The listing for this four-story townhouse on West 11th Street touts it as a “mansion in the making,” but anyone looking to convert it from a multi-family house to a single-family mansion will have to pony up $22.5 million (or thereabouts) just for the initial purchase, meaning that it might make more sense to just keep the current configuration — an owner’s triplex and two market-rate rental units. The house was built in 1836 but has retained only a few token details, most of which are fireplaces. It also apparently has a 1,200-square-foot garden, although that’s not pictured.
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http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2014/04/21/multifamily_west_village_townhouse_asks_225_million.php