Michael Dell Paid a Record $100.47 Million for Manhattan’s One57 Penthouse
Michael Dell was the buyer behind the $100.47 million purchase of a penthouse on Manhattan’s Billionaire’s Row, according to two people familiar with the deal. The transaction, which closed in 2014, holds the record for the most expensive home ever sold in New York City.
.. Located in One57, a more than 1,000-foot-tall glass tower on West 57th Street, the duplex apartment totals 10,923 square feet with six bedrooms and six bathrooms, according to an offering plan for the project.
.. It is the first and only property in the city to break the $100 million barrier, public records show, but that record is widely expected to be broken by the sale of a penthouse at a nearby project at 220 Central Park South, which has not yet closed.
.. Last year, Mr. Dell entered into contract to buy another penthouse in Boston. The property is in the Four Seasons Private Residences One Dalton Street and had been on the market for close to $40 million.
.. also bought a $10.9 million condo at Boston’s Millennium Tower in 2016, records show, following a $60 billion deal by his company to acquire EMC, based in Hopkinton, Mass.