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Exclusive | Flatiron Building nears sellout as wealthy buyers race to claim a rare piece of NYC history

Nypost · · 690 words · By Mary K Jacob
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Flatiron Building nears sellout as wealthy buyers race to claim a rare piece of NYC history See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Add The New York Post on Google New York’s most-photographed landmark just became its hardest apartment to snag.

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Nearly every unit publicly listed for sale at Manhattan’s famed Flatiron Building has already found a buyer, cementing the century-old triangular landmark as the most sought-after residential conversion in Manhattan just as it prepares to open its doors this…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 13 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Of the 22 residences StreetEasy has shown as listed for sale at 175 Fifth Ave., only four remain unsold”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of unrelated Google Photos/Drive help pages and Wikipedia entries for other buildings (262 Fifth Ave, 520 Fifth Ave). No evidence was provided regarding the specific number of listings or sales at 175 Fifth Ave on StreetEasy.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 262 Fifth Avenue is a residential skyscraper on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, New York City. Five Points Development is developing the building, which is being developed by Boris Kuzinez and designed by …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/262_Fifth_Avenue
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 520 Fifth Avenue is a mixed-use supertall building under construction at Fifth Avenue and 43rd Street in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. The building occupies the former site of t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/520_Fifth_Avenue
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — José Miguel Azevedo Cardoso (born 28 May 1972), known as Miguel Cardoso, is a Portuguese football manager, who is currently the manager of South African Premiership club Mamelodi Sundowns.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_Cardoso_(football_manag…
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Claim 2: “Amenities inside include a 60-foot lap pool, a fitness center, a sauna, a cold plunge pool, a billiards room and a residents’ lounge with a kitchenette”
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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.
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Claim 3: “The developers tapped Studio Sofield to handle the interiors”
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Multiple independent sources (The New York Times, designboom, and another web source) confirm that Studio Sofield was hired to handle the residential interiors.
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web search NEUTRAL — William Sofield, whose Studio Sofield is designing the building’s residential interiors, found a piece of the door’s original wood canopy — the cylindrical ceiling structure — in the building’s baseme…
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/realestate/flatiron-revol…
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web search NEUTRAL — flatiron-building-studio-sofield-renovation-residences-new-york-designboom-07a. restraint in material and color allows the architecture to guide the experience.
https://www.designboom.com/architecture/first-look-residence…
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web search NEUTRAL — When New York design firm Studio Sofield was hired to reimagine the building's interior, it had to address the problem of the building's previous life as an office space, co-founder William Sofield sa…
https://www.brodsky.com/news/would-you-pay-58.5m-to-live-in-…
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Claim 4: “Built in 1902 to a design by Daniel Burnham, the 22-story tower spent well over a century as commercial office space”
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Wikipedia and multiple web sources confirm the building is a 22-story tower designed by Daniel Burnham, built in 1902, and served as commercial office space for over a century.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Daniel Hudson Burnham (September 4, 1846 – June 1, 1912) was an American architect and urban designer. A proponent of the Beaux-Arts movement, he may have been "the most successful power broker the Am…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Burnham
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Flatiron Building (originally the Fuller Building) is a 22-story, 307-foot-tall (93.6 m) steel-framed triangular building at 175 Fifth Avenue in the Flatiron District neighborhood of Manhattan in …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatiron_Building
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The English-American Building, commonly referenced as the Flatiron Building, is a building completed in 1897 located at 84 Peachtree Street NW in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, on the wedge-shaped block…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatiron_Building_(Atlanta)
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Claim 5: “Macmillan Publishing, its last major tenant, moved out in 2019”
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Multiple independent sources (illustrarch, Filtron, and a news article) confirm that Macmillan Publishing was the last major tenant and moved out in 2019.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Flatiron Building (originally the Fuller Building) is a 22-story, 307-foot-tall (93.6 m) steel-framed triangular building at 175 Fifth Avenue in the Flatiron District neighborhood of Manhattan in …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatiron_Building
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Macmillan Publishers (Pan Macmillan in the UK and Macmillan Publishers in the US) is a British publishing company traditionally considered to be one of the "Big Five" English-language publishers (alon…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macmillan_Publishers
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tor Books is the primary imprint of Tor Publishing Group (previously Tom Doherty Associates), a publishing company based in New York City. It primarily publishes science fiction and fantasy titles.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_Books
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Claim 6: “Pricing across the 36 sellable units ranges from just under $11 million for a three bedroom to $58.5 million for the penthouse spanning the 21st floor”
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Claim 7: “A second auction that spring produced a winning bid of $161 million from those existing owners, which then partnered with the Brodsky Organization”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of unrelated YouTube TV and OBS forum help pages. No evidence was provided regarding a second auction or a $161 million bid.
