An extravagant Naples compound, owned by the family of late financier John Donahue, hit the sector at a history-environment cost.
The estate, identified as Gordon Pointe, dates back to the 1980s, when Donahue 1st laid eyes on the pristine stretch of land. He paid out $1 million for the parcel in 1985, inevitably transforming it into a 60-acre beachfront retreat.
Many years immediately after Donahue and his spouse Rhodora’s deaths, the loved ones is listing a 9-acre compound on the estate for a whopping $295 million, producing it the most highly-priced U.S. home on the open up sector, the Wall Avenue Journal claimed.
Dawn McKenna of Coldwell Banker Realty is the listing agent. The assets is becoming promoted in partnership with Leighton Candler of the Corcoran Team and Savills’ Rory McMullen.
Even if it trades for noticeably less than the inquiring value, it could established a national file for priciest household sale, beating Ken Griffin’s $238 million buy of a Manhattan penthouse in 2019.
The Naples compound incorporates 3 properties, just about every intended to harmonize with the encompassing pure magnificence. It characteristics 1,650 feet of waterfront — 730 ft on the Gulf aspect and 930 toes on Gordon Go and Naples Bay. The principal property, spanning 11,500 sq. ft, has 6 bedrooms, a screened-in pool and panoramic ocean sights.
Just one visitor property, spanning about 5,500 sq. ft, attributes five bedrooms and a pool. One more, developed in 2013, provides 5,800 square toes of dwelling space, its very own pool and a T-formed dock, accommodating up to 6 boats, the outlet reported.
Additional facilities consist of a 231-foot non-public yacht basin, gardens and out of doors entertaining areas.
Gordon Pointe sits inside of Naples’ prestigious Port Royal community, known for its privacy and exclusivity. The listing brokers consider the astronomical rate is justified, owing to the property’s site, private yacht basin, and the difficulty of assembling an estate of this scale.
—Quinn Donoghue
