Gimme Shelter: Jackie O Set To Go
The former
The current owner, billionare industrialist David Koch, bought the 15th-floor residence at
Koch then renovated the co-op apartment for an additional $10 million and moved in his bride, Julia.
Although the 12-room apartment is listed as having five bedrooms and 5 1/2 baths, two of the bedrooms have been re-configured into a large master bedroom with two dressing rooms and two bathrooms. There's also a library, dining room and living room - all with wood-burning fireplaces - a chef's kitchen, wine cellar, conservatory, 25-foot-long gallery, three separate terraces and self-contained staff quarters.
Koch told The New York Times that the apartment is too small for his growing family, now that he and his wife are expecting a third child. For a while, he said he could feel the presence of Onassis' spirit in the apartment.
The Kochs are moving to a larger duplex at
Broker Leighton Candler of the Corcoran Group referred our calls to a spokeswoman who said a contract has not yet been signed.