Posted on 04/07/2013 12:22:42 PM PDT by IbJensen
Chelsea Clinton and her husband, Marc Mezvinsky, are in contract to buy a $10.5 million apartment in The Whitman, at 21 East 26th St.
Come June, NoMad residents will be keeping up with the Clintons.
Chelsea Clinton and her husband, Marc Mezvinsky, are buying a sleek, $10.5 million apartment overlooking Madison Square Park, sources said.
The Whitman, first built in 1924, is near the couple's current place, a rented loft in Gramercy Park.
The 5,000-square-foot pad, in The Whitman at 21 E. 26th St., is just a few blocks from the couple's rented Gramercy Park loft. Sources said staying nearby was a top priority for the pair.
Last Sunday, Clinton, 33, and her husband, 35, planned to take a hush-hush tour of the New Georgian-style pre-war with her parents, former President Bill Clinton and ex-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Sources said the couple arranged a private tour of the building with Clinton's parents last Sunday and were surprised to find hardhats at work on a gut renovation. The former first family happily posed for pictures and shook hands.
Sources said the couple arranged a private tour of the building with Clinton's parents last Sunday and were surprised to find hardhats at work on a gut renovation. The former first family happily posed for pictures and shook hands.
But when they showed up, the building was swarming with construction workers, a source said.
The former first family wasn't ruffled, though, and shook hands and posed for pictures with the awestruck workers, the source said.
The four-bedroom, five-and-a-half bath spread is on the second floor and features oak floors, Italian marble bathrooms and elevator access.
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The bathrooms are Italian marble, and the building features a gym and an elevator. Clinton and Mezvinsky were impressed by the quiet block and tight security, a source said.
The bathrooms are Italian marble, and the building features a gym and an elevator. Clinton and Mezvinsky were impressed by the quiet block and tight security, a source said.
The living room has views of the north end of Madison Square Park, and there is a private gym downstairs.
A number of A-listers, including Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez, toured the digs before the Clintons and Mezvinsky jumped on it, a real estate source said. 
Clinton and her husband are set to close on the apartment in June.
Clinton and Mezvinsky liked the block's quiet vibe and tight security.
"It's a rare opportunity to live in a pre-war building with high ceiling and park views," a broker who has toured the building told the News.
The couple is set to close on the apartment in June.
The apartment was listed by two of Douglas Elliman's top brokers, Melanie Lazenby — whose father George played James Bond in one film — and Dina Lewis.
The Clinton’s hate anyone who has a dime more than they have, the crooks.
My main issue is that the non-penthouse apartments only have 6 windows. All those windows are spit between the living and bedroom. While the living room is absolutely spectacular with full views of the park, the bedroom faces an “alley”. It also means none of the other bedrooms have a single window. I remember thinking “hell, even prison cells have windows”.
When I first read this, I honestly thought she was getting the penthouse for 10. Good for the developer that scammed these idiots...
Those evil little eyes and that 1950 Buick grille of teeth.
I’d rather stand on train tracks at midnight & watch a three eyed locomotive bear down on me at 120 MPH than look at that again, but
“What has been seen, cannot be unseen.”
This is one of the prettiest and trendiest neighborhoods in Manhattan - it’s called Chelsea. I lived to the east of Madison Square for several years - an absolutely lovely little park.
Interesting! But I imagine Chels and her on-again-off-again hubbie will be jetsetting around the world with an occasional stop over in the Big Apple. So it’ll be a just little pied-a-terre.
I think that the GSA got a lot of it back but my no means all.
The Clintons in my opinion are white trash and prove it every day.
To think that she is going to run for Pres. in 2016 makes my blood run cold.
I had the same question. That's a pretty nice chunk of change. Mom and dad cashed in big time but I'd imagine $10 million is a pretty heft slice of their net worth, and much more than they could transfer to Chelsea. Maybe there's a family trust involved, and the trust is buying the condo. That would explain why Bill & Hill were along on the tour.
It's also interesting to note that Chelsea has now retired from real gainful employment and is a nepotism hire for dad's foundation. I wonder what that gig pays.
I can't help myself, I'd like to know the source of Chelsea's wealth.
Chelsea will doubtless denounce those evil rich fatcats when Mommy runs for President in 2016. Anybody who brings up her cushy digs will be stamped as “mean-spirited”.
My four bedroom house is 2500 feet. Now with just my wife and me, there are rooms that go unused for weeks.
What the hell do they need 5000 sq ft for?
Maybe that is bought from the $1 trillion missing that her mother has been hiding overseas.
Hard work and thriftines have finally paid off for these American youngsters.
‘LOL. Good one. She made lots of money from being a hedge fund-er herself. Companies go broke; she banks much.’
will the MSM bring that little nugget up that they threw at Romney like a poison dart, when Chelsea runs to succeed her mother as President in 2024 ? don’t hold your breath.
Thank you for that personal knowledge.
For me, there is no way that I could live in or even near a big city. I love being on my mountain out in the country. If I were to spend $10m on a place to live, I would buy a Ranch on a thousand acres and a cabin on an beach at the ocean. I would buy a Prevost bus with a trailer to tow my fast sports car, red.
During the early 40’s, my grandparents (mom’s parents), moved from upstate NY to the Oregon coast when they were a young couple. My grandmother missed NY and would talk about it at the drop of a hat. She loved it all. I might have been interested in the countryside, but the big city life has never appealed to me.... I’d rather drive for 15 minutes, launch my boat and go fishing. ;>)
If I had 10.5 million, I’d by a nice house in the country with lots of land and live on the interest from the remaining 10 million.
Because they can.
My 4-br house is 2,400 sqft, for two adults, nine children, and I've lost count of the pets. We wouldn't need this much area if it were laid out more efficiently.
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