An American Success Story!

A South Korean couple who succeeded in their respective fields in New York is selling their home. They are selling their contemporary, double-loft Tribeca home, which caught the attention of The Wall Street Journal and a number of other publications for its sophistication. This home is now on the market priced at $8.995 million.

The contemporary, double-loft home is measured at 4,300 square feet giving it a spacious and airy quality. It has four bedrooms, five bathrooms loft, exposed brick walls and wonderful large original arches encased within a wall separating the two lofts that were only discovered when they combined the two lofts. The house also boasts of an eat-in kitchen, an 18-foot-long dining room table, a large playroom and a media room has a clever narrow slit window looking into the playroom.

Co-listing agents of this contemporary, double-loft are Marie Espinal, Jeff Adler, Howard Margolis, with Douglas Elliman Real Estate in Madison Avenue Office, New York City.

This gorgeous living room and media room has bright beige walls and ceiling that matches with the large and comfortable U-shaped sectional sofa across from the large screen TV embedded into the wall. Images courtesy of Toptenrealestatedeals.com.

At the far end of the large hall is this area by the end of the arches accented with wood on the wall and adorned with decorative stones next to a day-bed with wooden frame. Images courtesy of Toptenrealestatedeals.com.

Next to this day-bed is the large table of the formal dining area dominating the majority of the hardwood flooring and has a clear view of the living room at the far end. Images courtesy of Toptenrealestatedeals.com.

This is a closer look at the large 18-foot rectangular wooden dining table of the house. It is paired with white wishbone chairs that work well with the red brick arches of the background adorned with pipes painted red for an Industrial-style look. Images courtesy of Toptenrealestatedeals.com.

This is a view of the dining area and kitchen through the arch of the media room. You can see here that this side of the arch has beige walls and glass doors. The kitchen stands out on the far side with its large stainless steel vent hood over the cooking area across from the large kitchen island and breakfast bar. Images courtesy of Toptenrealestatedeals.com.

This bedroom has a gorgeous dark wooden bed frame that matches with the bedside drawers. This bed serves as a nice balance between the light hardwood flooring and the large red brick wall behind the head of the bed. These are then illuminated by the row of tall curtained windows on the side. Images courtesy of Toptenrealestatedeals.com.

This beautiful girl's bedroom has cute salmon-colored curtains that pair well with the beige walls. These serve as a pleasing background for the for the wooden bunk bed that matches the shelf for the toys under the window by the cushioned arm chair. Images courtesy of Toptenrealestatedeals.com. — This beautiful girl’s bedroom has cute salmon-colored curtains that pair well with the beige walls. These serve as a pleasing background for the for the wooden bunk bed that matches the shelf for the toys under the window by the cushioned arm chair. Images courtesy of Toptenrealestatedeals.com.

This lovely kid's bedroom also functions as a play room and nursery perfect for toddlers. The beige brick wall is adorned with floating wooden shelves filled with books and displays. Images courtesy of Toptenrealestatedeals.com. — This lovely kid’s bedroom also functions as a play room and nursery perfect for toddlers. The beige brick wall is adorned with floating wooden shelves filled with books and displays. Images courtesy of Toptenrealestatedeals.com.

This is the bathroom that has a freestanding white porcelain bathtub raised on a wooden platform that matches with the edge of the two-sink vanity topped with wall-mounted mirrors. These are then topped with decorative lighting that brightens the charcoal gray flooring tiles. Images courtesy of Toptenrealestatedeals.com.

This is a farther view of the bathroom as seen from the main hall archway. You can see from here that the bathroom has the same glass doors as the archway with black frames that stand out against the walls. Images courtesy of Toptenrealestatedeals.com.

This is the playroom and crafts room with a wooden rectangular table in the middle of the gray patterned area rug covering much of the floor that makes the various tones of the surrounding chairs stand out. Images courtesy of Toptenrealestatedeals.com.

This table and chair set is surrounded by a waist-high wooden cabinet on one side, a crafts shelf on the far wall and a large blackboard wall on the other. This room is perfect for home schooling the young kids. Images courtesy of Toptenrealestatedeals.com.

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JoonYoung Park and Arum Seo started with nothing. They came to New York City from South Korea with only $3,000 and an overwhelming desire to succeed.

Joon was born in South Korea, his parents moved to America when he was seven and moved back to South Korea when he was in the fifth grade. Not happy about going back to South Korea, Joon quit school at age 13. A few years later, he learned that he would be required to join the military, which he seriously didn’t want to do. In his search for a way to avoid military service, he discovered that the Korean government would pick 500 of the best computer programmers to work for the state and forego the military. Joon embarked on intensive self-taught programming, was one of the 500 chosen and ended up working for the government as he hoped.

Joon met Arum Seo, who shared his passion to return to America. Landing in New York and having to pay $1,300 in rent with only a total savings of $3,000 required both find jobs fast. Arum found a job in fashion and Joon was immediately hired for his programming skills.

With years of hard work and two children later, the Parks were able to find and restore two lofts in Lower Manhattan’s Tribeca neighborhood, which they combined and designed with such great contemporary sophistication it drew the attention of The Wall Street Journal and a number of other publications. Having lived in and enjoyed their home close to Joon’s work – he is now the chief creative officer of Firstborn – the Parks feel it is time to move forward into a new project. They have recently put their Tribeca loft on the market for $8.995 million.

Spacious and airy at 4,300 square feet, the four-bedroom, five-bath loft has a contemporary industrial vibe with the warmth of wood floors, exposed brick walls and wonderful large original arches leading from the great room to the other rooms. The arches were encased within a wall separating the two lofts and were a great architectural find. The eat-in kitchen is svelte and striking but also child-proof. Both floor and countertops are polished concrete with large island breakfast bar. In testimony to the loft’s spaciousness, the dining room table measure 18 feet long. The children have their own wing with two bedrooms and a large playroom outfitted to expand their imagination and encourage creativity. The home’s media room has a clever narrow slit window where parents can observe playroom activity while enjoying their favorite movie.

It’s a real life rags-to-riches story of South Korean immigrants who educated themselves without help and worked their way to success. They are selling their contemporary, double-loft Tribeca home for $8.995 million, and heading to their next project. Co-listing agents are Marie Espinal, Jeff Adler, Howard Margolis, with Douglas Elliman Real Estate, Madison Avenue Office, New York City.

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