The $8.5 Million Staten Island Mansion With Its Own Salon

"When Richard and Vania Cardinale bought a half-acre lot in Todt Hill for $1.7 million in 2017, it was just the beginning of a very expensive project. The couple, who own the Farm to Bagel chain on Staten Island, invested four years and a reported $6 million building an 11,000-square-foot home that would include a built-in tank filled with lionfish and a hair salon on the premises."

"It was money well spent, apparently: The property just sold for $8.5 million - a borough record. The sale, which was first reported last week by the New York Post, is slightly lower than the Cardinale family's original ask of $8.95 million but still more than doubled the borough's previous record of $4.6 million. (In August, the median sale price for Staten Island homes was $750,000, up 8.7 percent from last year.)"

Richard and Vania Cardinale purchased a half-acre lot in Todt Hill for $1.7 million in 2017 and spent four years and a reported $6 million constructing an 11,000-square-foot residence. The home features a built-in lionfish tank, an on-site hair salon, an indoor-outdoor basketball court, steam room, sauna, gym, children's lounge with dual televisions, an adult lounge with wine storage and a giant fish tank, and a landscaped pool with a waterfall flowing into a koi pond. A custom 750-pound handblown-glass chandelier hangs in the foyer. The property sold for $8.5 million, more than doubling the previous borough record.

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