Ron Perelman re-lists $60M NYC townhouse
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Ron Perelman has been trying to unload several assets in the last few years in an effort to live a simpler life.
In January 2022, the banker and Revlon boss, once worth nearly $20 billion, sold off his his longtime oceanfront Hamptons estate for a whopping $84.5 million. The now-80-year-old had hoped to get his initial asking price of $115 million — but he still walked away with a sizable profit.
His downsizing efforts also included the sale of his 70% stake in Humvee maker AM General in July 2020, as well as the auctioning of paintings by Joan Miró and Henri Matisse for $37.3 million that same month.
Despite it all, Perelman can’t seem to find a buyer for his townhouse at 36 E. 63rd St. on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.
The property first listed for sale back in April 2021 for $60 million. Two years later, the home has gone on and off the market, never wavering from the hefty price tag.
It recently re-listed on Friday, April 28.
Before it even hit the market in 2021, he was quietly shopping the townhouse for around $65 million — along with a smaller, connected townhouse for a total of around $75 million, a source previously told The Post.
The sprawling spread had been Perelman’s primary residence until a few years ago, when he moved to a smaller space more conducive to raising his two youngest children with his wife, psychiatrist Anna Chapman, the source added.
The two properties are connected by a doorway and stairs. But the second, smaller residence is not currently on the market.
In a rare statement to Vanity Fair in August 2020, Perelman revealed he wanted to live a “a less complicated and less leveraged business life.”
“A simpler life, with less running around and more time with my family, including home schooling our youngest children, has energized me and taught me new things,” Perelman said. “For the future, I will spend my time more with my family and all my children, seeking new investment opportunities, and running our companies.”
Made up of 16,000 square feet, the Neo-Georgian limestone and red brick property is 40 feet wide — which, by New York City standards, makes it a mansion.
It was built around 1930 as a private club for aviators, known as the Hangar Club.
The first floor features a “book-lined” study, a family room, an eat-in chef’s kitchen — and a garden with a waterfall and a glass pavilion.
The second floor is anchored by an expansive living room with two fireplaces on either side, a library, a dining room and bow-fronted windows overlooking 63rd Street.
The third floor is a dedicated primary bedroom suite.
The fourth and fifth floors provide a total of six additional bedrooms, each with an ensuite bath, the listing notes.
Overall, there are 10 bedrooms and 11 baths.
There’s also a landscaped roof. Infrastructure includes “office grade elevator cabins,” a dumb waiter and a second staircase.
The basement level features a screening room, a wine cellar, a gym, a laundry room, storage and a staff kitchen — and there’s also a service door and a security office.
Sami Hassoumi with Brown Harris Stevens has the listing.
Last September, the financier sold his 39% stake in Scientific Games, which makes gaming equipment for the casino industry. Perelman has also sold his pet publishing project, the Independent, a money-losing but popular East Hampton paper in June.
Perelman has been married five times and has eight children.
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