Exclusive | ER star Maura Tierney splashes out $6M for massive NYC loft filled with historic touches

“ER” star Maura Tierney has traded the small screen for a slice of Chelsea’s converted-warehouse history, closing on a three-bedroom loft in the neighborhood’s Gallery District for just under $6 million, The Post has learned. The actress paid $5.98 million for a unit at the Spears Building, a boutique 30-unit condo at 525 W.22nd St., according to city property records. The deal closed July 7, coming in slightly under the $6.4 million ask that the co-op carried when it hit the market in March.Tierney is a familiar face to NBC audiences, having spent nine seasons, from 2000 to 2009, as Dr.

Abby Lockhart on “ER,” a role that started as a recurring nurse part before growing into one of the show’s central characters and landing Tierney an Emmy nomination. Before that, she spent five seasons as Lisa Miller on the sitcom “NewsRadio.” She returned to the network decades later for “Law & Order” Season 24, stepping into the role of Lieutenant Jessica Brady, commanding officer of the 27th Precinct, a full-circle moment given that her first-ever “Law & Order” appearance came in 1991, in a Season 2 episode where she played a witness tied to a manslaughter case. In between, Tierney built a résumé spanning prestige drama and blockbuster film alike, earning a Golden Globe for Showtime’s “The Affair” and appearing in films including “Primal Fear,” “Liar Liar” and “Primary Colors,”  along with more recent turns in “The Iron Claw” and “Twisters.”Built in 1880 as a furniture warehouse, the building once used loading docks to ship pieces directly onto boxcars running along what’s now the High Line. That industrial past is baked into the unit itself: the 3,033-square-foot spread still shows off exposed brick, heavy timber beams and columns, iron column caps and wood plank ceilings — all lit by a baker’s dozen of oversized windows.The centerpiece is a 42-foot great room strung with seven south-facing windows, big...