The Obamas could be looking to buy an apartment in a historic Upper East Side apartment building in Manhattan.
Multiple sources told Page Six that the former President and first lady have been looking at an apartment in 10 Gracie Square.
There are currently four apartments for sale in the building, one of which is a penthouse where author Jean Stein and Carter Vanderbilt-Cooper jumped to their deaths.
In 1988 Carter Vanderbilt-Cooper – the brother of Anderson Cooper and the son of Gloria Vanderbilt, who owned the apartment, – came into her bedroom after an afternoon nap and seemed distraught before running to the balcony and jumping to his death.
A few years later Vanderbilt sold the penthouse to Stein, who then jumped to her death in May 2017.
The Obamas are looking to buy an apartment in a historic Upper East Side apartment building in Manhattan. They are pictured together in Hawaii in December 2016
Multiple sources told Page Six that the former President and first lady have been looking at an apartment in 10 Gracie Square, pictured
There are currently four apartments for sale in the building, one of which is a penthouse where author Jean Stein and Carter Vanderbilt-Cooper jumped to their deaths. In 1988 the son of Gloria Vanderbilt, who owned the apartment, came into her bedroom after an afternoon nap and seemed distraught before running to the balcony and jumping to his death. A few years later Vanderbilt sold the penthouse to Stein, who then jumped to her death in May 2017
Of the four apartments that are up for sale, one went under contract last week.
Real estate insiders have speculated that this could be the Obamas’ new apartment, according to Page Six, but that has not been confirmed.
The apartment is a duplex worth $10million designed by architect Daniel Romualdez.
It has five bedrooms, four bathrooms, a library with a wood-burning fireplace and views of the East River and Queens.
The historic apartment building was built in 1930 and is between East End Avenue and East River Drive. It is also near the mayor’s home.
The building, which the former first couple have allegedly been to for multiple viewings, has 43 apartments and 15 floors.
Multiple notables have lived there in the past – including Gloria Vanderbilt, conductor Andre Kostelanetz and New Yorker critic Alexander Woollcott.
At the time the building was completed residents could dock their boats outside. It has been home to old New York families from Whitney to Mellons, as well as Madame Chiang Kai-shek.
And now the Obamas could join that list.
The historic apartment building was built in 1930 and is between East End Avenue and East River Drive. It is also near the mayor’s home
The building, which the former first couple have allegedly been to for multiple viewings, has 43 apartments and 15 floors. One of the four apartments for sale is pictured
Of the four apartments that are up for sale, one went under contract last week. Pictured is one of the four that are up for sale
Real estate insiders have speculated that a $10million duplex could be the Obamas’ new apartment, according to Page Six, but that has not been confirmed. Pictured is one of the rooms in an apartment that is up for sale
The apartment that is currently under contract has five bedrooms, four bathrooms, a library with a wood-burning fireplace and views of the East River and Queens
What is likely one of the most attractive aspects of the apartment complex is an underground drive-in garage which could allow the couple to enter and exit their apartment safely and without having to step outside. Pictured is the master bedroom in one of the apartments which is up for sale
Barack and Michelle could easily afford the apartment – given that the bidding rights for their joint book deal was upwards of $60million
What is likely one of the most attractive aspects of the apartment complex is an underground drive-in garage which could allow the couple to enter and exit their apartment safely and without having to step outside.
The building also has a gym and indoor basketball court.
Barack and Michelle can easily afford the apartment – given that the bidding rights for their joint book deal was upwards of $60million.
Earlier this year the couple purchased a nine-bedroom, 8,200-square-foot mansion in a wealthy Washington, DC neighborhood for $8.1million.