Wall Street Journal Posts Some Rupert Murdoch News
Media baron is selling the penthouse he never moved into.
No more Bond villain digs for Rupert Murdoch.
Per Wall Street Journal reporter Candace Taylor, Murdoch has decided to get rid of a penthouse lair purchased this time last year. He will hang on to an adjacent three-bedroom apartment on the 57th floor of One Madison, but is jettisoning floors 58 through 60. From her item:
The triplex is roughly 6,850 square feet. Purchased as raw space and currently under construction, it has a wraparound terrace and views of the Hudson and East rivers, the Empire State Building and the World Trade Center.
The aggregate original purchase price was $57.25 million; the new listing price for the penthouse is $72 million. According to Taylor, Murdoch is opting for a renovated $25 million downtown townhouse instead, which he closed on last month. In the article comments, there is already some advice:
Carl Castrogiovanni: Uh oh! Queue the haters.
Dear WSJ Editors: Just shut down the comments section right now. The anti-rich, anti-mansion idiots are bad enough, but with Rupert’s name on this one, the brain-dead haters will be apoplectic in here…
Great scoop @CandaceETaylor. @rupertmurdoch selling One Madison penthouse for $72M http://t.co/zIMkEfqoys pic.twitter.com/w5YDvWZWpH
— Leigh Kamping-Carder (@Leigh_KC) April 16, 2015
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