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Location: Cinnaminson, New Jersey
Price: $24.95 million
A car collector’s dream, this unfinished megamansion in the eastern suburbs of Philadelphia offers two passenger elevators and one car elevator that opens to a specially designed showroom.
The more than 40,000-square-foot, seven-bedroom home is the highest known price for a residential property in South Jersey, according to listing agent Kevin Steiger of Kurfiss Sotheby’s International Realty. Current listing sites confirm that it is currently the most expensive home on the market in the region.
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The mansion is “90 percent done” and will be nearly 44,000 square feet when finished, and the buyer can put a personal stamp on how things are finished, he said. “They’ve been working on it for five or six years and they’ve invested almost $27 million in it.”
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Along with the car lift, amenities include a pub/tavern room, six fireplaces, a two-story library, an office, a theater, a wine cellar, a gymnasium, a chapel, a virtual golf green and a conservatory for arranging flowers and winter plant storage. The indoor pool is under construction.
The owners are Dr. Calvin H. Knowlton and his wife, Dr. Orsula Knowlton, the leaders of Tabula Rasa Healthcare who were forced to step down in September amid pressure from an outside investor, according to published reports. This was to be his dream home.
The four-level home on Riverton Road in Burlington County is available fully furnished, Mr. Steiger. “It would be an ideal family set,” and it has never been lived in.
The front of the house opens to a grand foyer with double floating staircases and a view through French doors to a courtyard with a reflecting pool.
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Other architectural details include expansive 12-foot millwork ceilings, oversized windows, a mix of tile and hardwood floors, and a two-story library with custom paneling. Despite its historic facade, the house has a geothermal heating and cooling system.
The formal dining room seats 20 and the kitchen includes a butler’s pantry, a breakfast room and two islands.
The second floor contains seven bedrooms, including the master suite, which has a pneumatic lift to the gym and indoor pool area. The bedroom also includes double dressing/dressing rooms, a minibar, a sitting area with a fireplace and a bathroom with a bath and shower.
The third floor contains another bedroom and plenty of storage, Mr. Steiger.
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The currently 40,000 square foot home has seven bedrooms, seven full bathrooms and three partial bathrooms. It sits on a 7.7 acre lot.
equipment
Amenities include a five-car garage space, two passenger elevators, a car elevator, a pub/tavern room with a full bar, six fireplaces, a two-story library, an office, a theater, a indoor swimming pool (unfinished), a wine cellar with an assembly line, a conservatory for flower roots and winter plant storage, a games room, a home gym with a sauna, a virtual golf putting green and a chapel or room meditation
Neighborhood notes
The property straddles Moorestown and Cinnaminson townships, Mr. Steiger. Downtown Moorestown is a couple of miles from the house and about a 10 minute drive to downtown Philadelphia.
It’s about a 50-minute drive from New Jersey beaches and 75 minutes from Manhattan, he said.
Agent: Kevin Steiger, Kurfiss Sotheby’s International Realty
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