Qatar will convert the 20,500 square foot townhouse into their New York consulate, which they have up to now been running out of the Ritz-Carlton on Central Park South.
The previous record for the most expensive townhouse was the Harkness Mansion at 4 East 75th Street, sold in 2006 for $53 million. This sale is in contract to shatter that record come closing in April.
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