Benihana – Teppanyaki theater chain, whose vibrant chefs clean dishes for clients of all ages celebrating birthdays – has sold his corporate condo inside Manhattan Olympic Tower for $ 1.77 million, according to property data.
This is almost $ 1 million less How much $ 2.6 million Benihana paid for residence – which is close to her flag dinner on the West 56th Street – in 2015. The unit first hit the market for $ 1.9 million last July.
The buyer is a mystery person hiding behind a LLC named Science of Enlightenment.
Japanese origin restorer Hiroaki “Rocky” Aoki opened the first Benihana in New York City in 1964.
Aoki was also a champion wrestler and the first person to flew beyond the Pacific in a hot air balloon, though the flight ended with a bump in northern California.
Before he died in 2008, Aoki was also a racing car and electricity champion, held a world title in Backgammon – and gave birth to model and actress Devon Aoki and DJ/music manufacturer Steve Aoki.
Condo with one bedroom, 1½-ban in 641 of fifth. It presents the floor windows to the ceiling.
The apartment opens in a large lobby leading to a kitchen, a laundry room and an open living/dining area. There is also a special wing of the bedroom.
Design details include two custom -designed, integrated Italian mahogany closures and several knots for the 1980s, such as mirrored walls and curved wood built. The house also boasts view of the Midtown, Row Row and Central South horizon.
The Olympic Tower was built by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and developed in 1975 by Aristotle Onassis, the heir to the Greek transport who married former former lady Jacqueline Kennedy.
It was known as the first place to have the global to buy without a co-op board control. Buyers included weapons dealer Adnan Khashoggi; Sisters Gucci Alessandra and Allegra, whose mother hired a hit man to kill their deceitful father, Maurizio Gucci; And Anne Hathaway when she was engaged to Raffaello Follieri, the Italian fraudster who claimed to work for the Vatican.
The luxury tower, which drew such colorful characters and jet location, was also a model for Trump Tower.
List brokers were Erin Boisson Dashi and Dustin Crouse of Douglas Elliman.
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