Richard Gere scores buyer for $28M New York estate

Richard Gere is formally unloading his longtime residence.

The main man has scored a buyer to his 50-acre upstate New York property seven months after it first hit the market.

Initially itemizing the Pound Ridge estate for $28 million in October, the house went into contract on Wednesday, according to Mansion Global.

Gere, 72, bought the land for $1.51 million again in 1986. And as of Thursday, the unfold is in contract.

“One of the great American family compounds one hour to New York City,” the earlier itemizing acknowledged. “This magical country compound, expertly meshed into the landscape, comprises nearly 50 acres all buffered from the outside world by over 4,300 acres of protected land to create a peaceful and playful refuge with natural beauty at its core.”

Amenities embody a personal lake with a sandy seashore and an island to row out to, rolling hills for horseback driving, a hidden soccer subject surrounded by weeping willow timber and gardens.

The estate additionally boasts 5 constructions together with horse stables, a pool home, and visitor home.

The most important residence has eight bedrooms and 11 bogs, spanning over 11,600 sq. ft.

Muffin Dowdle with Ginnel Real Estate held the itemizing.

The transfer to promote the Pound Ridge residence Gere referred to as residence for 35 years comes after he bought a $10 million, seven-bedroom estate in North Salem in January.

Gere snagged himself a deal, because it listed for $12.8 million.

After shopping for the property, he dropped one other $700,000 on a vacant neighboring parcel, which expanded the property to 35 acres.

The location is a bit farther from Manhattan — about an hour and half.

Gere married Spanish publicist and political activist Alejandra Silva, 37, in 2018 and share two kids.

The actor, who was additionally as soon as married to supermodel Cindy Crawford additionally has a 21-year outdated son, Homer, from ex-wife Carey Lowell.