“Shark Tank” star Barbara Corcoran, 76, first obtained a glimpse of her dream residence in 1992.
She was operating Corcoran Realty on the time and was delivering letters for a messenger service as a facet job to assist pay her payments. One in all her duties was delivering an envelope to an condo on the highest ground of a constructing on Fifth Avenue and 97th Road.
When Corcoran entered the condo, she was impressed by its terrace with views of Central Park. She gave the house’s proprietor her envelope and instructed her to name if she ever considered promoting the unit.
“I walked in and noticed this inexperienced, lush terrace by means of the French doorways, and stated to the girl who let me in, ‘When you’re ever going to promote this, would you promote it to me?'” Corcoran instructed The New York Instances in a earlier interview.
Greater than twenty years later, she obtained a cellphone name: The house’s proprietor was able to promote. Corcoran purchased the 4,600-square-foot two-story penthouse condo for $10 million in 2015 and renovated it for an extra $2 million over the following 18 months.
Now she’s saying goodbye, she says, due to the condo’s curved staircase—she and her husband, Invoice Higgins, 80, a former FBI agent, are discovering the steps troublesome to navigate. The pair discovered a brand new condo, a single-story penthouse in the identical neighborhood of Carnegie Hill, to name residence.
Corcoran instructed The New York Instances on Tuesday that she has listed her penthouse on the market for $12 million, barely decrease than what she spent shopping for and renovating it, however a “truthful value” in her estimation. Month-to-month upkeep charges value round $11,000.
The condo has 5 bedrooms, 5 full baths, and two half baths. Corcoran fully revamped the house to incorporate options like a library with a wood-burning fire, a butler’s pantry, and a full kitchen off the terrace.
“The condo is laid out like a multilevel jewel field,” Corcoran dealer Scott Stewart, who’s co-listing the condo, instructed The Instances.
Corcoran has beforehand been keen about her love of the duplex condo. In a 2022 interview with TikTok star Caleb Simpson, Corcoran stated she sat within the condo’s kitchen each day and thought to herself, “How fortunate am I?”
“By no means ever did I feel I’d have such a fairly kitchen,” Corcoran instructed Simpson.
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Corcoran has just lately misplaced a house resulting from fires. She revealed in January that fires in LA had destroyed her $800,000 cellular residence in Tahitian Terrace Cellular House Park.
Corcoran beforehand disclosed that she makes about $4.5 million a 12 months from her investments, together with earnings she has made as a “Shark Tank” investor for 16 years. The millionaire bought her actual property firm, The Corcoran Group, for $66 million in 2001 and has since closed 650 offers on “Shark Tank.”
