Been counter: The ex-deputy mayor (inset) bought her West Village townhouse for almost $19 million.
Helayne Seidman; Angel Chevrestt
Now that’s an funding!
Vicki Been, de Blasio’s ex-deputy mayor for housing and financial improvement and a former commissioner of NYC’s division of housing preservation and improvement, and her husband, NYU’s Richard Revesz, have quietly bought their ultra-posh West Village townhouse for a whopping $18.8 million, The Submit has discovered.
“We would have liked to downsize, and naturally we're staying in New York Metropolis,” Been stated.
The townhouse, at 230 W. eleventh St., is on the West Village’s gold coast, which has change into downtown’s Billionaires’ Row, as The Submit beforehand reported. It was an off-market deal. The facility couple initially purchased the gorgeous townhouse from NYU’s College of Regulation Basis for a mere $1.88 million in 2002.
They’ve stayed tight with NYU ever since. Whereas Been will now not be working for the town, she stated that she will probably be at NYU’s Furman Heart for Actual Property and City Coverage, the place she is at present listed on its web site as school director.
Her husband, Revesz, is dean emeritus of NYU’s legislation college. He's additionally govt director of the Institute for Coverage Integrity at NYU College of Regulation, which is a suppose tank that he based in 2008.
The townhouse is close to Softbank CEO Marcelo Claure’s mansion at 269 W. eleventh St and in addition by Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick’s megamansion, at 273 and 275 W. eleventh St.
It’s additionally close to Liv Tyler’s former palace at 255 W. eleventh St., which she bought to Eater founder and Resy co-founder Ben Leventhal. Been declined to touch upon the deal.
The stately 25-foot-wide, single-family mansion is three tales tall and three,300 sq. ft. It was inbuilt 1915.
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