David Rockefeller's Upper East Side Mansion Finds Buyer

UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — The Upper East Side mansion of David Rockefeller — the late businessman, philanthropist and heir of the Rockefeller fortune — has found a buyer, according to a real estate listing.

The double-wide red brick mansion, located on East 65th Street between Third and Lexington avenues, is under contract for sale, according to the luxury residential real estate firm Brown Harris Stevens. The home hit the market at $32.5 million in June and its asking price was cut to $27 prior to the sale, according to listings.

The buyer is currently unknown.

The four-story home contains 9,777 square feet of above-ground interior space, 2,465 square feet of basement space and 2,958 square feet of outside space, according to the listing. The home contains eight bedrooms, eight-and-a-half bathrooms and six staff bedrooms.

Rockefeller died of congestive heart failure in March. The businessman was frequently listed among the wealthiest people in the world by Forbes Magazine. Rockefeller, who died the day the 2017 list of the world's billionaires was published. He was listed at No. 581 for 2017, with a net worth of 3.3 billion.

His brother, the late Nelson A. Rockefeller, was a four-time governor of New York and served as vice president under President Gerald Ford.

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