Boston’s most expensive home sale: $35M deal for Millennium Tower penthouse closes

The sale of the 13,000-square-foot penthouse on the 60th floor of the new Millennium Tower in Downtown Crossing has closed for $35,000,000. That is the most ever paid for a private home in Boston (and we’re pretty sure New England, for that matter).

The buyer, as expected, was John Grayken, a private equity billionaire originally from Cohasset who may or may not use the terraced palace 625 feet above ground as a pied-a-terre. (Or maybe he’ll rent it out.)

The penthouse had been asking $37,500,000, meaning Grayken’s purchase represents a $2.5M price-chop. But whose quibbling?

• Millennium Tower grand penthouse sale closes for $35M [Biz Journal]
• $37.5M Millennium Tower Penthouse Buyer Won't Live There Full-Time [Curbed Boston]
• Millennium Tower Unit Likely the Highest Rental Ever in Boston [Curbed Boston]
• Millennium Tower: the Ultimate Timeline for Boston's Tallest Residential Building [Curbed Boston]