With Election Day two weeks out and early voting in motion, Harris and Trump are in the news 24/7. However, while seeing headlines revolve around polls, final campaign pushes, and speeches is expected, something that wasn’t on our bingo card for election season was to hear that Trump’s former Greenwich, Connecticut residence has finally changed hands.
The opulent coastal estate has been on and off the market for roughly 10 years (once seeking as much as $54 million) and just sold for $31.5 million to a mystery buyer. Robert and Suzanne Steinberg are the sellers, according to the New York Post. They purchased the 5.8-acre property in 1998 from Ivana Trump, who originally picked it up with the Republican presidential candidate in 1982. The Trumps bought it for $4 million, with the Steinbergs later paying $15 million for it.
The Steinbergs completed renovations during their long tenure here and toned down the flashy, gilded interiors left by the Trump clan. While some statement chandeliers and jewel-toned carpeting were stripped away, the circa-1939 mansion with nearly 20,000 square feet of living space still screams grandeur.
A large motor court, manicured landscaping, and water views frame the white brick manor as you drive up. Inside, the eight-bedroom home brims with all the signs of luxury including an imperial staircase, substantial woodwork and fireplaces, a classic white kitchen, and amenities such as a movie theater and indoor lap pool. Meanwhile, the grounds have a country club-esque appeal. There’s a tennis court, large pool, putting green, and dock for boating as well as 750 feet of water frontage in total.
Though, that doesn’t mean things will stay just as they are. Joseph Barbieri of Sotheby’s International Realty, who represented the buyers together with Leslie McElwreath, told the NY Post, “They will, in the next few months, decide on what’s going to happen to it, and whether they will build a new property. The land itself is worth what they paid for.”
Rob Johnson of Brown Harris Stevens represented the sellers.
