The French former footballer Thierry Henry could net a potential $10 million profit should the sale of his Manhattan mega-penthouse achieve full asking price.
It’s understood that Henry purchased the SoHo penthouse and the unit below for $14.85 million in 2010 with his partner, Andrea Rajacic after just 24 hours of house hunting ahead of joining Major League Soccer club New York Red Bulls the same year.
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Listed through Sotheby’s International Realty, the former Arsenal and FC Barcelona star is now looking to cash in on the 6,000 square foot penthouse, 16 years after he originally purchased it, and living it in permanently for only five.
39 Crosby Street: SoHo super-prime swagger
The SoHo trophy home on 39 Crosby Street, which Thierry “fell in love with at first sight” but now lives in only occasionally, has undergone several renovations and remodelling after combining both units into a vertical compound in the heart of the SoHo Cast Iron Historic District.
The result is a dazzling, glass-clad ‘floating mansion’ with architectural swagger taking a prized, elevated seat above SoHo’s rooftops – now the luxury refuge of some of the talked about bars and trophy real estate in Manhattan.
Occupying the entire top floors of a Neo-Grec 1870s cast-iron and brick building of classic bone structure between Soho and Tribeca, the glass-clad multi-level penthouse is a highly personalised, one-of-one asset, which has access to four substantial outdoor spaces spanning 3,400 square feet.
“The result is a dazzling, glass-clad ‘floating mansion’ with architectural swagger taking a prized, elevated seat above SoHo’s rooftops”
The views are a big deal: 360-degree front-row seats to Manhattan skyline’s exposure, which stretches from Brooklyn and Williamsburg Bridges to the One World Trade Center, Hudson River and across Soho’s historic rooftops, the air thick with the sounds and bustle of an artsy downtown.
Internally, the former loft space on the seventh floor does as much of the talking as outdoor areas, with a cavernous, 14-foot ceiling and floor-to-ceiling glass bringing a rare sense of space in one of the most densely packed cities in the world.
Primary living spaces include five bedrooms and seven bathrooms, anchored by a magnificent great room that leads on to a warren of mult-level entertaining, work and guest spaces.The primary suite sits on its own floor, while, one level below a second great room creates an entirely separate living environment – ideal for family, guests or extended stays.
Total privacy and vertical rarity in downtown NYC
The property comes with two deeded parking spaces, an especially rare street-level setup in SoHo, and keyed elevator access, allowing its owner to go directly from the garage to the residence.
“39 Crosby is particularly suited to buyers who value security, discretion and the ability to move through the city without sacrificing privacy at home,” the agent says.
And at a $25 million price point, this narrows a pool of buyers that are exactly looking for those lofty credentials – temporal scarcity combined with scale, privacy and large-scale vertical control.
Henry's back in the game
This is the couple’s second attempt at selling their Manhattan trophy home; the couple tried to part with the home in 2025, asking $26.75 million, but ultimately pulled it as market whispers of a New York pied-à-terre tax grew louder.
The penthouse returned this week with a $25 million price tag – $1.75 million below its previous asking price with hope that the balance of power at the highest rungs of Manhattan’s housing market will continue its downtown tilt as buyers move toward the privacy, scarcity, and traditional architectural weight of historic prestige neighbourhood over high-floor inventory in luxury towers.
At street-level, the street quietly hums with Manhattan’s well-heeled ushered into trendy boutiques, upscale restaurants and five-star hotels. Last month, a penthouse at 42 Crosby Street was snapped up for $28.25 million. Last year, Courtney Love’s former loft at 30 Crosby Street went on the market for $9.5 Million
The record residential sale in the neighborhood, however, belongs to a $50 million sale that took place in 2023.
Henry is one of richest footballers of all time, with an estimated net worth of approximately $130 million (approximately £98 million) as of 2026. The former Arsenal forward owns a global property portfolio that includes a £10 million mansion in Hampstead, London.
