Properties of Jeffrey Epstein

The American financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein maintained a number of properties and estates from 1990, acquiring multiple properties until his death in 2019.^[1][2]

For much of his adult life, Jeffrey Epstein lived in a grand townhouse on Manhattan's Upper East Side: the Herbert N. Straus House, located at 9 East 71st Street. His mentor, Les Wexner, bought it in 1989 for about $13 million and renovated it; Epstein started living there around 1995 and bought it outright from Wexner in 1998 for $20 million.^[3][4] The property was valued at around $56 million by the city in 2019.^[5] The mansion sold in 2021 for $51 million, with proceeds going towards victim compensation.^[6][7]

Epstein bought a 14,000-square-foot house at 358 El Brillo Way in Palm Beach for $2.5 million in 1990.^[8][9] The property was valued at about $12.4 million in 2019; it was sold in 2021 for $18.5 million and the building was later demolished by the new owner.^{[10] [11][12]}

In 1993, Epstein bought the Zorro Ranch near Stanley, New Mexico, from the family of former governor Bruce King. It was worth around $17 million in 2019.^[13] The ranch was listed in 2021 for $27.5 million and sold in 2023 for an undisclosed sum.^[14][15]

Epstein bought the 72-acre Little Saint James island in 1998 for about $8 million, turning it into a private retreat with a main house, guest villas, pools, and beaches.^[16] Valued at over $63 million in 2019, it was sold along with Great Saint James in 2023 for $60 million total, with half going to settlements.^[17]

Epstein bought the neighboring 165-acre Great Saint James in 2016 for between $18 and $22.5 million. Mostly undeveloped, he planned an amphitheater and underwater office, but construction halted.^[18] It sold with Little Saint James in 2023.^[19]

Epstein also owned a 685 square meter (7,373 square foot) apartment at 22 Avenue Foch in Paris's 16th arrondissement, where he was heading from when arrested in 2019. In 2022, it was sold to a Bulgarian tycoon for $10.4 million.^{[20] [21]}

The day before his arrest, Epstein sent a wire transfer for $14.9 million to buy the Bin Ennakhil palace Palmeraie neighborhood. He had been in negotiations for this property since 2011. When he made a low offer to the owner, German waste magnate Gunter Kiss, the owner refused to deal with him again. Thereafter, Epstein's fiancé Karyna Shuliak pretended to be acting on behalf of Epstein's billionaire investor friend, Leon Black to continue property inspections.

The money transfer was part of $27.7 million that Charles Schwab Corporation wired to a Moroccan realtor on Epstein's behalf^[22] Three days after his arrest (on July 9), Epstein's accountant Richard Kahn canceled the wire transfer and the purchase.^[23] On July 13, Schwab flagged the payments in a suspicious activity report to the US Treasury.^[22]

The estate has a palace, 60 marble fountains, marble courtyards, and gold salons among more than 2,000 palm trees on the 4.6 hectares (11.4 acres) property.^[24]