Queens, Manhattan condos are auctioned successfully

Some 350 individuals attended the second of two auctions, with approximately 220 of them having registered as bidders.

Bidding totaled nearly $15.9 million, including buyer’s premium, for 45 units sold Sunday in the successive auctions of condos that have been languishing in new developments in Manhattan’s Washington Heights and in Queens.

According to Mark Troen, chief operating officer of auctioneer Sheldon Good & Co., the average prices per square foot were approximately $300 for the 26 apartments in the New Amsterdam Condominiums in Washington Heights and $475 for the 19 in East River Tower–not bad for either immediate neighborhood.