- Year built
- 2000
- Type
- Condominium
- Units
- 180
- Floors
- 31
- Landmark
- No
- Pets
- Pet-friendly (cats and dogs) under condominium rules
- Flip tax
- None documented — confirm against the offering plan at contract
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2026
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf
- $1,360
- Listing discount
- 3.9%
- Recorded sales
- 225
- On record
- 2003–2026
The Impala is Michael Graves's New York residential debut — the celebrated Postmodernist's first apartment tower built in the city, completed in 2000 by RFR Holding. Graves designed the lobby, the façade, and the building's signature 15,000-square-foot landscaped courtyard, while H. Thomas O'Hara planned the apartment interiors. The result is one of the corridor's most recognizable buildings: bold multi-paned windows, three-story façade segmentation, geometric patterning, and the bronze impala sculptures — by South African artist Danie de Jager — that give the building its name and stand in the courtyard and above the 76th Street entrance.
That courtyard is the point. In a neighborhood of towers built lot-line to lot-line, the Impala organizes itself around a landscaped garden with a fountain and stream — a genuine, usable private amenity that residents pass through and overlook, and that few other buildings in the corridor can match. Combined with a full amenity package — a spa-grade fitness center, a valet garage, a business center — and a real architect's name on the drawings, the Impala trades as a design-and-amenity building rather than a commodity condo.
For buyers, the Impala offers Graves architecture, the courtyard, and a full-service amenity program with condominium flexibility, at a far-east Lenox Hill address that keeps per-foot pricing below the corridor's prime-avenue new construction.
Architecture and unit composition
Graves's Postmodern tower rises 31 stories in warm masonry, with the façade broken into three-story segments and the bold windows that are the building's calling card. The roughly 180 to 194 residences — sources differ on the exact count — run from studios through three-bedrooms, with some units carrying gas fireplaces, 12-foot ceilings, and private terraces. The lobby is maple-paneled over limestone floors. Because the building is a condominium, apartments are valued on a per-square-foot basis; the offering plan controls on any specific unit's count and dimensions.
Building operations
The Impala runs as a full-service condominium: 24-hour doorman and concierge, a live-in resident manager, an on-site parking garage with valet service, a fitness center with sauna, steam room, and spa, a business and conference center, a children's playroom, the landscaped courtyard with fountain, a bike room, private storage, and a common roof deck. In-unit washer/dryers are present in many apartments, and select units carry private terraces. The offering plan, house rules, and financial statements are held in The Roebling Research Library and available to clients during diligence.
Recent sales
The Impala's resale market is a design-and-amenity market. Buyers reach it wanting the Graves architecture, the courtyard, and the full amenity package with condominium flexibility, and they weigh that against the far-east location. Turn-key units — especially those with fireplaces, high ceilings, or terraces — command the premium; dated or lower-floor inventory trades closer to the neighborhood average. The courtyard and the spa-grade fitness program are genuine differentiators that support pricing and should anchor the marketing.
Recent closings at this building, curated by The Roebling Team research desk. Apartment-level facts are independently verified before publishing; sale prices reflect the recorded transfer amount at the NYC Department of Finance.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | PPSF | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 2026 | 2O | 1 BA · 505 sf | $650,000 | $1,287/sf | -2.3% |
| Jun 8, 2026 | 3D | 1 BR · 1 BA · 706 sf | $805,000 | $1,140/sf | -3.9% |
| May 4, 2026 | 8A | 3 BR · 3 BA · 1,722 sf | $2,420,000 | $1,405/sf | +1.0% |
| Apr 28, 2026 | 4M | 1 BR · 1 BA · 474 sf | $641,000 | $1,352/sf | +3.4% |
| Apr 28, 2026 | 27B | 1 BR · 1 BA · 850 sf | $1,125,000 | $1,324/sf | -5.9% |
| Mar 6, 2026 | 3O | 1 BA · 480 sf | $615,000 | $1,281/sf | off-mkt |
| Jan 21, 2026 | 30A | 3 BR · 3 BA · 1,865 sf | $2,645,000 | $1,418/sf | -5.4% |
| Dec 11, 2025 | 2N | 1 BA · 505 sf | $640,000 | $1,267/sf | -1.5% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026) cleared a median $1,360/sf across 7 sales. Median listing discount 3.9% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy.
The retrade record
Lines that have traded more than once in the public record — the building’s appreciation arc, apartment by apartment.
Other recent transfers
| Date | Unit | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 20, 2016 | 30B | $1,345,000 |
Full closing history with price-per-square-foot over time, the complete retrade record, and every line that has traded.
Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-01470-7501) and verified listing data. Apartment-level facts (line, condition, asking-price context) curated and cross-verified by The Roebling Team research desk. Not all transactions cross-verify with ACRIS records — sponsor and LLC purchases sometimes record at stipulated values rather than market price; square footage from recorded condo declarations and offering plans.
What to know if you’re buying
The courtyard and amenities are real value — underwrite the carry that supports them. The garden, spa, and valet garage are genuine, but they run through common charges. Run the True Monthly Carrying Cost Calculator on the specific unit.
Condominium flexibility applies. No co-op-style financing cap, pets welcome, and pied-à-terre and sublet use permitted under the declaration. Confirm any transfer fee against the offering plan at contract.
Price to the line and the features. Fireplace lines, high-ceiling units, and terrace apartments carry premiums the building average hides. Use same-line comparables. Run the Buyer Closing Cost Calculator.
Weigh the location honestly. The far-east address is the trade for the pricing — a feature for some buyers, a consideration for others. View the building and the courtyard in person.
What to know if you’re selling
Lead with Graves and the courtyard. The architect, the impala sculptures, and the 15,000-square-foot garden are documented, searchable assets that separate this building from the corridor's default towers. Use them.
Sell the amenity package. The spa-grade fitness center, valet garage, and business center are differentiators to buyers comparing against amenity-light stock; market them.
Anchor to the line. Fireplace and terrace lines carry premiums the average obscures. Same-line history — which we maintain — is the right anchor.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 404 East 76th Street, also evaluate:
- The Cielo (450 East 83rd Street) — Perkins Eastman glass condominium in Yorkville
- Hampton House (404 East 79th Street) — full-service Yorkville condominium with a rooftop pool and health club
- The Chatham (181 East 65th Street) — Robert A.M. Stern condominium; the design-forward Lenox Hill peer
- The Seville (300 East 77th Street) — Robert A.M. Stern condominium two blocks north with a pool
- 420 East 72nd Street — Lenox Hill full-service building nearby
- Belaire (524 East 72nd Street) — full-service condominium with a pool near the East River
The Roebling Team at The Impala
The Roebling Team at Compass works Lenox Hill, Yorkville, and the broader Upper East Side as a core practice area. We publish this building profile because condominium buyers and sellers deserve building-specific intelligence — architecture, amenity reality, operational detail, and line-level pricing — not generic neighborhood commentary.
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The neighborhood
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