of New York City, when you think of downtown, the images that you will see from this are exactly what you would imagine a loft would look like,\u201d Ocean said.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A nearly 7,000-square-foot downtown loft with industrial manholes embedded in the floor, a 1950s phone booth that still&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":236552,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[6722,5462,1149,68,2999,5013,21628,3001,5151,1023,75,84,83,22865,9,24,63,1491,6338,3006,8028,19028],"class_list":["post-236551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-apartments","tag-architecture","tag-art","tag-exclusive","tag-historic-buildings","tag-homeowners","tag-industry","tag-luxe-listings","tag-luxury-development","tag-luxury-real-estate","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-meatpacking-district","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-real-estate","tag-renovations","tag-residential-real-estate","tag-surreal-estate","tag-vintage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236551\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}