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Blige's newly constructed eight-bedroom house - built on 4.2 acres and modeled after a French country manor - features a 14-seat movie theater, a fitness center, a hardwood basketball court and an elevator.
It also has a gourmet kitchen, eight bathrooms, a spiral staircase and a wine tasting room.
Real Estate broker Dennis McCormack, who sold the property, denied knowing who bought it.
McCormack's competitors said the sale to Blige was the talk of the tony town.
"Everybody knows Mary J. Blige bought the house," the source said. "He [McCormack] may have signed a confidentiality agreement, but the buzz was out the minute she and her husband saw the house."
Blige and her husband, record-industry executive Kendu Isaacs, are not expected to move in anytime soon.
She is in the middle of her 25-arena Heart of the City tour with Jay-Z. Tonight she plays the Nassau Coliseum and tomorrow she's at the Izod Center.
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$12 million? Wow
Here is an old article about the house form February 2007:
Love the Party, Buy the House?
Did you hear about the elegant shindig last week in Saddle River where a $14 million spec house is for sale? Champagne and brie! Live chamber music. Even valet parking.
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doomer and alpine comforting each other after being declined for a HELOC.
Alpo,
So what are you going to do now when the parties start , the Bentlys on spinning rims park all over your street, and the empty bottles of cristal all over your lawn? Alpo is now officially a hip hip hood rat!
That is it, I am officially ignoring the doomers who add nothing constructive to the discussion. Once your food supply is cut off, you will be gone...
Great catch AliaG!
Has anyone else noticed that the cheerleading headlines all seem to have a darker side?
Thanks for all of the great news Alps!
Wow, check out those floorplans. Anybody else notice that the little foyers in front of the entrances to the "his and hers" bathrooms lead you to think that the two areas are of equal size, yet in fact "her" bathroom is roughly twice as big as "his" space is?
I don't know about most people, but if I'm a multi-millionaire buying one of these places and my wife's private bathroom is a palace while mine is ordinary, there had better be a massive "guy room" with arcade games, exercise equipment, posters of athletes, and maybe one of those beer-tossing machines to balance things out. You know?
Yes, I just noticed that. THe guy's master bathroom looks like something you would find in a rental apartment. I guess the builder compensated by including a home theater....
And as far as the price discount, I would not consdier it a lowball offer. A lowball offer is when there is a large difference between the CURRENT list price and the sold price. In this case, it is only $1.6 million, which is pennies for a house of this magnitude.
ghennis: What is the pew pic all about? I don't get it. Unless you mean, the world does not revolve around New Jersey?
GHENNIS!??!!
Wow.
I'm Jarrod Chambers and this message was aproved by me.
No sweat.
sweet sweat. (descriptive and confusing)
ew!
... and, it's free and anonymous
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Celebrity Buys New Jersey Mansion for $12 Million
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Mary J. Blige pays $12M for N.J. mansion
It's a castle fit for the Queen of Hip Hop.
Grammy winner Mary J. Blige plunked down $12.3 million in cash for a Saddle River, N.J., mansion, the Daily News has learned.
"She fell in love with this one," a source said of Blige, who checked out several houses in the swanky area before settling on the 18,250-square-foot dream pad.
Thanks to the sagging housing market, the 37-year-old best-selling singer got a relative bargain.
The house originally went on the market last year for $17 million and was reduced this year to $13.9 million, the source said.
Blige, who has sold more than 40 million records, will have plenty of hip-hop stars, rappers, movie stars and pro athletes as neighbors.
Rappers Ja Rule, Wyclef Jean and the Rev. Run of Run-DMC live nearby.
Other boldface names calling Saddle River home include Nets' hoop star Vince Carter, actor Danny Aiello and novelist Mary Higgins Clark.
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