Stern-designed Riverdale homes on the market

After years of lawsuits and delays, two homes designed by Robert A.M. Stern in Riverdale opened to prospective buyers last week. The homes are the first in the Villanova Heights community, a 16-acre property developer John Fitzgerald bought from Manhattan College in 1990. Fitzgerald disputed with a property owners association and community board over the size of the planned mansions, which resulted in federal lawsuits and years of delays. Fitzgerald gained the right to build on the property in 2004. The two homes designed by Stern are both more than 11,000 square feet, priced at $11.95 million and $11.2 million, and include fireplaces, a three-car garage, double staircase, pool, elevator and wine cellar. In addition to the two houses on the market, three more homes are under construction and there are plans for 10 more.

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