Real Estate

Jacqueline Kennedy's Childhood Upper East Side Home Sells For $25 M: Report

The duplex unit in one of Park Avenue's most prestigious buildings had been on the market since 2014.

UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — After three years on the market the Park Avenue apartment that First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis called home as a child has finally sold.

The duplex unit, located in prestigious 740 Park Ave., closed for $25.25 million Thursday, the Wall Street Journal first reported. The property was originally listed for upwards of $40 million in 2014, according to a realtor.com listings.

The apartment was previously owned by embattled hedge funder David Ganek, whose firm Level Global Investors had been closed after a federal raid in 2010, the Wall Street Journal reported. Ganek and his wife Danielle bought the apartment for $19.1 million in 2005, according to the report.

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The four-bedroom, seven-bathroom unit is located on 740 Park Ave.'s sixth and seventh floors and features a state-of-the-art kitchen and master suite overlooking Park Avenue. All of the apartment's original architectural details have been restored to "museum quality."

Check out some photos of 740 Park Ave. Apt 6&7 A courtesy of realtor.com:

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Read the Wall Street Journal report here.

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