Cape Town – A South African buyer is making international headlines after purchasing the “most expensive property” in the upper east side of Manhattan, New York (NYC).
The buyer bought the historic property in NYC for a whopping $57 million (around R1 billion).
Daily Mail reported that said that the property was built in the 1800s.
The seller, Ryan Serhant revealed the news of what he described as a “historic sale” in an Instagram post.
“SOLD and CLOSED for $57M today at 36 East 68th, the most expensive price per foot ($6200) ever achieved for a townhouse on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. At 22 feet wide and 9,200 Square Feet, this historic townhouse is now also a historic sale,” wrote Serhant.
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Mail Online reported that the “historic sale” was concluded after the buyer viewed the mansion over FaceTime in an off-market deal that took a year to complete.
The report said the 2 800m², 8m wide home boasts six bedrooms, staffrooms, a private indoor pool and a sauna, and is located on East 68th Street, allegedly a block-and-a-half from Central Park.
According to a non-profit organisation, Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts the apartment was built in 1879 and redesigned in 1932.
The seller reportedly paid $16 million for the mansion back in 2012 and originally listed the property for $50m but the price went up due to the furnishings.
The historic property was previously home to a few celebrities, including Jeffrey Epstein and his former recruitment general, Ghilane Maxwell.
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Compiled by Olwethu Mpeshe
