They sold the most expensive house in New York's history: 238 million dollars – 26/01/2019

Billionaire Kenneth Griffin has paid $ 238 million for a luxury penthouse located in the exclusive neighborhood of Central Park, in New York. The ground, 7300 square meters, is part of the 300-meter high skyscraper built by architect Robert A.M.Stern.

With the purchase, Griffin – founder in 1990 of the investment fund Citadel, based in Chicago, will move to 220 Central Park South and will have as neighbor Sting and his wife among other celebrities. The tycoon broke the city's previous record which was in the hands of Michael Dell, owner of the Dell tech company, who had bought another apartment on 57th Street for $ 100 million.

But also the national brand: it was in the hands of another colleague, also dedicated to investment funds. Barry Rosenstein paid his home to the Hamptons for 137 million dollars in 2014.

However, this apartment will not be your definitive home. Griffin has paid 58 million euros for a condominium to House Faena, in Miami, a luxurious residence signed by Foster + Partners and developed by the Argentine company Alan Faena. He also spent the same amount on one apartment in Chicago and another in London.

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Hardly completed, the tower occupies a privileged place on the horizon of New York. The architects point out that the 18-storey building called La Villa and the 300-meter-high tower that stands behind combine a clbadic style and connect with each other through a pbadageway with arcades.

"The two volumes share a common palette of Alabama's silver limestone and a pattern of ornaments and metal windows, embellished with balconies and terraces." Unlike some neighboring developments, the 220 Central Park is part of from a family of traditional buildings that generations and generations, "point out the designers.