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It’s an offer buyers keep refusing. The ornate Staten Island mob mansion that just can’t find a buyer is back on the market, again.This time it has a price tag of $13.995 million, a steep markdown from its $18 million ask that flopped in 2024.Built in 1980 by Gambino crime boss Paul “Big Paul” Castellano, the Todt Hill “White House” — called such as he had the residence designed to resemble the White House with a pillared portico and circular drive — at 177 Benedict Road spans 33,000 square feet with eight en-suite bedrooms and 17 bathrooms.Castellano’s former property aimed to fetch $16.8 million in October 2023, and then came back online with an $18 million price in late-2024.The 25-room mansion, which sits on nearly 1.6 acres with sweeping Verrazzano Bridge views, boasts indoor and outdoor Olympic-sized pools, a 13-car garage, a home theater, a gym with a sauna, a beauty salon, a wine cellar, a solarium and a lot of marble. Anywhere near the new asking price would still shatter Staten Island’s single-home sales record, which was set by 176 Benedict Road, directly across the street from Castellano’s property.That closed in 2025 for $8.5 million.“At $13.995 million, we believe we’re positioned much more consistently with the market and with where we ultimately expect the property to trade,” listing agent PreReal Real Estate’s Rob Nixon, who marketed the property along with Anthony Volpe, told The Post.
“At the same time, it’s important to put that number in perspective; we estimate the replacement cost of an estate of this scale and caliber today would be upwards of $30 million.”The Staten Island Advance was the first to report on news of the listing.Castellano commissioned it in 1976, after succeeding his brother-in-law, Carlo Gambino, as the syndicate’s don.Completed in 1980, Castellano lived and ran the family from there, until his 1985 death.
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