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Paul Simon’s Daughter Condemns Richard Gere as Childhood Estate Is Demolished

Selling her parents’ former 1938 Colonial to SBP Homes prompted Lulu Simon’s public denouncement of Gere’s unfulfilled pledge to safeguard the land.

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Richard Gere in April 2024 told Vanity Fair España that he and his wife planned to relocate to her native Spain to be closer to her family.
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Overview

  • Lulu Simon took to Instagram to accuse Gere of breaking a 2022 promise to “take care of the land” after he sold her childhood home to developers
  • Gere bought the 32-acre New Canaan estate from Paul Simon and Edie Brickell for $10.8 million in 2022 and sold it to SBP Homes last October for $10.75 million
  • SBP Homes has begun demolishing the six-bedroom 1938 Colonial and intends to divide the property into nine residential lots ranging from 2.2 to 4.8 acres
  • Hudson Valley House Parts salvage crews are extracting historic architectural elements—such as bay windows and oak paneling—ahead of the teardown
  • The sale followed Gere’s relocation to Madrid with his wife, Alejandra, and their children, shelving earlier farm conversion plans assured to local planners