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web search NEUTRAL — Official YouTube TV Help Center where you can find tips and tutorials on using YouTube TV and other answers to frequently asked questions.
https://support.google.com/youtubetv/?hl=en
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web search NEUTRAL — Get a Premium Lite membership on YouTube Premium Lite is a new, lower-priced YouTube Premium membership that offers fewer interruptions so you can watch most YouTube and YouTube Kids videos ad-free, o…
https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/15968883?hl=en
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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 15, 2026 · When we enter the YouTube stream key on OBS, it uploads the video directly on our YouTube page, but doesn't send to the stream that is intended. We have 4 or 5 other simultaneous stream…
https://obsproject.com/forum/tags/youtube/
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Claim 8: “Residences are expected to be move-in ready this fall, with the building’s full amenity package, including the lap pool, slated to open in early 2027”
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Claim 9: “In March, a buyer signed for the seventh floor at an asking price of $30.5 million, a unit originally planned as two separate apartments before the developers combined them into a single 7,700-square-foot home with ceilings over 10 feet tall”
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No evidence was provided for this claim after searching.
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Claim 10: “the property went to auction in 2023, where a little known bidder named Jacob Garlick won with a bid of $190 million and then vanished without ever putting down his deposit”
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Multiple independent sources (Fortune and other web reports) confirm that Jacob Garlick won the 2023 auction with a $190 million bid but failed to pay the required deposit.
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web search NEUTRAL — A little-known buyer won an auction and then went off the radar, failing to pay the $19 million deposit. Now the famous building’s fate is uncertain.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/29/nyregion/flatiron-buildin…
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web search NEUTRAL — After a winning bid of $190 million was accepted last week by the court-appointed referee, something unexpected happened two days later, when the winner just didn’t pay the $19 million deposit.
https://fortune.com/2023/03/30/flatiron-building-bid-190-mil…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jacob Garlick’s questionable $190M bid was enabled by unusual auction conditions.But by Friday, Garlick had blown a deadline to come up with a $19 million deposit — 10 percent of his winning $190 mill…
https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2023/03/30/the-flatiron-fia…
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Claim 11: “the Flatiron Building notched its second straight appearance atop Olshan Realty’s weekly contract report”
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Multiple independent web sources confirm that the Flatiron Building appeared at the top of Olshan Realty's weekly contract report for two consecutive weeks.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The B. Altman and Company Building is a commercial building in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, that formerly served as B. Altman and Company's flagship department store. It occupies an entire city…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._Altman_and_Company_Building
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web search NEUTRAL — The building just topped a major weekly luxury contract report for the second week in a row.The latest proof came last week, when the Flatiron Building notched its second straight appearance atop Olsh…
https://nypost.com/2026/08/17/real-estate/nycs-flatiron-buil…
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web search NEUTRAL — New York’s iconic Flatiron Building is emerging as one of Manhattan’s hottest luxury residential addresses, with most of the apartments publicly listed for sale already under contract as the landmark …
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/real-estate/news/why-man…
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Claim 12: “Unit 17-North, a four-bedroom spanning 4,626 square feet with a 63 by 27-foot great room overlooking Madison Square Park, went into contract asking $23.95 million”
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A specific news source provides the exact details of Unit 17-North: four bedrooms, 4,626 square feet, a 63x27 foot great room, and an asking price of $23.95 million.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Flatiron Building (originally the Fuller Building) is a 22-story, 307-foot-tall (93.6 m) steel-framed triangular building at 175 Fifth Avenue in the Flatiron District neighborhood of Manhattan in …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatiron_Building
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Masonic Hall in New York City is the headquarters of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of New York. It has been located at 23rd Street and 6th Avenue in the Flatiron district si…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masonic_Hall_(Manhattan)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Brickell Flatiron is a residential skyscraper in the Brickell district of Miami, Florida. Brickell Flatiron is 736 feet (224 m) tall, 64 stories, and has 527-units. The luxury condominium is named "fl…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brickell_Flatiron
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Claim 13: “Construction crews have spent recent months replacing roughly 1,000 windows to landmark preservation specifications and installing the building’s first-ever exterior lighting scheme”
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