Billionaire Ken Griffin, Illinois’ richest man, has purchased a New York City penthouse for roughly $238 million, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.
The deal sets a record for the most expensive home ever sold in the United States.
Griffin paid $58.75 million in November 2018 for the top four floors in the recently completed Near North condominium building at 9 W. Walton St., known as No. 9 Walton.
Public records show that Griffin paid $21.17 million for that building’s penthouse unit on the 38th floor, and he paid $12.95 million for the entire 37th floor. Griffin paid $12.13 million for the entire 36th floor and $12.5 million for the 7,100-square-foot 35th floor.
Whether one considers the sales all as one combined $58.75 million purchase or considers them as four individual sales whose highest-priced one is the $21 million-plus penthouse unit, the deal became the highest-priced Chicago-area home sale.
According to The Wall Street Journal, Griffin’s New York property is in 220 Central Park South and covers roughly 24,000 square feet. The high-rise is between Seventh Avenue and Broadway and is still under construction.