Hedge Fund Founder Shatters U.S. Record With $238M Manhattan ...
Ken Griffin closed on the 24K SF apartment at 220 Central Park South.
www.bisnow.comKen Griffin’s NYC penthouse has been widely reported as the record-setting purchase at 220 Central Park South, completed in January 2019 for about $238 million. Since then, there hasn’t been a widely corroborated public update that changes its status as the most expensive U.S. residential sale to date, though Griffin has continued to expand his real estate footprint elsewhere.
Key points from the latest widely cited coverage:
- The property is a near-24,000-square-foot unit spanning floors 50–53 in a Robert A.M. Stern–designed tower on Central Park South, delivered unfurnished as a “white box”.[4][5]
- The purchase set a U.S. real estate record at the time, surpassing prior records in New York and the country.[1][4]
- Griffin’s broader real estate activity around that period included substantial Florida buys and other high-value moves, illustrating a pattern of mega-property investments.[1][4]
If you’d like, I can pull the most recent articles from reliable outlets and summarize any updates since 2020, including any new records or changes to Griffin’s NYC residence status. Would you like me to do that and provide inline citations?