Cameron Diaz buys luxurious $9m New York apartment... complete with 18 inch thick walls and soundproof floors
By Mike Larkin
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It was highly coveted by her fellow A-listers due to its high level of privacy.
But Cameron Diaz has beat off competition from the likes of Blake Lively to secure a $9million dream home in New York.
The Bad Teacher actress splashed out on a 3,022 sq ft luxury flat in the Walker Tower building in the upmarket Chelsea neighbourhood in Manhattan.
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Big deal: Cameron Diaz beat off her fellow stars to buy this extremely private $9m New York apartment
Elegant: Located on 18th Street, the Walker Tower was built in 1929 for the New York Telephone Company which used it as a giant call centre
The apartment boasts three bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms and a home automation system complete with iPad dock.
According to TMZ, Cameron will also have to spend around $5,000 a month in maintenance and real estate tax on her property.
Her neighbours in the well-heeled area will include the likes of Harrison Ford, Katie Holmes and Nicole Kidman.
And Cameron beat off a host of big names attracted to the privacy of the apartment - which due to its 18 inch walls would give them the kind of privacy they can only dream of.
The 1929 Art Deco building has also had viewings from Ryan Seacrest and Barnes & Noble chairman Len Riggio for its ultra luxury apartments.
The floors are also so robust that they can bear 100lbs per square foot - meaning the downstairs neighbours will never have a clue what you’re doing.
Happy Diaz: Cameron will be feeling smug after beating off stiff competition to secure the property
Luxury: The tilt-and-turn windows are more than nine feet tall and the setbacks can be turned into terraces which overlook the West Village and Tribeca
Like new: JDS Development Property Markets Group spent $200m taking out the dull cubicles - and turning them into 50 luxury apartments with 14ft high ceilings
Not modest: The apartments have giant foyers, master bedrooms bigger than some one-bedroom apartments, two sinks and a steam shower big enough to fit half a dozen people
Deco: JDS realised the potential of the building and bought it for the tidy sum of only $27million
Nothing common about these parts: The lobby of the grand building is designed with sophisticated taste
Quite an entrance: The 1929 Art Deco building has had viewings from Ryan Seacrest and Barnes & Noble chairman Len Riggio for its ultra luxury apartments
The Walker Tower was built in 1929 for the New York Telephone Company which used it as a giant call centre and intended its imposing structure to assert the firm’s corporate largesse.
Located
in West 18th Street, it wasn’t until 2007 when New York-based JDS
Development and
Property Markets Group saw the potential and bought it off Verizon, which was using
it as an office.
Sky high: A rendering of the Walker Building reaches into the blue above 18th Street
JDS and Property Markets Group paid a mere $27m for the property
but spent another $200m taking out the dull cubicles - and turning them
into 50 luxury apartments with 14ft high ceilings.
Now the building's heavy steel framed
structure and concrete casing have drawn an exclusive clientele who are
considering paying a premium price for their privacy.
JDS’
Michael Stern told the New York Daily News: 'You could basically drive a
bulldozer in your apartment and your neighbour wouldn't hear or feel
it.
'I knew we had something that no one in New York had - an absurdly solid building.'
Speaking of the robust design, he added: 'If you tried to build a structure like that today, you’d go bankrupt'.
The Walker Tower has 50 units, more than half of which have already been sold even though a two bedroom apartment costs as much as $13m.
The have giant foyers, master bedrooms bigger than some one-bedroom apartments, two sinks and a steam shower big enough to fit half a dozen people.
The tilt-and-turn windows are more than nine feet tall and the setbacks can be turned into terraces which overlook the West Village and Tribeca.
For those who want the 360 degree view of the city they need only go onto the roof deck, or head out to their private terraces.
The Walker Tower apartments also have
heated floors, 'zoned humidification' to protect expensive artworks and
a 'home automation system' which controls things like the lights and
music with a controller built into furniture.
Among the other amenities are a doorman, concierge, a library and a children’s playroom.
Coveted: The Walker Tower has 50 units, more than half of which have already been sold even though a two bedroom apartment costs as much as $13m
Hip: The apartment also has office space for those who work from home or need some alone time from their roommates
Convenience: The apartments have heated floors, 'zoned humidification' to protect expensive artworks and a 'home automation system' which controls things like the lights and music with a controller built into furniture
Pristine: Among the amenities are included a doorman, concierge, a library with a panty, children¿s playroom, yoga room, sauna and sun lawn
Fresh air: For those who want the 360 degree view of the city they need only go onto the roof deck, or head out to their private terraces
Genius: Ralph Walker (pictured left talking to fellow architect Frank Lloyd Wright) was hailed by the New York Times as the 'architect of the century' before he shot himself in 1973 using a silver bullet he forged himself
There is also a yoga room, a sauna, a sun lawn and a covered cabana room.
The man responsible for the building, Ralph Thomas Walker, was hailed by the New York Times as the 'architect of the century' thanks to his other properties like One Wall St.
In 1973 he shot himself in the head and died - but was such a dedicated craftsman he used a silver bullet he had forged himself.
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