The Priest, the Financier and the $10 Million Townhouse
The New York Times • • entertainment
Key Points:
- John Merz, 60, feels a deep connection to his childhood home in Brooklyn Heights, where his late parents, Mary and Joseph Merz, expressed their passion for architecture.
- Merz disapproves of a proposed rooftop addition to the house, describing it as a "birthday cake" that would be visually intrusive and diminish the neighborhood's character.
- The house was sold in 2024 for $10.6 million to Andrew Beck and his partner, with Beck being a former managing director at investment firm DE Shaw.
- The new owners used a limited liability corporation to purchase the property, maintaining anonymity in the transaction.
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