Gloria Vanderbilt’s former UES mansion hits market for $59M

B+B Capital, Mink Development converting it from five units to a single-family home

39 East 72nd Street on the Upper East Side and Gloria Vanderbilt
39 East 72nd Street on the Upper East Side and Gloria Vanderbilt

A Gilded Age mansion on the Upper East Side that was once home to heiress and socialite Gloria Vanderbilt, mother of Anderson Cooper, listed for $59 million.

The building at 39 East 72nd Street is currently configured as five apartments, but owners B+B Capital and Mink Development have plans to convert it to a single family. CetraRuddy has been hired for the conversion, according to the New York Daily News. The finished product would be an 11-bedroom, 10-bathroom home with two terraces, located just one block from Central Park.

The developers bought the property for just $19 million last year.

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Vanderbilt, the heiress to a railroad fortune, lived in the home as a child. A ‘V’ adorns a fireplace on the parlor floor. [NYDN] — Tess Hofmann