An $80 million penthouse has entered contract at 80 Clarkson in Manhattan’s West Village, adding to a series of high-value transactions at the Hudson River waterfront development over the past several months.
The duplex unit is part of a two-tower residential scheme developed by Zeckendorf Development and Atlas Capital Group, with The Baupost Group among the backers. Designed by COOKFOX Architects with interiors by The Office of Thierry W. Despont, the project occupies a full-block site that was once part of the St. John’s Terminal industrial complex.
80 Clarkson is being built as a stepped composition of two limestone-clad towers rising from a shared base. Setbacks step the towers down into terraces and outdoor spaces, breaking up the massing and moving the building away from a single slab form. Across the development, a significant share of residences are planned with private outdoor areas, with landscaped terraces and planted setbacks integrated into the building’s elevation.
The penthouse occupies the upper portion of the project, where the design opens toward long views over the Hudson River and the downtown skyline. The building’s material palette is anchored in Indiana limestone, with deep window reveals and a regular grid that gives the façade a heavier, more grounded reading compared to surrounding glass towers.
At street level, the project introduces a more controlled transition between Hudson Square and the lower-rise fabric of the West Village, with a courtyard-style entry sequence and a limited retail component along the base. The broader site has been shaped by a long-running rezoning and redevelopment process that has steadily shifted the western edge of Manhattan from industrial use toward residential and mixed programs.
The contract, reported by the Wall Street Journal, adds further weight to pricing at the top end of the building’s remaining inventory.
Activity at 80 Clarkson reflects a broader concentration of demand in a small number of large-scale developments along downtown Manhattan’s waterfront, where pricing remains anchored at the very top end of the new-build market even as projects are still under construction.
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