Architect Ismael Leyva’s Own Central Park West Pad for Sale

Architect Ismael Leyva has a few projects coming back to life around NYC right now, like the wacky condo on Park Place and the newly-launched The Charles on First Avenue. Maybe all the activity has given Leyva himself the itch to move: The Real Deal points out that the architect’s own apartment at 353 Central Park West is now on the market for $7.75 million. Naturally, Leyva designed the place himself. His tastes run to Scandinavian oak wood plank floors, Marmol bathrooms and foyer, floor-to-ceiling casement windows, and LED lighting. It’s a four-bedroom currently configured as a three-bedroom-plus-library. Leyva spent $5.6 million on the apartment in February 2007.