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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Yorkville
301 East 79th Street
$895,000
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Lincoln Square
80 Riverside Boulevard
$1,995,000
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2.5
Crown Heights
761 Nostrand Avenue
$1,300,000
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3
Roosevelt Island
415 Main Street
$1,850,000
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3
Park Slope
125 Prospect Park West
$799,000
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1
Kips Bay
245 East 25th Street
$925,000
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1.5
Battery Park City
20 River Terrace
$1,075,000
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1
Bedford-Stuyvesant
963 Kent Avenue
$900,000
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1.5
Yorkville
226 East 95th Street
$749,000
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1
Tribeca
295 Greenwich Street
$730,000
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1
Hell’s Kitchen
408 West 57th Street
$828,000
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Beekman
433 East 51st Street
$1,795,000
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2.5
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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Kips Bay
324 East 34th Street
$2,995base rent
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Greenpoint
2 Blue Slip
$3,298base rent
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Bushwick
18 Irving Avenue
$2,500base rent
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1
Washington Heights
511 West 169th Street
$2,583base rent
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1
Stuyvesant Heights
331 Vernon Avenue
$3,400base rent
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1.5
Hudson Square
305 Spring Street
$3,600base rent
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1
Prospect Lefferts Gardens
379 Hawthorne Street
$2,813base rent
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1
Crown Heights
425 Lincoln Place
$2,499base rent
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1
Stuyvesant Heights
165 Patchen Avenue
$3,750base rent
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1
Hell’s Kitchen
361 West 51st Street
$3,700base rent
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1
Upper West Side
37 West 72nd Street
$2,975base rent
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1
East Harlem
2331 First Avenue
$2,300base rent
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1
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.
