The Obamas could be looking to buy an apartment in a historic Upper East Side apartment building in Manhattan. Multiple sources told Page Six that the former President and first lady have been looking at an apartment in 10 Gracie Square.

There are currently four apartments for sale in the building, one of which is a penthouse where author Jean Stein and Carter Vanderbilt-Cooper jumped to their deaths.

In 1988 Carter Vanderbilt-Cooper – the brother of Anderson Cooper and the son of Gloria Vanderbilt, who owned the apartment, – came into her bedroom after an afternoon nap and seemed distraught before running up to the balcony and jumping to his death. A few years later Vanderbilt sold the penthouse to heiress Stein, who then jumped to her death in May 2017.

Of the four apartments that are up for sale, one went under contract last week, which is not the tragic penthouse. Real estate insiders have speculated that this 10th floor apartment could be the Obamas’ new apartment, according to Page Six, but that has not been confirmed. The apartment is a duplex worth $10million designed by architect Daniel Romualdez. It has five bedrooms, four bathrooms, a library with a wood-burning fireplace and views of the East River and Queens.

The historic apartment building was built in 1930 and is between East End Avenue and East River Drive. It is also near the mayor’s home. The building, which the former first couple have allegedly been to for multiple viewings, has 43 apartments and 15 floors. Multiple notables have lived there in the past – including Gloria Vanderbilt, conductor Andre Kostelanetz and New Yorker critic Alexander Woollcott.

At the time the building was completed residents could dock their boats outside. It has been home to old New York families from Whitney to Mellons, as well as Madame Chiang Kai-shek.
And now the Obamas could join that list.

Earlier this year, the Obamas purchased a nine-bedroom mansion in Washington, D.C.’s Kalorama neighbourhood for $US8.1 million.

The former president and his family plan to spend at least another two-and-a-half years in the nation’s capital, said Kevin Lewis, spokesman for the Obamas. “It made sense for them to buy a home rather than continuing to rent,” Lewis said in an email confirming the purchase.

The Obamas have been living in the 8,200-square-foot home since leaving the White House in January. Obama, 55, has said in the past that the family intends to stay in Washington until their younger daughter, Sasha, finishes school.

The house was renovated in 2011, includes up to nine bedrooms, eight-and-a-half bathrooms, a finished basement with room for staff, an oversize terrace and formal gardens, according to a former listing with Washington Fine Properties. There’s also a two-car garage plus ample parking for a Secret Service detail in a gated courtyard that can fit eight to 10 cars.

The sellers, Joe Lockhart, Glover Park Group co-founder, and his wife, Giovanna Gray Lockhart, the Washington editor of Glamour, bought the home in 2014 for $5.3 million, according to property records.

Kalorama is a popular spot for DC elite. Obama’s neighbors include Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, as well as Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.

Source：Daily Mail Online , NEW YORK POST