Rupert Murdoch Relists West Village House After Just 5 Months

News Corp. overlord Rupert Murdoch only purchased the lovely 1853 Greek Revival townhouse at 278 West 11th Street in mid-March, but an eagle-eyed tipster points out that the monied CEO has already relisted the property for $28.9 million. It seems like Murdoch is on a flipping trip: he dropped $25 million on the four-bedroom, four-bathroom townhouse about a month before listing the One Madison penthouse he owned for all of two years for a whopping $72 million. The townhouse on West 11th Street between West 4th Street and Bleecker Street served as a B&B before Murdoch snatched it up. The Daily News points out that if Murdoch gets his ask, that means he will earn about $1 million for every month he owned the property.

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· Listing: 278 West 11th Street [Dolly Lenz via StreetEasy]
· Rupert Murdoch lists West Village townhouse for $29M just five months after he bought it for $25M [NYDN]
· West Village B&B-Turned-Mansion Sells For $25M [Curbed]
· Rupert Murodch Wants $72 Million For One Madison Penthouse [Curbed]
· All Rupert Murdoch coverage [Curbed]