Jeff Bezos is growing his home interests in Manhattan, buying another apartment for $16.13 million in a 24-story boutique condominium across from Madison Square Park in the Flatiron area, where he already owns all the top four levels.
By use of a Delaware-registered limited liability organization, the Amazon boss purchased the flat at 212 Fifth Avenue condominium on February 25. The deed registered with the city Thursday shows that the purchase closed on April 7.
Negotiated off the market, the deal was Property records reveal the seller, whose name is hidden by a limited liability company, bought the apartment for $11.25 million in April 2018.
Lying beneath Mr. Bezos’s three-story, 10,079-square-foot penthouse and two flats on the 21st level, the unit is one of the only two on the 20th floor purchased for a combined $80 million in May 2019 via the same LLC, property records indicate.
According to Forbes’ real-time estimate, 56-year-old Mr. Bezos, the richest person on Earth with a net worth of $142 billion, did not react right away to a request for comment issued via Amazon.
Comprising 3,078 square feet, the apartment boasts three bedrooms, three-and-a-half bathrooms, a loft-like dining and living area, and lots of gallery walls. According to a past offering, the house boasts huge windows, high vaulted ceilings, marble walls and counters, and radiant-heated Thassos stone flooring throughout.
Under the development team headed by Robert Gladstone and Joseph Sitt, the century-old neo-Gothic industrial building is transformed. Amenities of the building include a 24-hour doorman, concierge, health facility with yoga studio, golf simulator, screening room, boardroom, game room and children’s playroom.
According to property records and accounts, building owners include Texas billionaire Ed Bass, New York region head Peter Riguardi of Jones Lang LaSalle, developer and father of Jared Kushner, and Sony Music Group CEO Rob Stringer.