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“Dancing Queen” Marcella Raneri just purchased a $36.5 million home on Manhattan’s Billionaires’ Row — the very same month she bought a $40 million Miami Beach mansion, Gimme Shelter can reveal.
The former Dallas Mavericks dancer, choreographer, and star of Netflix’s “Dancing Queens” and “So You Think You Can Dance” just closed on the smashing residence at swanky 220 Central Park South with her tech mogul fiancé Daniel Nutkis.
The New York purchase was an off-market, all-cash deal — and the couple closed within three months of seeing the dwelling, sources said.
“We both enjoy the culture, arts and fine dining [that the Big Apple offers], but I especially wanted to spend more time with others in the dance community, which is world class in the city,” Raneri told Gimme.
“It has been a dream of mine since I was young to live in New York City, and that has never changed. I am just so happy that I get to do it part-time now,” she added.
Dallas, however, will continue to be the couple’s primary base.
That’s where, earlier this month, the couple celebrated their engagement with a bang-out bash decorated with 200,000 flowers for 300 people, as Page Six reported.
The 200 Central Park South apartment is a 3,043-square-foot behemoth, with three bedrooms and 3.5 baths on the 44th floor — and full views of Central Park. At the moment, it’s empty and devoid of furniture, but that will change soon, sources said, as Raneri and Nutkis can’t wait to add their own style to the condo.
The Billionaires’ Row tower, designed by Robert A.M. Stern, is home to billionaires like Ken Griffin and A-listers like Sting.
“Marcella and Dan weren’t looking for a Manhattan home, but they love the building. A unit like this is rare and when they heard it was for sale — off market — they jumped,” a friend said.
Raneri told Gimme that she and Nutkis love the building’s “location, views, amenities and services.”
Those include a private restaurant by Jean-Georges Vongerichten, for those who don’t feel like walking across Columbus Circle to Jean-Georges, at Trump International Hotel and Tower.
“After considering other options, we limited our search only to [220 Central Park South], and then it was securing the unit with the size and views we desired,” Raneri said.
Despite New York’s challenges, from 9/11 and the 2008 recession to the pandemic, the city keeps defying naysayers’ claims that it is “over.”
“Both Dan and I feel that New York City is, and will continue to be, a great city and [220 Central Park South] is a world-class building — so when the opportunity became available, we didn’t think twice,” she said.
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