Janklow Townhouse Finally Sold!
by habituallychic
01 . 07 . 10
Turns out that Luke and Julie Janklow are indeed divorcing. According to Page 6 today, the couple also just sold their beautiful townhouse in the West Village for $17.9 million which nets them quite a tidy profit since they only paid $4.5 for it in 2004. What recession right?!
As I’m sure you remember, the townhouse features white marble floors and was completely renovated. You can see more photos in my old post about it here.
The new buyers are developer Ara Hovnanian and his artist wife Rachel Lee Hovnanian. They just sold their apartment at 850 Fifth Avenue for just under $35 million. It was designed by the Dutch designer Piet Boon. The apartment and one of Rachel’s paintings even graced the cover of his book above. It was mostly black and white as you can see from the follow photos so it looks like they will be right at home in the Janklow’s old townhouse. I just hope they don’t get rid of the beautiful Gracie wallpaper in the office! 
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Oh girl, I missed your original post on the former home owners remodel but I am about to devour it, looks great! Sad to hear of the split though although I guess they can wipe their tears with dollar bills…
Best,
Jaime
So curious to see what they do with the place! You’re so “in the know” in NY—I just love it! I think I’m going to switch my homepage from the New York Times to Habitually Chic…
XXX Kate
I find it curious that neither of these homes have much art.
Love those black doors……and just about everything else as well.
Well, I guess I must have blinked and the economy is booming again!
Wouldn’t THAT be nice!!!
Gorgeous spaces for sure!
NY is so exciting to me. I was just telling my mother today that I want to move to NYC.
Holy hannah those price tags! Love the baths in particular in the second set of photos… will be interesting to see what they do. Thanks for the inside scoop!
I went to college with Luke Janklow at Wesleyan, and I remember when he arrived, he was literally the “It Boy.” Better looking than anyone else at school, wealthy, cool, and an expert guitar player. Twenty odd years later he’s probably still the “It Boy” albeit in a much bigger pond. I bet there’s a bunch of ladies in NYC who are scrambling to get into position…
What gorgeous spaces!
stunning stunning stunning
It is cool to see how those wallpaper panels are applied. It is not what I expected from only seeing photos of the desk area in the past.
Oooh…I love this place, especially the turquoise and white bedroom and bathroom. Great post…and great blog. I added you to my blogroll (mylittleboudoir.com)…I hope you don’t mind.
This is so nice. Gawd i wanna be rich. I probably wont get a house that look unlivable but i would love that option.
do you know who was the architect on the project?? thanks!!!!