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A $16 Million Teardown = Heck of a Garage Sale

By: Diane Tuman, Content Manager | September 25, 2007 |

John Henry Mansion

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Word out of Boston — the Boston Herald, to be exact — is that Red Sox owner John Henry wants to tear down a mansion he just purchased in Brookline for $16 million. This guy paid $16 million dollars for a 13,000-square foot, 7 bed, 11 bathroom home and he’s going to demolish it? According to the article, the previous owners, Frank McCourt and his wife, Jamie, spent millions to renovate, but Henry wants to raze this 1930s home and start over in his own vision and style. The home looks enormous on Zillow. Evidently, this $16 million is just a few million less than the all-time highest Massachusetts purchase of $18.5M (yup, another Brookline mansion).

This should be one helluva garage sale, don’t you think?

Stumble it!

Topics: Real Estate, Zillow |

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5 Comments so far

  1. Amy B on September 26, 2007 8:59 am

    Diane, was that Frank McCourt the author who owned it?

  2. Diane Tuman on September 26, 2007 9:05 am

    No, but that’s a great question! Frank McCourt, author of the Pulitzer Prize winning “Angela’s Ashes,” happens to have the same name as the Frank McCourt mentioned in this blog post. This “Frank” is a businessman and real estate developer who owns the LA Dodgers.

  3. Cher on September 27, 2007 6:16 pm

    We have had some homes torn down here in Greenwich, CT that were quite expensive. If you spend any time here in town, you will see the architectural ego trips that are being built in the area. There have been some permits filed for 30,000 SF+ homes.

  4. Anthony Longo on October 1, 2007 11:23 am

    Wait till you see what he builds right after the Red Sox win another World Series this year!

    Lets go Red Sox………

  5. Michelle Wong on February 19, 2008 10:18 pm

    Thanks for the great information. Just recently i found a 35 year old maple table at a yard sale for only $11! What a steal huh?Here is a great website i found on redoing cabinets

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