Yesterday, we started speculating about what 10-bedroom house on East Third Street might be for sale for nearly $16 million. Mostly because
we're curious about what nearly $16 million gets you these days in the neighborhood. Plus, well, there's more to it than that. According to the
frustratingly detail-free listing, the deal includes the adjoining building.
Many of us immediately thought of the
Economakis dream mansion at 47 E. Third St. The square footage is nearly identical, for one thing. And there has long been
speculation that, after successfully evicting the building's tenants, the owners would flip the property immediately to make big money. The Economakis family, for their part, have
insisted they'll live there — maybe
forever,
as they told Scoopy.
Anyway, EV Grieve reader Marjorie pointed out that "the
Trulia listing says it's in zip code 10009. That means this mystery place is east of first avenue; the Economakis place is between 1st and 2nd aves — zip code 10003."
However, Chris Flash at
The Shadow has been closely following the story. He wrote, "We've been keeping tabs on the real estate marketeers on the LES for decades now (they still send us their 'set-up sheets') and know from experience that they often get little details like zip codes and other info wrong." He states, "
We're pretty sure that the Ardor listing is for the Economakis mansion at 47 East Third that they successfully vacated as of August 31."
Meanwhile, EV Grieve reader WB figured these fine homes just east of Third Street were likely candidates...
Good guess, but the listing is with Ardor, and the apartments here are
exclusively with CitiHabitats.
Which reminds me I had these photos from the summer...
I liked the sign:
"Too many upgrades to mention."
In an e-mail, an EV Grieve reader said that he/she took another look at the
Ardor listing, and noticed that you could "map" the address. So they did.
As the readers says,
if the map is to be believed, the property lies between Avenue C and Avenue D on the north side of the street...which led them to this
possibility...
And the building on the left only has one buzzer, according to the reader, who knows this for some reason...
[
Ominously] To be continued....
