The Winklevoss brothers, Tyler and Cameron may have purchased a penthouse in the SoHo neighborhood of New York City for $14.5 million. The penthouse was recently featured on an episode of "Million Dollar Listing."
The New York Observer reports that the triplex penthouse at 20 Greene Street was sold to Casterlirock Holdings LLC, a trust which gave the business address of the brothers' Delaware office.
But The Daily Mail directly refers to the Winklevoss brothers as the buyers.
The website reports that developer and owner Justin Ehrlich purchased the home less than a year ago for $9.57 million. Ehrlich reportedly wanted a 50 percent rate of return on the sale. Celebrity realtor Fredrik Eklund was appointed with the task of selling the home.
The Winklevoss brothers reportedly offered $13 million for the recently-renovated penthouse located at 20 Greene Street. However, neither Eklund nor Ehrlich was happy with the offer. In the show, Eklund was seen pitching the home to a batch of agents, who apparently convinced the brothers to raise their offer.
Listing records of the home state that the residence is a 4,324-square-foot, penthouse unit sitting atop the seven-story building. Comprised of three bedrooms and three and a half bathrooms, interiors of the residence feature Siberian hardwood floors, drywall ceilings and floor-to-ceiling glass windows with slider doors.
The floor plans of the residence reveal the entrance opens into a large living room. The level has a kitchen, a bedroom and a TV room as well. A swanky flight of stairs lead up to the upper level that has the master bedroom, which has an en-suite bathroom and his and her walk-in closets. Another bedroom and a utility storage room is also there on the level. There is a wrap-around terrace on the upper level. The third floor is the rooftop deck with ample seating areas.
The residence was listed with Douglas Elliman. The listing described the property as "Stunning and dramatic" with the "most exquisite finishes."
"Boundless, open views cascade through every window, with every landmark in the city from the WTC to the Empire State Building," the listing adds.
Check out the photos of the home here.
The purchase comes just after the Winklevoss brothers announced that they would soon list their publicly traded Bitcoin fund on NASDAQ! The brothers became early evangelists of the virtual currency claiming that it would one day be bigger than Facebook. If they manage to list the trust on the stock exchange, it would become the first Bitcoin fund to trade publicly.
