Yue Sai Kan asks $19.99M for her lawn-adjacent NYC home
This Chinese star’s for-sale Manhattan townhouse comes with access to a coveted swath of grass.
Yue Sai Kan, an Emmy-winning TV host and cosmetics entrepreneur — who’s been referred to as the “Oprah of China” — has just relisted her New York City pad for a discount, but it still costs a pretty penny.
Included in the bargain is access to Sutton Square Garden, an intensely exclusive lawn along the East River that provides a serene escape from the city’s concrete overload.
Kan’s Sutton Place townhouse first asked $28 million in 2020. A succession of price cuts, delistings and brokerage changes recently landed the 8,500-square-foot home in the hands of Serhant. The brokerage’s Lauren Mitinas-Kelly and Nicole Kelly hold the new listing, now priced at $19.99 million.
The red brick Neo-Georgian mansion is located in Sutton Square, a collection of 18 townhomes where East 58th Street hits the riverfront. Sutton Square, built in 1920, has endured through the decades as a hidden retreat for Manhattan elites, attracting the likes of Aristotle Onassis and Anne Vanderbilt.
Only a handful of these townhomes, however, have access to one of New York City’s secret gardens, and Kan’s home is among them.
The 12,000-square-foot private park, Sutton Square Garden, is perched over East River Drive. The cherished sanctuary’s manicured lawns, blossoming cherry trees and rope swings would not look out of place in some bucolic countryside — if it weren’t for the wide-open vistas overlooking the Queensboro Bridge and the East River.
“I don’t need to tolerate three hours of traffic to the Hamptons,” said Kan in a comment shared with The Post. “I have my trees, flowers and lawn right in my backyard! It is truly a luxury.”
Kan purchased the residence with her former husband for $4.5 million in 1989 and has undertaken several renovations since then.
“When you walk in the house, you immediately feel comfortable energy,” Kan previously told The Post. “In Chinese it means very good feng shui.”
The 33-foot-wide home includes seven bedrooms and 7.5 bathrooms, as well as a 1,600-square-foot rooftop terrace equipped with an outdoor kitchen.
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