Upper East Side Wildenstein Mansion Listed for $100 Million

UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — For just $100 million one lucky Upper East Side homebuyer can live in a mansion that Qatar was once slated to purchase. Yes, Qatar the country.

The East 64th Street Wildenstein & Co. mansion is back on the market, according to a listing from the real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield. The building is now owned by the Wildenstein family of billionaire French art dealers.

The family had agreed to sell the mansion to Qatar in 2014 for $90 million, Bloomberg reported. But the deal fell through when Qatar — which was planning to establish a consulate in the building — backed out due to concerns over Wildenstein money laundering allegations, according the the report. The Wildenstein family later sued the country and settled out of court.

But it appears as if the failed sale has not diminished the property's value as it's back on the market at a $10 million increase. Maybe there's another oil-rich country out there looking for a place on the Upper East side.

The building's listing boasts luxury features such as a limestone-clad exterior, 20-foot ceilings and a paneled elevator that reaches every floor. The mansion is also in the vicinity of a number of luxury retail stores such as Chanel, Goyard, Alexander McQueen, Loro Piana, Givenchy, Hermes and Graff, according to the listing.

[Photo: Google Maps street view circa May 2016]