Posted on 09/17/2024 9:43:14 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
After years of trying to unload his Florida mansion, Billy Joel has finally struck a deal. The Piano Man has found a buyer for his sprawling pad after a six-year saga of price changes and market re-listings, The Post has learned. Joel snagged the oceanfront Manalapan property for $22.1 million in 2015. But the price tag saw major fluctuations in value — first hitting the market for $33 million in 2018, reemerging in 2022 at a whopping $64.9 million and falling by $10 million by January 2024. The final listing settled at $49.9 million. The purchase price? Still under wraps, since the sale is in contract, meaning the transaction has not yet closed. Reps for Joel declined to comment on the pending sale. Christian Angle, of Christian Angle Real Estate, had the listing and didn’t respond to a message seeking comment. Despite the back-and-forth prices, the estate — located some 13 miles from Palm Beach — screams luxury. Sitting on 1.61 acres, this Mediterranean-style beauty was built in 2010 and boasts a jaw-dropping 13,349 square feet of pure grandeur. Spread across three stories, it offers nine bedrooms, 11 full bathrooms and a guest house to boot. Guests arriving through the fountained terrace are greeted by a two-story foyer featuring a sparkling crystal chandelier. The home’s interior is decked out with coffered ceilings, white stonework and a sweeping double staircase framed by sleek black railings.
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13,300 sq feet? You could house 600 migrants there.
Well, we’re living here in Allentown
And they’re closing all the factories down
Out in Bethlehem, they’re killing time
Filling out forms, standing in line
You know those lights were bright on Broadway
That was so many years ago
Before we all lived here in Florida
Before the Mafia took over Mexico
There are not many who remember
They say a handful still survive
To tell the world about
The way the lights went out
And keep the memory alive
Who needs a house out in Hackensack?
I never cared for that song..............
The best thing about the live version, is Liberty DeVitto’s drumming.
And the idiot NY Judge valued all of Mar a Lago, and the golf course for $18 MM.
Allentown. A reporter asked: “In “Allentown” one of the lines is “They’ve taken all the coal from the ground”. “I’m from Allentown and there’s no coal there”. Oops!
Heard it said on the radio. True?
Just think....Billy Joel was able to be a huge success and accumulate a fortune without appearing NEARLY NAKED in his performances....not going to mention any names but someone now getting a large amount of publicity for just that!!!
BUT~~~~~just look at all the money SHE has!!! Still not going to mention names!
I’d go out of my way to listen to Billy Joel in concert - wouldn’t walk across the street for the other....
“”You could house 600 migrants there.””
That’s next on Kamala’s agenda.....We’ll be in “Doctor Zhivago” days!
Can’t blame him for moving from NY to Florida, it’s a stampede.
BUT~~~~~just look at all the money SHE has!!! Still not going to mention names!
"It's me. Hi. I'm the problem, it's me."
So his investment may be only doubled instead of tripled (offset by inflation, of course). Poor guy. Well, he better have paid all that unrealized capital gain in the meantime! No refunds!
The song was about another town. I think it was Scranton. He selected Allentown, artistic license.
Billy benefitted from having a fantastic band, which he treated like dirt. I lost a lot of respect for him because of that.
Meh...my backyard is bigger.
I thought he lived in Ventura. I would see him around once in a while when I did some construction projects. But that was 25 years ago.... Can’t blame him for moving out of California.
Can’t blame him for moving out of California.
Los Angelenos all come from somewhere.
Scranton is also home to a branch of a failing mid-cap regional paper and office supply distributor with an emphasis on servicing small-business clients.
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