Corcoran’s A-List: January 2024
Enjoy our monthly survey of incredible listings across the Corcoran network. Highlights in this edition: South of the highway modernism in the Hamptons, a charming coastal retreat on Florida’s Gulf Coast, an amenity-laden modern construction in Charleston, and a surreal Caribbean escape on Virgin Gorda.
Manhattan
36 Bleecker Street, PHA, NoHo
What’s Here: Dual-level penthouse living in a converted NoHo printing house. The home is a chic escape on its lower floor, which encompasses all four bedrooms. Arched windows lend a timeless grace to the corner primary, which includes a spacious closet and a windowed spa-worthy ensuite — a freestanding tub, and a separate steam shower suite. Above, natural warmth radiates through floor-to-ceiling windows into an expansive great room, a chic kitchen, and a library with a gas fireplace. A solarium-like living room rests between two sections of a wraparound terrace, adding over 1,300 square feet of coveted outdoor space.
What We Love: The Schumacher is striking, a c.1885 Romanesque Revival structure with intricate brickwork, marble windowsills, and a cast-iron storefront entrance. Resident amenities include a fitness center, a communal rooftop, and a library overlooking a courtyard.
Represented By: Richard Ziegelasch of Corcoran’s East Side Office.
East End
1550 Meadow Lane, Southampton
What’s Here: This modernist manse rises to the occasion on perhaps the most prestigious stretch of sand across the East End. It puts priority on all-encompassing Southampton vistas. The home’s first floor sports vast windows and glass walls, peering across Shinnecock Bay to the north and into the Atlantic Ocean horizon to the south. Natural light comes back in the other direction, filling the living room to the top of its double-height ceilings. Further ocean views come atop the private wrapping balcony off the primary bedroom. A sundeck and a 40-foot pool encompass the ample outdoor space, sure to host many hours of lounging and entertaining.
What We Love: The home is a true Hamptons beach house, with access to the Atlantic Ocean’s white sands via a personal boardwalk through the dunes.
Represented By: Tim Davis and Thomas P. Davis of Corcoran’s Southampton Office.
South Florida
130 Algoma Road, Palm Beach
What’s Here: Newly completed in 2023, this five-bedroom home exudes that beloved brand of Palm Beach elegance. The interior boasts oft-lofty, sometimes coffered ceilings, robust hardwood floors, and an effortless flow. A sprawling great room is the lower level’s centerpiece, from where you can move about to a library, an open kitchen/family room, or to the second floor via an elevator. Discover dreamy terraces above the house’s front entrance, off the primary bedroom, and adjoining the primary bath. Outside, there’s room to relax on a loggia or a pergola-covered patio — or within a cerulean swimming pool beneath the swaying palms.
What We Love: As the home is a fresh build, it offers a refined slate for the eventual owner to assert their personal style and vision.
Represented By: Dana Koch of Corcoran’s Palm Beach Office.
Georgia
395 Hampton Court, Athens
What’s Here: It’s all in the details at this Athens five-bedroom — slated for completion in mid-January 2024. White brick and cedar shake siding mingle to form a charming cottage exterior, boosted by distinct copper gutters and an arched mahogany entryway. Once inside, you’ll be met by a formal living room with a fireplace and a sunroom ready-made for getting some thinking done, coffee or tea in hand. If you’d prefer to sip lounging in bed, private access links the kitchen’s coffee bar and the sun-splashed primary suite. The coffered ceiling-covered back brick patio sports a brick outdoor fireplace to match, crafting a classic cozy nook en plein air.
What We Love: All the joys of Athens life await quite close beyond this home’s front door — whether you want to take in a musical day, an astounding meal, or a Bulldogs football game.
Represented By: Sarah Ellis of Corcoran Classic Living.
South Carolina
485 Lesence Street, Charleston
What’s Here: This coastal Charleston five-bedroom is inherently appealing. The dining room is resplendent with its gray-blue wainscotted walls, and the family room has built-in shelving and a gas fireplace with mantel wood sourced from a historic downtown home. That room expands to a spacious screened porch, outfitted with another gas fireplace and tile flooring. Elsewhere, a finished rec room — which exits to the pool area — boasts a grill and a TV area. Upstairs, the primary suite has vaulted, paneled ceilings, generous closets, and another screened porch. There’s even a four-bay garage, enough space for cars, golf carts, kayaks, and more.
What We Love: The home’s substantial great room lets you indulge in nature-rich Daniel Island vistas — panoramas that include the city’s celebrated marsh, Beresford Creek, and maybe a bald eagle’s nest if you’ve got the proper binoculars. An added bonus: The room has a full wet bar and a refrigerator.
Represented By: Rick Horger of Corcoran HM Properties.
British Virgin Islands
Amarone, Oil Nut Bay
What’s Here: Perched into the rugged hillside of Virgin Gorda — a setting so serenely perfect it’s the default wallpaper on countless Mac desktops — is this breathtaking four-bedroom, four-bath new construction, developed as part of the sustainable master planned community of Oil Nut Bay. Retractible glass walls, oversized picture windows, and two levels of terraces frame the ultimate canvas for inspired island living. It all peers over the marina, one of the many luxe amenities that await all who live here.
What We Love: The plunge pool (who needs the Pineapple Suite?) nested seamlessly into the top-floor deck.
Represented By: Alexander Dobbs of Corcoran BVI.
