Centre Island, L.I. $11.25 million
Buy your own island paradise, just an hour’s drive from the isle of Manhattan. Custom-built in 2005, this “Southampton-style” shingle home with “European” flair measures 8,000 square feet and is set on nearly 3 ½ acres of waterfront property. In addition to seven bedrooms, five-plus bathrooms and six fireplaces, this grand home features a gym, a gourmet eat-in kitchen and a “professional-class” wine room. There are also water views from every room, as well as from the wooden deck off the master bedroom. From there, you can survey your gorgeous landscaping, private sandy beach, tennis court, swimming pool and pool house with (yet another) fireplace.
Agent: Barbara Candee, Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty, (516) 759-4800.
Upper West Side $4.995 million
It has gotten a lot of attention lately for all its impressive new buildings, but Central Park West still has classic properties for sale – though they are quite in demand. Like this 3,000-square-foot, four-bedroom, four-bathroom prewar home at 84th Street, with classic details including a gilded-panel foyer with mirrored French doors, a spacious living room featuring a wood-burning fireplace with an antique mantel, a “grand, exotic” formal dining room, a windowed eat-in kitchen with marble countertops and a library. The 1926 neo-Renaissance-style doorman building has a grand lobby and even a full-time elevator operator. (After all, when you live like this, you can’t be expected to push the buttons yourself.)
Agents: Lisa Maysonet and Gary Kabol, Prudential Douglas Elliman, (212) 891-7195 and (212) 769-9826.
TriBeCa $3.3 million
It might sound like there’s an extra syllable in its name, but the converted condo building called the Atalanta was named after a company that once occupied the space on North Moore Street. Today, this “sought-after” luxury loft building features apartments like this open 2,800-square-foot corner space with a 70-foot-long living/ dining area, 10 massive original columns, oversize casement windows and a state-of-the-art kitchen. The master-bedroom suite (there are two bedrooms and two bathrooms in the current layout) is a wing unto itself, with a “huge” walk-in closet and a stylishly designed bathroom with a sunken tub and double sinks.
Agent: Gabrielle Frank, Halstead Property, (212) 381-6503.
SoHo $4.995 million
Not only is this loft home pretty darn sweet, it could get even sweeter should you choose to become an investor in one of the building’s retail spaces. Ownership of this massive, 4,800-square-foot corner co-op loft on Spring Street comes with an opportunity to purchase shares in the ground-level boutiques. The home itself is a full-floor space with “extraordinary” north and east exposures. Currently configured as a four-bedroom with two full bathrooms, there is plenty of space to move around – or even convert some of the open entertaining spaces into additional rooms. (Perhaps you’ll want an office to run the numbers from your downstairs investment!)
Agents: Sharon Held and Maria Pashby, The Corcoran Group, (212) 745-9485 and (212) 893-1436.