Ben Stiller’s New York City Apartment Finds a Buyer

Actor Ben Stiller has found a buyer for his apartment at 150 Charles Street in Manhattan.

The West Village condo, asking $14.5 million, is listed as in contract on the website of listing agency Douglas Elliman. Mr. Stiller paid $15.3 million for the unit in 2016 through an entity called Riverside Trust, property records show. It was listed for sale earlier this month, according to listings website StreetEasy.

The contract price is unknown. A spokeswoman for the actor didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

The roughly 3,400-square-foot apartment has four bedrooms, according to the listing. It has a private elevator vestibule leading to a great room with views of the Hudson River. The large kitchen and breakfast room are outfitted with Alabama white marble and have appliances including a 78-bottle Subzero wine refrigerator. The primary bedroom has an adjoining private study with New York Harbour views, the listing says.

Celebrities have long been drawn to 150 Charles Street. The condominium, which has factory-style windows in a nod to the building’s industrial past, includes roughly 40,000 square feet of amenities, including a 75-foot swimming pool, a professional spa, a fitness centre with a yoga studio and a juice bar, according to the listing. Rocker Jon Bon Jovi sold his three-bedroom condo there in 2018 for about $15 million.

The Anderson-Ehrmann Team at Douglas Elliman had the listing. Team member Bruce Ehrmann declined to comment.

Mr. Stiller, 56, is best known for films such as “Tropic Thunder,” “Zoolander” and “Meet the Fockers.” He recently produced and directed a number of episodes for the television show “Severance.”

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt is selling his Northern California estate, which was listed Monday for $24.5 million.

Located in Atherton, an extremely affluent town northwest of Palo Alto and about 30 miles south of San Francisco, the 3.36-acre property is made up of three parcels that Schmidt acquired over the years, according to public records and Compass, who has the listing.

Schmidt, 69, and his wife, businesswoman Wendy Schmidt, purchased the main home in 1990 for $2 million, according to public records accessed via PropertyShark. They remodelled the 1969 home in 2007, and at that time, bought a neighbouring parcel of land, allowing an expansion of the main house and the addition of a guest house, according to Compass, who holds the listing. A third parcel was later acquired, on which the Schmidts added an English garden house and landscaped grounds overlooking the Eastern Hills.

“Finding three contiguous parcels in Atherton is rare. Even rarer are those with views of the Eastern hills,” said listing agent Katharine Carroll of the reSolve Group at Compass. “The location of this residence is ultra private, at the back of a cul-de-sac with the main house built into a hillside that provides privacy and very good security.”

Across the estate, there are five bedrooms, five full bathrooms and six half bathrooms.

The 5,265-square-foot main house also offers a number of private outdoor spaces on its upper level, including a large terrace off the primary suite, another large terrace off a secondary bedroom, plus a third smaller terrace and two balconies.

Behind the main house is a patio with a pool and spa. For even more outdoor space, there’s an entertaining pavilion, an open lawn and an outdoor fireplace area near the guest quarters.

The grounds themselves are also a standout feature, with an array of mature plants and specimen trees. The upper portion of the property’s landscaping is designed around an Amdega-designed conservatory, which was imported from the U.K. Around the greenhouse, there is a garden of raised beds and fruit trees, Carroll said.

“From the moment you step onto the grounds, it feels as if you’ve been transported to a private botanical sanctuary,” she said.

Schmidt served as Google’s CEO from 2001 to 2011, and then became the company’s executive chairman until 2015. He could not be reached for comment.

This article first appeared on Mansion Global

Ben Stiller’s New York City Apartment Finds a Buyer

The roughly 3,400-square-foot condo in the West Village has views of the Hudson River and New York Harbor