Four Seasons Penthouse Aims for Nashville Home Price Record

A newly finished penthouse at Nashville’s Four Seasons Hotel and Private Residences is testing just how high the city’s luxury housing boom can go.

The roughly 5,000-square-foot condo at 160 Second Avenue South hit the market with a $33.5 million asking price, making it the most expensive home currently for sale in the Nashville area, according to listing agents Jamie Parsons and Erin Krueger of Compass, the Wall Street Journal reported. The seller is also offering the unit as a rental for $200,000 a month with a six-month minimum, placing it among the city’s most expensive leases.

The penthouse crowns the recently completed Four Seasons tower downtown in Nashville’s SoBro neighborhood, near Ascend Amphitheater and a short walk from Broadway’s neon-lit bars and live music venues. It sits about two miles from Taylor Swift’s longtime Nashville home, a reminder of how the city’s celebrity and high-net-worth appeal has expanded beyond its country music roots.

The unit includes three bedrooms, floor-to-ceiling windows and a balcony with sweeping views of the Cumberland River and the skyline. But the price tag owes as much to the buildout as the address.

Malibu-based real estate agent Chris Cortazzo bought the penthouse in 2022 for $12 million when it was completed as a raw shell. He spent the next two years transforming the space into what he described to the publication as having a “James Bond meets Lenny Kravitz” theme, anchored by a circular floating fireplace and packed with roughly $1 million worth of smart home technology.

Cortazzo, who lives full time in Malibu, began spending time in Nashville about five years ago. He also owns a roughly 150-acre farm outside the city and has used the penthouse only sparingly since completing it earlier this year. The listing comes as Cortazzo is also marketing another high-profile property: the Malibu home of the late actress Shannen Doherty, which is currently asking $8.75 million after a price cut.

The Nashville penthouse’s asking price highlights just how quickly Nashville’s luxury market has evolved. In 2019, only one home in the metro area sold for more than $10 million, Krueger said. By 2025, that figure is believed to have climbed to nearly 20 transactions.

If the Four Seasons penthouse trades near its asking price, it would top the current record of $32 million, set in 2024 by a 50-acre estate in the suburbs.

— Eric Weilbacher