Filed under: Famous Homes, Celebrity Homes
Apparently, her apartment in Gramercy Park wasn't enough for the Eat, Pray, Love star.Stars -- they're just like us! They buy groceries, take their kids to the playground and own two Manhattan pied-a-terres.
Wait, what?
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The stunning Julia Roberts has just spent $3.895 million on a penthouse apartment in the charming Greenwich Village neighborhood in Manhattan. We wouldn't count this as all-out luxury for the star if it wasn't for the fact that she already has an apartment 10 blocks away in the Gramercy Park 'hood. She also happens to only spend a fraction of her time in New York. (Most of her life takes place in California and New Mexico).
Maybe it was the new apartment building's amenities that sold her -- a rooftop terrace and resident-only garage. Or it might have been memories of the neighborhood -- in 1999, Roberts bought a nine-room apartment one block away from the new apartment.
And in more wild speculation: Is the Roberts-Moder family planning a permenant move to New York? This building is close to the tony preschools and elementary schools in Greenwich Village (twins Hazel and Phinnaeus will be six this year; son Henry is three and a half). It's on tree-lined West 10th Street, which is dotted with mostly single family homes, and we're going to guess that there's enough space to house the brood quite comfortably. Now, if only, we could help with the design...
For more on celebrity's on the move, don't miss:
- Nicole Kidman Has a Penthouse of Her Own
- Rob Lowe's House Wows
- Pete Sampras' California House For Sale
And check out Luxist's news that Kevin Jonas put his Texas home up for sale.