Waiting for a $75-Million Sale
News reports gushed about the sale of the Greenwich Rockfeller mansion this week for $22.5 million. But what will really get tongues wagging, especially in real estate circles, is if another listed property sells.
That property would be Leona Helmsley’s 40-acre estate in Round Hill, which is on the market for $75 million. It’s listed by Greenwich-based David Ogilvy of David Ogilvy & Assoc.
On its Web site, the real estate company describes the property – with its 52-foot indoor pool, 75-foot outdoor pool, wine cellar and glass-walled music room — as the “most famous of all great estates”. Known as Dunnellen Hall, the property was originally listed for $125 million when it hit the market last year.
The Helmsley estate was among 11 properties that appeared on a list of the most expensive houses in the U.S. in Ultimate Homes, which was included in the most recent issue of Unique Homes.
The Greenwich home is one of only two properties on the Ultimate Homes list that is on the East Coast. Seven of the homes are in California.
Also appearing on the list is the $150 million estate in Holmby Hills, Calif., owned by Candy Spelling, widow of the late producer Aaron Spelling.