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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Clinton Hill

1039 Fulton Street

$1,975,000

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Lower East Side

212 East Broadway

$775,000

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Sutton Place

400 East 56th Street

$750,000

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Carnegie Hill

19 East 88th Street

$650,000

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Lenox Hill

300 East 64th Street

$1,600,000

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Lenox Hill

350 East 62nd Street

$795,000

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Kips Bay

160 East 27th Street

$615,000

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Lincoln Square

165 West End Avenue

$549,000

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Park Slope

205 15th Street

$1,199,000

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Midtown

27 West 55th Street

$825,000

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Lenox Hill

300 East 64th Street

$699,000

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Lower East Side

115 Norfolk Street

$1,495,000

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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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Gramercy Park

135 East 17th Street

$3,500 base rent

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West Village

35 Christopher Street

$2,895 base rent

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Bedford-Stuyvesant

402 Nostrand Avenue

$3,600 base rent

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Williamsburg

189 Bedford Avenue

$3,067 base rent

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Prospect Lefferts Gardens

1078 Nostrand Avenue

$3,700 base rent

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Bushwick

338 Evergreen Avenue

$2,383 base rent

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Bushwick

338 Evergreen Avenue

$3,850 base rent

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Fort Greene

12 Rockwell Place

$3,270 base rent

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Bushwick

292 Stanhope Street

$3,115 base rent

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Brooklyn Heights

75 Pineapple Street

$2,495 base rent

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Brooklyn Heights

75 Pineapple Street

$3,200 base rent

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Bushwick

186 Noll Street

$2,695 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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