Six years after shopping for disgraced movie producer Harvey Weinstein’s West Village townhouse, a billionaire has additionally wolfed up the one proper subsequent door.
Bruce Karsh, co-founder of Los Angeles-based Oaktree Capital Administration, and his spouse Martha, paid $28 million for the property at 15 Financial institution St., in keeping with property information — down from its $30 million asking worth simply 4 months in the past.
In 2018, the pair paid $25.62 million for 13 Financial institution St. that Weinstein shared together with his then-wife, clothier Georgina Chapman, throughout from the Waverly Inn.
Whereas the Karshes have now shelled out some $53.6 million to purchase each houses on the block, it is going to price “tens of tens of millions” extra to mix the houses, sources stated.
Karsh, via a spokesperson, declined to remark. Corcoran dealer Deborah Grubman, the itemizing dealer of 15 Financial institution St., additionally declined to remark.
Each townhouses had been bought by way of an nameless shell firm tied to Karsh, Cheget LLC, in keeping with property information.
Megamansions — a combo of two and even three townhouses — have grow to be a factor within the West Village for rich house owners preferring residing on their very own with out nosy neighbors or doormen, and in a energetic space with nice eating places. Fb’s Sean Parker, and actors like Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick, and others have remodeled part of this historic neighborhood right into a downtown Billionaires’ Row.
Weinstein and Chapman had hosted many fundraisers of their former dwelling, together with for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential run — earlier than he was sentenced to 23 years in jail in New York for rape. Final yr, Weinstein was sentenced to a different 16 years in jail in LA for extra intercourse crimes. His former Financial institution Road townhouse has been utterly renovated since then, from the studs down, in keeping with studies.
The 22-foot-wide townhouse at 15 Financial institution St. is 6,000 sq. ft. In-built 1910, the house has been renovated by architect Steven Harris. It options an elevator, 5 bedrooms and a landscaped backyard. The parlor flooring options 11-foot ceilings, a gallery, a proper eating room, a lounge with a fire and floor-to-ceiling home windows overlooking the backyard. The decrease backyard stage comes with its personal entrance underneath the stoop and opens to a mudroom, a den and an eat-in chef’s kitchen.
The principle bed room suite takes up the third flooring, additionally overlooking the backyard, and boasts massive closets, customized millwork and a spa-like bathtub — together with a sitting room and a fuel hearth. Further bedrooms with ensuite baths could be discovered on the third and fourth flooring, whereas the basement boasts a gymnasium and laundry.
Final yr in LA, the Karshes additionally offered their Beverly Crest mansion for $38 million, down from its preliminary $60 million ask in 2020 — and purchased Oaktree Capital co-founder Howard Marks’ Holmby Hills mansion for $30 million, in keeping with studies.