The iconic fashion designer Marc Jacobs has found a buyer for his townhouse at 68 Bethune St. in the West Village. The news comes just one day after the property re-entered the market at $12 million. The home originally hit the market in April 2019 for $15.995 million. Ryan Serhant and Donna Strugatz of Nest Seekers represented the property, which Jacobs purchased in 2009 for $10.5 million.

Inside Marc Jacobs’ Townhouse

The 4,796-square-foot property is located within the Robert A.M. Stern-designed Superior Ink development. Jacobs’ home boasts 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, two powder rooms, a wood-burning fireplace, an elevator and some of the craziest amenities we’ve ever seen. There’s an additional 1,400 square feet of outdoor space, including “a serene garden courtyard and a spacious rooftop terrace.” Over-the-top square footage and amenities aside, the home is, of course, incredibly stylish, too.

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Hell’s Kitchen

325 West 45th Street

$550,000

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Greenwich Village

184 Thompson Street

$795,000

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Greenwich Village

40 East 10th Street

$1,900,000

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Gramercy Park

1 Irving Place

$1,025,000

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Lenox Hill

300 East 64th Street

$699,000

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Sutton Place

40 Sutton Place

$535,000

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Gramercy Park

301 East 22nd Street

$629,000

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Morningside Heights

80 La Salle Street

$539,000

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Financial District

75 Wall Street

$949,000

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Beekman

2 Beekman Place

$825,000

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Midtown

641 Fifth Avenue

$1,775,000

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Midtown South

445 Fifth Avenue

$1,055,000

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In 2017, the home made the cover of Architectural Digest. In his interview with the magazine, Jacobs said: “I didn’t want the house to feel like a pristine gallery or a Deco stage set—just something smart, sharp, and comfortable.” Jacobs clearly achieved his desired luxurious-meets-livable aesthetic. The interiors of the home relied heavily on neutral hues and ultra-soft upholstery. According to the New York Post, however, Jacobs sold the contents of the interiors through an auction at Sotheby’s earlier this year. In the end, a pair of Louis XVI chairs sold for nearly $13,000.

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Hudson Heights

4469 Broadway

$2,395 base rent

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Bushwick

27 Woodbine Street

$3,200 base rent

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Weeksville

1698 Pacific Street

$3,714 base rent

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Weeksville

1565 Lincoln Place

$2,895 base rent

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Lenox Hill

1492 First Avenue

$3,200 base rent

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Inwood

117 Sherman Avenue

$2,650 base rent

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Stuyvesant Heights

599 Macon Street

$3,650 base rent

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Gowanus

499 President Street

$3,500 base rent

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Gowanus

499 President Street

$3,800 base rent

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Chelsea

208 West 23rd Street

$3,800 base rent

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Fort George

105 Arden Street

$3,100 base rent

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Gramercy Park

70 Irving Place

$3,850 base rent

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Jacobs Marries and Moves to the Suburbs

2019 was an eventful year for Jacobs. He married his longtime boyfriend, the model and interior designer Char Defrancesco. He then went on to purchase a  6,000-square-foot Frank Lloyd Wright-designed home in Westchester for $9.2 million. According to the Wall Street Journal, Jacobs wanted to “downsize his Manhattan footprint” and spend the bulk of his time in the suburbs. He told WWD, “This feels like really a new chapter. I’d like to live a life outside. I just sit home and watch TV in the five-floor townhouse, you know? It’s like, I’d like to be doing that with a beautiful view with dogs running around in the yard. ” Sounds idyllic.

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