Olivier Sarkozy’s NYC home with ex Mary-Kate Olsen re-lists for $10.5M
07.04.2022 - 22:09
/ nypost.com
Olivier Sarkozy dined VIP at Soho’s see-and-be-seen Balthazar brasserie on Monday, the 52-year-old re-listed his combined Turtle Bay townhouse for $10.5 million — $1 million below its August 2021 asking price — following a broker switch, according to a Wednesday StreetEasy listing update.Otherwise known as the Hunnewell Mansion, Sarkozy — through a limited liability company — purchased the 38-foot-wide property at 226-228 E. 49th St. in April 2014 from the artist David Deutsch for $13.5 million.
That was about a year and a half before he wed the former child actress Mary-Kate Olsen — whose reception, which included “bowls and bowls filled with cigarettes, and everyone smoked the whole night,” appears to have been held in this same property. Just before their wedding, the couple began a full renovation of this home. But according to the New York Times, which reported news last summer of the 8,700-square-foot spread asking $11.5 million, that process stalled.
What’s more, Sarkozy — the half-brother of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy — and Olsen, 35, finalized their divorce in early 2021. The pair never moved in. But now, someone can — specifically, someone deep-pocketed enough to afford the asking price, more than $100,000 in annual property taxes and, yes, a renovation for the “architect ready” offering, as the listing describes it.The home has five floors of living space and just as many wood-burning fireplaces.
The listing images, though notably empty, show a painted — and 22-foot — coffered ceiling. Elsewhere, there are also dark wood panels, mirrored walls, a skylight and arched windows that lead outside. As for the private outdoor spaces, they include a 38-foot garden, according to the floorplan.