NYU sells two West Village townhouses to anonymous buyer for $33.4M

The entity C128 LLC in care of Ogier Global, paid $33.4 million to New York University through its Law Center Foundation for the two-unit building (B1) at 65 Charles Street and the single-family building (A4) at 63 Charles Street in West Village, Manhattan.
The deal closed on January 21, 2026 and was recorded on January 29, 2026. The two properties have 9,280 square feet of built space and 781 square feet of additional air rights according to a PincusCo analysis of city data. The sale price per built square foot is $3,593 per the PincusCo analysis. (The price per square foot analysis is the transaction price divided by square feet as reported in public records and assumes no air rights have been sold.)
The signatory for New York University was Karyn Louis-Smith. The contract date was December 15, 2025.

Prior sales, articles and revenue

Prior to this transaction, PincusCo has no record that the buyer a Ogier Global registered firm had purchased any other properties and has no record it sold any properties over the past 24 months.
The seller New York University purchased four properties in four transactions for a total of $1.2 billion and had not sold any properties over the same time period.

The property

The 1-4 family building with 2 residential units in West Village has 9,280 square feet of built space and 781 square feet of additional air rights according to a PincusCo analysis of city data. The parcel has frontage of 20 feet and is 95 feet deep with a total lot size of 1,900 square feet. The zoning is R6 which allows for up to 2.43 times floor area ratio (FAR) for residential. The property is in the Greenwich Village Historic District. The city-designated market value for the property in 2022 is $15.6 million.

Violations and lawsuits

There were no lawsuits or bankruptcies filed against the properties for the past 24 months. In addition, according to city public data, the properties have received $625 in OATH penalties in the last year.

Development

There are no active new building construction projects or major alteration projects with initial costs more than $1 million on this tax lot.

The block

On the tax block of 65 Charles Street, PincusCo has identified the owners of 14 of the 26 commercial properties representing 97,334 square feet of the 204,882 square feet. The largest owner is Joseph Jackson, followed by Dalan Real Estate and then Edward L. Rich.
On the tax block, there were two new building construction projects totaling 69,128 square feet. The largest is a 26-unit, 34,564 square-foot residential (R-2) building submitted by Aurora Capital Associates|William Gottlieb Real Estate and filed by Matthew Abreu with plans filed July 27, 2020 and it has not been permitted yet. The second largest is a 26-unit, 34,564 square-foot residential (R-2) building submitted by Aurora Capital Associates|William Gottlieb Real Estate and filed by Matthew Abreu with plans filed March 15, 2017 and permitted July 29, 2021.

The majority, or 69 percent of the 204,882 square feet of built space are walkup buildings, with mixed-use buildings next occupying 16 percent of the space.

The seller

The PincusCo database currently indicates that New York University owned at least 102 commercial properties with 3,052 residential units in New York City with 12,499,811 square feet and a city-determined market value of $2.7 billion. (Market value is typically about 50% of actual value.) Within the portfolio, the bulk, or 45 percent of the 12,499,811 square feet of built space are specialty properties, with hotel properties next occupying 40 percent of the space. The bulk, or 91 percent of the built space, is in Manhattan, with Brooklyn next at 9 percent of the space.

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