Several more Manhattan townhouse sales closed in December, many at holiday-style discounts. In TriBeCa, Michael P. Davies, who runs the Sony Pictures production company Embassy Row, and his wife, Claude Davies, an actor and producer, sold their townhouse unit at 7 Hubert Street, a.k.a. Over the past year, townhouses have been a bright spot in an otherwise dismal housing market, reflecting a desire among luxury buyers for more personal space, especially during the coronavirus pandemic. “You get to control your own environment,” said Hall F. Willkie, the president of Brown Harris Stevens. And on the Upper West Side, the estate of Robby Browne, a top real estate broker who died in April, found a buyer for his apartment with a terrace.

Source: New York Times January 01, 2021 14:00 UTC