Our end-of-decade examination series kicked off with a countdown of the best new buildings in New York City. Oh, building boom, you were so kind. And speaking of booms, it's now time for a look at the biggest deals of the '00s. Of course the biggest deal of the decadeand any decade, for that matterwas the $5.4 billion purchase of the 11,000+ apartments of Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village. Buyer's remorse, perhaps? We're more interested in the individual, single-family stufffolks hashing it out over four walls, a roof and a toilet. Or in these cases, 20 rooms, private roof decks and his-and-her bidets. These are, to the best of our hard-working interns' knowledge, the biggest sales in an era fueled by excess. Flips of trophy properties were common. Records were set and immediately shattered. That's all gone, for now, but the memory lives in on this document. Got proof of a bigger deal we missed? The tipline is always open.
20) $33,654,000
Building: 845 United Nations Plaza
Buyer: Chu Chinh
The Skinny: The massive spread (reportedly 12 bedrooms and 16.5 bathrooms) bought by the Blackstone exec on the 89th and 90th floors of the Trump World Towerjust above Derek Jeter!was practically a bargain at less than $1 million per room!