The most expensive estate in a Connecticut town dubbed “the city of billionaires” has hit the market for $49.5 million.
Greenwich, Connecticut is home to several billionaires and has a median income of more than $700,000 and a median home price of $2.3 million, according to Top ten real estate deals.
And if you have 25 times that amount of cash, a Georgian colonial-style mansion can be yours for $49.5 million.
Brought to you by Jennifer Leahy from Douglas EllimanThe estate sits on 1.6 waterfront acres along the Long Island Sound on Indian Field Road. The seller is former Cantor Fitzgerald trader Chris Cercy, who lived in the property with his wife Leason.
“This is a house you want to be in – it’s great for just relaxing – you have a beautiful life on the water,” Leahy shared Mansion Global.
A Georgian Colonial-style mansion hit the market for $49.5 million, making it the most expensive home in Greenwich, Connecticut
The beautiful stone property was bought in 2012 for about a fifth of its current price by Cantor Fitzgerald trader Chris Cercy and his wife Leason.
Listed by Jennifer Leahy of Douglas Elliman, the estate sits on 1.6 waterfront acres along the Long Island Sound on Indian Field Road
Outside there is a swimming pool, a jetty, a private beach and a bay where you can swim and other water activities such as kayaking or fishing
The sellers undertook a gut renovation and added approximately 3,500 square feet to the original structure in 2014
The 12,492-square-foot home features a huge kitchen with a center island
“Not only is the scenery incredible, but the great thing about Mead Point is that it’s just a little bit further off the highway, so you just have a really peaceful place.”
“You see animal migration, you see ospreys hunting in the summer, you see crabs coming ashore,” she said.
After 17 years of employment, Chris Crecy sued Cantor Fitzgerald in September, alleging the company used excessive non-compete restrictions to improperly withhold approximately $17 million in partnership payments after his departure. Bloomberg.
Listing records show the Crecys purchased the home in 2012 for $10.6 million. They undertook a gut renovation and added approximately 3,500 square feet to the original structure in 2014.
Ole Skaarup, who he said was considered one of the most charismatic and innovative shipping managers of the post-war era The Maritime Executivelived in the house until his death in 2010.
“Everything is new,” Leahy said. ‘Anything that honors the past, honors the past, it is not the past.’
‘[The Crecy’s had] nice with some color and some accent choices, which makes the house, even though it is formal, very warm,” she said.
Inside the 12,492-square-foot home there are six bedrooms, six bathrooms and two half-baths.
The primary suite has two walk-in closets, a sitting area, a spa-like bath with sauna and an oversized balcony with water views.
There is a huge kitchen with a center island, a great room with palm trees painted on the walls, a study with wood paneling, an office space and a gym.
Outside there is a swimming pool, a jetty, a private beach and a bay where you can swim and do other water activities such as kayaking or fishing.
The great room has palm trees on the walls and views of the Long Island Sound
There are six bedrooms, six bathrooms, two half bathrooms and a home office (pictured)
Within the estate is a wood-paneled den
The primary suite has two walk-in closets and a sitting area
There is a spa-like bathroom with sauna and an oversized balcony with water views in the master suite
In March, a mega-mansion in the same neighborhood, owned by a multimillionaire tycoon who helped launch the Gray Goose vodka brand, was put on the market for $28.5 million.
The 17,878-square-foot home has 10 bedrooms, 16 bathrooms and five half-bathrooms.
The Georgian mansion, listed by Rob Johnson of Brown Harris Stevens, also includes a library, gym, children’s playroom, wine cellar, golf simulator room, laundry room, two swimming pools (one for adults and one for children), hot tub. and garage for 30 cars.
Originally owned by John Frank – the nephew of Sidney Frank, the man who created the beloved alcoholic drink and the company’s former vice chairman – it is now for sale and fit for a king or queen.