The Manhattan penthouse previously owned by the disgraced late Bernie Madoff has hit the market for $15 million.
The Higher East Side apartment at 133 E. 64th St. was last purchased by real estate investor Lawrence Benenson in 2014 for $14 million.
This marks the third time considering the fact that Madoff’s arrest on Dec. 11, 2008, that the infamous a few-bedroom, 3.5-rest room home has been detailed for sale.
The first customer was toy mogul Al Kahn and his spouse Patsy, who bought it in 2010 for $8 million. The Kahns moved in soon immediately after it experienced a “mysterious fireplace.”
The prewar creating, in which Madoff had lived with his spouse, Ruth, given that 1984 and even turned president of the co-op board, was seized soon after his arrest.
The Kahns to start with place the pad back on the sector in August 2013, asking $17.25 million. But they were being compelled to minimize the cost several moments, and for the duration of the yr it took to go into agreement, they separated and divorced.
“[Alfred] was fearful about the karma, but I just liked the terrace,” Patsy advised The Publish at the time.
It does not show up that Benenson is seeking to profit off of the sale. He will split even if he’s able to score the asking rate. The listing can also involve an adjacent condominium in the constructing owned by Benenson for a complete of $18.5 million.
Benenson Capital Associates, which manages around 200 commercial and residential homes in the New York place, dates back to 1905.
The Post has attained out to Benenson for remark.
The penthouse device variety has modified from Penthouse A to Penthouse S and has been redecorated with far more somber tones, according to Crain’s.
In accordance to the listing, a non-public elevator landing opens onto a south-going through center gallery. The good home features a wooden-burning hearth and soaring ceilings with landscaped terraces on all 3 sides. Views as considerably as Central Park can be viewed in the length.
The eating space also has a wood-burning hearth. Adjacent to the eating place is an try to eat-in kitchen area with a independent breakfast place.
The bed room stage is made up of a few full bedrooms, every single with an en-suite tub. The most important bedroom has a wooden-burning hearth and comes with an expansive and renovated rest room, a dressing area and a walk-in-closet.
The images of the Lenox Hill residence proven are from the 2014 listing held by Douglas Elliman.
John Burger of Brown Harris Stevens has the recent listing.
But Madoff isn’t the only infamous resident to have ever lived in the developing. Former NBC host Matt Lauer acquired a 4-bedroom device there in 2004 for $5.9 million. He offered it for $8 million in 2018, soon after his firing from the community amid sexual misconduct allegations.
Meanwhile, Madoff’s Hamptons home is even now on sale for $22.5 million. It has glided on and off the marketplace above the previous couple a long time.
Madoff died in a prison clinic of organic triggers at age 82 very last April.
He was serving a 150-12 months sentence for orchestrating the greatest Ponzi plan in heritage, defrauding his shoppers of just below $65 billion.
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