19-06-2025
Jeff Bezos's Yacht Designer Just Listed His N.Y.C. Condo for $3.5 Million
Before it became a luxury condo with a screening room, spa access, and just 65 luxury residences, the building at 140 East 63rd Street was better known as the Barbizon Hotel—a towering pink-brick refuge for young women seeking art, education, and stardom in the big city. The halls of this storied landmark have long been filled with ambition and elegance. Grace Kelly stayed here. So did Candice Bergen, Sylvia Plath, and Liza Minnelli. More on that later.
Now, a particularly chic apartment in the reimagined Barbizon 63 is hitting the market for $3.5 million with Chris Kann and Jennifer Ireland at Corcoran—and it has a creative pedigree of its own. The corner unit belongs to internationally acclaimed interior designer Tino Zervudachi, whose client list ranges from Mick Jagger to the Rothschild family. He's also the design mind behind Jeff Bezos's $500 million sailing yacht Koru, and his interiors have been chronicled in glossy Rizzoli coffee table books. Naturally, his Upper East Side home is as refined as his résumé.
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Perched on the 11th floor and wrapped in sunlit exposures, the two-bedroom, two-and-a-half-bath condo spans 1,644 square feet and has been fully renovated and dressed to Zervudachi's exacting standards. Every room is awash in natural light and thoughtfully appointed—down to the gallery-like entry hall that sets the tone for the dramatic art and furnishings within.
The 26-foot-long corner living room is a particular standout, with open views down Lexington Avenue and windows from casement windows. The kitchen is tucked away with a small dining area, sleek European fittings, and a bold black-and-white striped marble floor. The secondary bedroom is cleverly designed to double as a media lounge and offers its own corner vista and a full bath, while the south-facing primary bedroom also has an en suite bath.
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While Zervudachi's reputation is global and the apartment exudes his classy signature style, the real intrigue may lie in the building itself. Originally opened in 1927 as a residential hotel for women, the Barbizon was a radical concept at the time—part finishing school, part fortress. Male visitors were banned from the residential floors, but residents—a curated crop of young women deemed 'the right kind of girl'—were offered a lifestyle few apartment houses could match: soundproof music rooms, a rooftop garden, a hair salon, and even afternoon tea.
The Barbizon quickly became a magnet for the ambitious, glamorous, and erudite—a young Joan Didion once called it home, as did Cybill Shepherd—who came to the Big Apple to pursue their dreams. The legacy of the hotel's many amenities lives on at the Barbizon 63, where residents enjoy full-time doorman service, a private dining room and library, and access (via separate membership) to the Equinox gym and pool housed inside the of Robb Report
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