Adam Driver apparently purchased a three-unit spread at the Standish in Brooklyn Heights.
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It looks like Adam Driver is joining his Hollywood peers in inching closer to the Brooklyn Heights waterfront. The Girls actor and local ice-cream-cart fixture has upgraded from his three-bedroom condo on Henry Street to a three-unit spread at the Standish, according to the Real Deal. Per the outlet, Driver bought the sixth-floor spread, totaling 3,500 square feet combined, through an LLC for $11.5 million.
Perhaps Driver and his wife, Joanne Tucker, needed even more room for their two growing children. Or, maybe the Oscar-nominated actor, who’s known for guarding his privacy like the Marine he once was, is looking for an even lower profile after the details included in Lena Dunham’s memoir, Famesick, went public. Whatever the reason for the purchase, the Standish, overlooking the Promenade, is in a much better location than the Henry Street building, which sits at the intersection of the Brooklyn Bridge overpass and the BQE. It also has quite the amenities package, including concierge services, a 24/7 doorman, a children’s playroom, and a landscaped roof deck, dwarfing the offerings at 20 Henry. And it’s right down the street from the Pierrepont playground, if that’s more his thing. The former Beaux-Arts-style hotel was converted into condos in 2014, and since then, it’s drawn in other Hollywood stars: Matt Damon bought a 6,000-square-foot penthouse in 2018 for $16.7 million, and the next year John Krasinski and Emily Blunt paid $11 million for two units that made up an entire floor.
The Standish, as seen in this listing photo, has drawn in Driver’s Hollywood peers in the past, including Matt Damon and Emily Blunt.
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It’s unclear what Driver’s new apartments look like, since he purchased the properties in an off-market deal. We do know that the sellers, who work in real estate, also appear to have owned all three units, first purchasing 6A, a three-bedroom, followed by the two one-bedrooms on the floor, for a total of $6.2 million. An old listing photo for 6B conveys a very 2010s aesthetic in the living area with white oak plank floors and blond floating shelves. (City documents filed this month note that two of the units don’t have kitchens, so there may be a demo project in the near-future to combine them all into one.) As for Driver’s Henry Street apartment, a source told the Real Deal that it’s on the market for nearly $5 million. That listing is a moody Elizabeth Roberts Architects renovation with oversize arched windows, exposed timber, and industrial-coded glass-and-steel partitions.
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