Linda Evangelista’s NYC penthouse sells for $6.75M after price cuts and Keanu Reeves rental

Photo credit (L-R): Linda Evangelista/ Instagram; Nina Poon for Corcoran Linda Evangelista’s longtime West Chelsea penthouse has sold for $6.75 million after more than two years on and off the market. The supermodel first listed the home for $9.45 million in May 2024, but later reduced the asking price before briefly renting it to actor Keanu Reeves. Both the New York Post and CityRealty reported the closing. Evangelista bought the residence in 2001, when West Chelsea was still emerging as an arts district, and remained connected to the property as Manhattan’s skyline and luxury market changed around it.A purchase made before the High LineEvangelista purchased the penthouse in 2001 for $1.4 million, according to the New York Post. CityRealty, citing property records, reported a different figure of $8.4 million as the original purchase price, creating a discrepancy in published accounts. Regardless of the exact amount, the purchase came before West Chelsea experienced the development boom that reshaped the neighbourhood.The home is located in the Spears Building at 525 West 22nd Street, a six-storey condominium conversion of a former industrial building. Evangelista bought the prope...