Manhattan townhouse <\/a>sale on record,\u201d appraiser Jonathan Miller of Miller Samuel told The Post.<\/p>\n\u201cIf any home deserves that record, it\u2019s this one,\u201d listing agent Mike Fabbri of The Agency told The Post. <\/p>\n
Former Morgan Stanley chief John Mack and his wife, Christy, have listed their converted Upper East Side carriage house at 165 East 70th Street for $80 million. Francisco Rosario\/DD-Reps<\/p>\n
That asking price makes it the most expensive townhouse on the market in New York City right now. Francisco Rosario\/DD-Reps<\/p>\n
If it sells at that figure, it would top the Manhattan townhouse record of $77.1 million, set in June 2019 by 14 East 67th Street, according to appraiser Jonathan Miller of Miller Samuel. Francisco Rosario\/DD-Reps<\/p>\n
The couple bought the 33-foot-wide building for $13.5 million in 2009, when it was a distressed property that had only ever served as a garage. Francisco Rosario\/DD-Reps<\/p>\n
Over six years, with Christy steering the design, they preserved the landmarked limestone facade, added a floor and reinforced the structure with steel to create a roughly 16,000-square-foot, 20-room home. Francisco Rosario\/DD-Reps<\/p>\n
The Macks scooped up 165 East 70th Street for $13.5 million in 2009, according to property records, back when John was still steering the Wall Street giant. At the time, the 33-foot-wide building had never been a home at all.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a distressed property,\u201d Fabbri said. \u201cIt was always used as a garage.\u201d<\/p>\n
What followed was a six-year gut job, with Christy leading the design, according to Fabbri. The couple kept the landmarked limestone facade, added a floor and reinforced the guts with steel beams, transforming the bare-bones stable into a roughly 16,000-square-foot mansion with 20 rooms.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt took our client six years to do this and build this,\u201d Fabbri said.<\/p>\n
The Macks had hunted for roughly a decade for a move-in-ready townhouse before settling on building their own, he said. Now the couple is cashing out and retiring to North Carolina, where both grew up. <\/p>\n
The finished mansion includes a bulletproof front door, dedicated security offices, heated floors throughout and a snowmelt system that clears the sidewalk out front. Francisco Rosario\/DD-Reps<\/p>\n
Its cellar functions as a private spa with a hot tub, cold plunge, steam room, sauna and massage room, alongside a gym, a 13-seat theater and a wine cellar holding 6,319 bottles. Francisco Rosario\/DD-Reps<\/p>\n
Other perks include two elevators, six wood-burning fireplaces, three terraces and a rare private curb cut leading to a garage that doubles as entertaining space. Francisco Rosario\/DD-Reps<\/p>\n
The building was designed in 1902 by architect C.P.H. Gilbert for banker Henri P. Wertheim and later belonged to Singer heir Stephen C. Clark and Paul and Bunny Mellon (pictured). Penske Media via Getty Images<\/p>\n
The renovation repurposed relics of its stable days, turning the old chestnut horse ramps into wainscoting for the gym. Francisco Rosario\/DD-Reps<\/p>\n
Listing agent Mike Fabbri of The Agency pitches the home as completely move-in ready, a rarity among Manhattan townhouses. Francisco Rosario\/DD-Reps<\/p>\n
John, who led Morgan Stanley as CEO through the 2008 financial meltdown, gave up the chairman\u2019s seat in 2011.<\/p>\n
Security was baked in from the start, down to a bulletproof front door, a state-of-the-art alarm system and dedicated security offices.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think everything was thought of in this home, even safety and security,\u201d Fabbri said, adding that the house was \u201cbuilt like a fortress.\u201d<\/p>\n
The creature comforts are just as serious. A snowmelt system keeps the sidewalk clear in winter.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo when it snows outside, the sidewalk in front of the house melts away the snow,\u201d Fabbri explained.<\/p>\n
Inside, the radiant heat runs everywhere. \u201cNot just the bedrooms and the baths, like every single floor is heated,\u201d he said. The HVAC was swapped out this year.<\/p>\n
The Macks (pictured) are now retiring to North Carolina, where they are both from, and Fabbri is confident the house can command its record-setting price. FilmMagic<\/p>\n
A study. Francisco Rosario\/DD-Reps<\/p>\n
The grand staircase. Francisco Rosario\/DD-Reps<\/p>\n
The dining room. Francisco Rosario\/DD-Reps<\/p>\n
A formal living room. Francisco Rosario\/DD-Reps<\/p>\n
A living area. Francisco Rosario\/DD-Reps<\/p>\n
The cellar works as a private wellness club with a hot tub, cold plunge, steam room, sauna and massage room. There\u2019s a 13-seat screening room, a wine cellar for 6,319 bottles, two elevators (one of them high-speed), six wood-burning fireplaces and three landscaped terraces, including a 480-square-foot perch on the roof.<\/p>\n
Then there\u2019s the rarest Manhattan luxury of all, a private curb cut leading to a garage that doubles as party space.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re usually giving up something to live in a townhouse,\u201d Fabbri said. \u201cYou\u2019ve got it all in this house.\u201d<\/p>\n
The building dates to 1902, when society architect C.P.H. Gilbert, the talent behind some of Fifth Avenue\u2019s grandest mansions, designed it for banker Henri P. Wertheim.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not like you can recreate a C.P.H. Gilbert home,\u201d Fabbri said.<\/p>\n
The 13-seat soundproof theater. Francisco Rosario\/DD-Reps<\/p>\n
The gym. Francisco Rosario\/DD-Reps<\/p>\n
One of 13 bathrooms. Francisco Rosario\/DD-Reps<\/p>\n
One of six bedrooms. Francisco Rosario\/DD-Reps<\/p>\n
A grand hallway. Francisco Rosario\/DD-Reps<\/p>\n
The outdoors. Francisco Rosario\/DD-Reps<\/p>\n
Only five owners have held the keys in more than a century, according to Fabbri. The roster includes Singer sewing machine heir Stephen C. Clark and Paul and Bunny Mellon, who used it as a private garage before selling to the Macks.<\/p>\n
Rather than erase the building\u2019s horse-and-buggy past, the renovation worked it right into the design. The old ramps, scarred by decades of hooves, turned out to be slabs of virgin chestnut. They now wrap the lower-level gym as wainscoting.<\/p>\n
For Fabbri, the real selling point is that the next owner won\u2019t have to lift a finger.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s completely turnkey, which is the magic word,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s not just a showpiece, which it is. It\u2019s also somewhere that\u2019s really functional.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Talk about horsepower. Former Morgan Stanley honcho John Mack and his wife, Christy, have put their converted Upper…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":371251,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5462,2999,1023,75,84,83,13651,14435,63104,9,24,63,1491,3006,1996,6069,466,3417],"class_list":["post-371250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-architecture","tag-historic-buildings","tag-luxury-real-estate","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-mansion","tag-morgan-stanley","tag-most-expensive","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-real-estate","tag-residential-real-estate","tag-townhouse","tag-townhouses","tag-upper-east-side","tag-wall-street"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371250","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=371250"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371250\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/371251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=371250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=371250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=371250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}