Upper East Side · Provenance Record
8 East 62nd Street
$55,000,000 · recorded 2026
Upper East Side, New York, NY
The 14,825-square-foot limestone townhouse at 8 East 62nd Street has traded twice at eight-figure prices in a decade, most recently changing hands for $55 million in February 2026. Developer Keith Rubenstein first listed the Lenox Hill property in 2016; British developer Christian Candy and his wife Emily Crompton-Candy bought and renovated it before selling to an undisclosed buyer represented by Accent Holdings.
Sale Price
$55,000,000
Record Date
February 26, 2026
Status
Closed
Property Type
Townhouse
Listing Agent(s)
Listing Brokerage
Modlin Group
Buyer’s Agent(s)
Michael Balanevsky
Buyer’s Brokerage
Accent Holdings
Ownership Lineage
Every press-verified change of hands on record for this property, in order.
Listed · $84,500,000
Keith Rubenstein lists the townhouse
Somerset Partners co-founder Keith Rubenstein lists the 15,000-square-foot Lenox Hill townhouse for $84.5 million, positioning it as a potential Manhattan townhouse record.
Sources: 6sqft
Sold · $48,000,000
Christian Candy and Emily Crompton-Candy buy the townhouse
After roughly five years on and off the market, British developer Christian Candy and his wife Emily Crompton-Candy purchase the townhouse from Keith Rubenstein for $48 million. The couple subsequently renovate the property, adding a home gym, sauna, steam room, and Hermès-upholstered leather walls in the billiards room.
Sources: The Real Deal, Patch, CityRealty
Sold · $55,000,000
Candys sell the renovated townhouse for $55 million
Christian Candy and Emily Crompton-Candy sell the renovated, 14,825-square-foot townhouse for $55 million, or roughly $3,700 per square foot, to an undisclosed buyer represented by Michael Balanevsky of Accent Holdings. Adam Modlin of the Modlin Group holds the listing for the sellers.
Sources: The Real Deal, The Real Deal (weekly wrap), Traded
Press Citations
Every fact on this page traces to one of these sources.
The Real Deal
British Developer Christian Candy Dumps UES Townhouse
The Real Deal reported the $55 million sale, tracing the property's chain of title back through Christian Candy's 2022 purchase from Keith Rubenstein.
February 2026
The Real Deal
NYC’s Top Deals: British Developer Offloads UES Townhouse for $55M
The Real Deal's weekly top-deals wrap named the sale the top residential transaction in Los Angeles County for the period—confirming the $55 million price and Adam Modlin's role on the listing.
February 2026
Traded
Traded recorded the transaction details, naming Michael Balanevsky of Accent Holdings as the buyer's representative and Adam Modlin of the Modlin Group as the seller's representative.
February 2026
6sqft
UES Townhouse With Hermès Leather Walls and Smoking Room Could Set Record at $84.5M
6sqft documented Keith Rubenstein's original 2016 listing of the townhouse at $84.5 million.
August 2023
Patch
UES Townhouse With Hermès Walls Sells At $55M: City Docs
Patch confirmed the Candys purchased the townhouse for $48 million from Keith Rubenstein in 2022 and detailed the renovation before the 2026 resale.
February 2026
The Real Deal
Mnuchin Family’s Upper East Side Townhouse Lists for $35M
In coverage of a nearby listing, The Real Deal referenced Christian Candy's $55 million sale of 8 East 62nd Street the same month, at $3,667 per square foot.
May 2026
How This Record Was Verified
- Method
- Compiled from public property records and their named press citations. This lineage reflects only transactions independently confirmed by the sources cited.
- Open entries
- The exact closing price of the 2022 Candy purchase is reported as “roughly $48 million” in sources reviewed; no source discloses an exact figure.
- Sources
- Every fact above carries its own citation, linked in the Press Citations section. Sourced from The Real Deal, Traded, and 6sqft.
- Corrections
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