Thursday, December 9, 2010

Super Sized Space for Super Star Will Smith


WHO: Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith
WHERE: New York City, NY
WHAT: Big ass apartment in NYC
PRICE: Unknown

YOUR MAMAS NOTES: Your Mama thought it might be fun to piggy back on the Gimme Shelter column in the NY Post report who earlier reveal that exceedingly high paid actor Will Smith and his not nearly as well paid wife Jada Pinkett Smith shacking up in a leased loft in a swank new(er) building in lower Manhattan. Mister Smith, his family and their staff are in residence while he shoots the third installment of his insanely lucrative Men in Black film series. As one might expect of a Hollywood royal family like the Smiths, who will reportedly earn close to fifty million buck in 2010, their temporary crib in the Big Apple is a real damn doozy with a seriously outrageous floor plan.

The best way to take in this sprawling apartment is by the numbers: 7,326 square feet spread out over an entire floor of the building, 5 bedrooms, 6.5 bathrooms, 4 fireplaces, 2 balconies, 2 of every appliance in the kitchen, 2 secure parking spaces in the direct access garage, 1 laundry room and a living/dining/media room that stretches a super market aisle long 89 feet from end to end.

It wasn't revealed what amount Mister and Missus Smith are coughing up to temporarily occupy this dee-luxe loft-like apartment, but according to the peeps at Streeteasy the unit was (last) listed as a rental on the open market in September of 2009 with a heart stopping monthly rent of $55,000.

Until it was removed the first week in November of 2010, the prairie like spread had also been on the sales market since March of 2009 when it was first listed with an asking price of $19,500,000. The most recent transactions in the boo-teek building were in December of 2008 and June of 2009 when half floor units sold for $6,950,000 and $7,750,000 respectively. In addition to an attended private garage–a true luxury in Manhattan–the 9-unit building offers 24-hour doorman and concierge services, a caterer's kitchen, individual lobby storage areas for deliveries, a residents only lounge and communal outdoor barbecue center.

The Smith clan's primary pad is a contempo-Mediterranean estate nestled into the Santa Monica Mountains between Malibu and Calabasas where they live in a 22,000+ square foot mansion with more than a dozen poopers. The list of celebrity-style amenities at the Smith's homestead include full sized lighted tennis and basketball courts, a sand volleyball court, lagoon style-swimming pool, batting cage, a home fitness facility that Your Mama would bet our long bodied bitches rivals the best Bally's around, a guest house or two, stables for the ponies and a private lake.

listing photos: Sotheby's International Realty via Streeteasy
aerial photos: Pacific Coast News

13 comments:

StPaulSnowman said...

While the California "estate" is impressive, I must remind you that in my "land of 10,000 lakes" the surface area must be at least an acre to qualify for the title, "lake". This is a ceement pond. Beyond that, I can't help but feel that zooming in on this conspicuous extravaganzq would reveal Smith employees suited up in Disney character garb.

Anonymous said...

WOW...that is one mighty large apartment for NYC.

Anonymous said...

Their LA house is fugly.

Their new NY apartment is pretty fabulous!

Anonymous said...

Okaaaay? Dat house in Mal-i-boo is a house built by money and definitely not taste. Seems a bit grotesque. Sorry - stating the obvious. The apartment in New York is fine as a rental. however, it isn't very masterful in design. It looks ok in the surface, but look closer and it's not all that refined. I mean - how much per month?? - it should be better than a cheap developer idea of "classy." I would expect Shelton Mindel or better for that much....

Just saying....

Anonymous said...

I need 10 drinks and 1000 nerve pills to deal with your sliding pop up ads!!!!! For shame, Your Mama!!! Tacky, tacky, tacky....

micanichi said...

Looks like a Scientology compound to me.

Anonymous said...

Kudos for Will Smith.

He's one of the few actors that always brings a smile to my face.

Brooke said...

That CA house is as big as a factory. I wouldn't want a house that is too big for me to walk around. I'd be worried about losing my kids in there.

And honestly, the aerial shots make the house look kind of effin ugly. It's too much.

What kind of staff is necessary to make that house run every day?

Anonymous said...

Their LA house looks like a fusion between Southwestern Adobe and Mediterranean. Like it was an old Adobe building that was built on. Obviously not just the architectural mix. It's ugly, but one mega rich family compound, musta been fun to grow up a Smitth kid.

Anonymous said...

Brooke:

The staffing agency I use in LA says you should have 1 full time housekeeper per 5,000 sq ft. Not to mention gardeners, handyman, house manager, ect

Anonymous said...

This is in 25 Bond.

von said...

It's a bad sign when your house reminds one of a mall. 22,000 sq.ft.! Why is this necessary in life?

When I see a house that enormous, all I can ever think is that I wouldn't know if someone was in the house with me. Anybody could be in there. It's so off-putting.

Steve Mawson said...

Oh dear, yawn, scratch. Is it me or is it becoming so very boring to see yet another bleached, whitewashed-out, sterile property ? At least Mr Smith will have no problems finding Mrs Smith in their new NY apt.