Goodman Capital files $12.9M pre-foreclosure suit at landmarked UWS townhouse

By Adam Pincus

Lender Goodman Capital which provided a total of $12.87 million in debt to the American Society for Psychical Research in 2019 filed to foreclose on the loan in New York State Supreme Court yesterday. The court records are here.

The lender declared the loan in default in July 2020 because the borrower allegedly failed to make payment in April, May, June and July.

The townhouse was built at the turn of the last century and sold in 1903 to former diamond merchant Louis Strasburger. It was built as part of a group of buildings along West 73rd Street. The society acquired the building in 1966, according to city property records. The building is within the Central Park West – West 73rd – 74th Street Historic District, designated in 1977.

A broker from Sotheby’s International Realty has a listing for the nine-bedroom, 9,565-square-foot townhouse asking $15.75 million. However, StreetEasy data reports the listing was delisted on December 20. In July 2019, Sotheby’s listed the building for $17.995 million.