A pair of neighboring waterfront properties spanning greater than 13 acres set a brand new document for the tony Connecticut enclave of Westport.
Collectively, the Beachside Avenue plots offered for $45 million, based on itemizing agent Leslie Clarke of Compass. The sellers, former commodity dealer Andrew Bentley and his spouse Fiona Garland, constructed the sprawling waterfront dwelling on 120-122 Beachside Avenue and commissioned a 75-foot pool on the neighboring property, together with a recent barn.
One of many properties was beforehand owned by TV persona Phil Donahue and his spouse, actress Marlo Thomas, which Bentley and Garland purchased for $20 million in 2013. They bought the opposite for one more $20 million in 2010, based on property data.
One other of the well-known couple’s former properties, at 114 Beachside Avenue, held the previous price record for the area when it offered for $25 million in 2006.
Spanning over 11,000 sq. toes and sitting on over six acres, the mansion at 120-122 Beachside Avenue initially hit the market alone in 2020, asking $28 million. After popping on and off the market over the following a number of years, it returned at the beginning of this yr asking $25 million.
The house has 5 bedrooms, six bogs and a four-car storage.
Clarke mentioned that combining the properties offered a “distinctive alternative for the client to have nearly 14 acres that couldn’t have occurred anyplace else.”
Bentley and Garland seem like attempting to liquidate their holdings on the unique stretch of street working alongside the Lengthy Island Sound. The pair additionally listed the previous properties of disgraced movie producer Harvey Weinstein for $21 million in 2023.
These properties, at 26 and 28 Beachside Avenue, offered for over $17 million mixed in separate however associated transactions, based on Clarke. Bentley and Garland purchased them for $16 million in 2018.
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