Ron Perelman is one step closer to shedding his worldly possessions.
The billionaire sold his Upper East Side townhouse at 36 East 63rd Street for $46.75 million, a source close to the deal told The Real Deal. The townhouse had been asking $49.5 million.
The Modlin Group’s Adam Modlin and Brown Harris Stevens’ Sami Hassoumi had the listing. Leslie Garfield’s Matt Lesser represented the buyer.
Perelman listed the home for $60 million in 2021 during a period in which he sold off many of his assets in an attempt to live a “simpler life.” In 2022, he sold his Hamptons estate for $84 million.
His 40-foot-wide Neo Georgian Mansion proved harder to unload, and the listing rotated through a number of the top townhouse brokers in the city.
Perelman initially tried to sell both the larger home and an attached smaller townhouse for $75 million in 2020, before listing his 16,000-square-foot house separately in April 2021. Both listings were with Sotheby’s International Realty’s Serena Boardman.
BHS’ Paula Del Nunzio joined as a co-broker several months later. In 2023, John Burger and Sami Hassoumi of BHS took over the listing at the same $60 million price tag.
The next year, Modlin replaced Burger. He and Hassoumi kept the home priced at $60 million until finally lowering the price to $55 million in October 2024, and then to its last asking price of $49.5 million in June 2025.
The property had served as Perelman’s primary residence for years. Built in 1930, it once served as a private club for aviators, known as the Hangar Club. The home has 10 bedrooms and more than 10 bathrooms across its three floors. It has a private screening room, a home gym, a wine cellar and a landscaped roof.
At one point in the 1980s, Perelman was considered the richest man in America. His firm, MacAndrews & Forbes, owned a number of high-profile brands, including Marvel Comics and later, Revlon. The firm suffered during the pandemic as Revlon’s share price plummeted from $25 to $5. It was during this time that Perelman sold a number of his personal assets, including planes, yachts and part of his art collection.
The townhouse is the latest in what has been a string of marquee Upper East Side homes to sell after years on the market.
Last year, the Woolworth Mansion at 4 East 80th Street sold for $38 million after asking as high as $90 million back in 2011. Less than one block away from Perelman’s home, Oleg Cassini’s former townhouse, which one asked $65 million, is awaiting court approval for a sale after receiving an offer of $35 million last fall.