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Designer Zoran Ladicorbic’s more than 100-year-old Manhattan townhouse, complete with a private footbridge, sold Thursday for $24 million.
Located on Jay Street in Tribeca, the deal included a 25-foot townhouse and a more than 2,000-square-foot loft that are connected by a pedestrian bridge, according to listing agent Kaptan Unugur of Sotheby’s International Realty’s Downtown Manhattan Brokerage.
“It’s probably one of the only properties in the world with a private footbridge,” he said.
The deal was off-market and all-cash, the agent added. Details of the sale have not yet been made public and Mansion Global could not identify the buyer. Mr. Unugur declined to comment on their identities.
The property has been on and off the market since it was first listed in 2016 for $50 million, according to listing records. The price dropped to $35 million two years later, and it was taken off the market in 2019.
Since then, the space has been renovated, from updating the mechanical systems to replacing all the windows, Mr. Unlucky.
Mr. Ladicorbic — the 75-year-old Serbian designer who made his name in the 1980s creating women’s clothing with clean lines, neutral colors and luxurious fabrics — bought the house in 1985, according to property records. At the time, artist Andy Warhol was bidding on the space, the designer told Mr. Unlucky. Mansion Global could not determine how much Mr. Ladicorbic paid for the apartment, and he was not available for comment.
The designer used the loft as a residence and crossed the bridge to work at the townhouse, the agent added. Today, the building has more than 8,000 square feet of mostly open space, plus a roof terrace, according to floor plans.
Known as the Staple Street Skybridge, the structure connects the townhouse to neighboring apartments. Both buildings were once part of a New York Hospital, now known as NewYork-Presbyterian, according to travel website Atlas Obscura. The bridge connected the hospital’s “help house,” known as the emergency room, with its laundries and stables and the hospital’s ambulance garage.
Patients were transported across the bridge from what is now the town hall to the next building.
Next door, the living space offers a bedroom, a kitchen and dining room and a large living room. The decor is distinctly contemporary, with minimalist furnishings, which the listing photos show.
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