Photographer Testino To Buy NYC Condo
Fashion photographer Mario Testino has signed a contract on a New York City condominium for close to $6.3 million, the asking price.
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Mr. Testino’s roughly 2,600-square-foot apartment is in 40 Bond, a soon-to-be completed downtown-Manhattan project of hotelier and developer Ian Schrager. Mr. Testino, who’s based in London and is well-known for portraits of celebrities such as Princess Diana and her sons, will have Ricky Martin as a neighbor; the Puerto Rican pop singer has signed a contract to buy a similar, $6.3 million apartment in the loft-style building. Contracts are set to start closing in mid-July.
Both the Testino and Martin apartments will have three bedrooms, 3½ baths, 10-foot tilt-and-turn windows and 11-foot ceilings. Pritzker Prize-winning architectural firm Herzog & de Meuron designed the 40 Bond project, a 28-unit apartment and town-home development wrapped in greenish cast-glass designed to evoke cast-iron buildings of New York’s SoHo. Amenities include 24-hour hotel-like concierge services. Mr. Testino couldn’t be reached for comment. Corcoran Sunshine Marketing is the building’s sales agent.