Matt Lauer Will Sell $44 Million Hamptons Beach House Where He Retreated After Today Firing
Matt Lauer is hoping to offload a major piece of Hamptons real estate.
PEOPLE confirms the disgraced Today anchor plans to sell the $44 million family home where he has been living since his firing from NBC in November 2017.
The house, a beachfront estate he bought for $36.5 million from actor Richard Gere, according to the New York Post, is just one of several million-dollar properties Lauer has purchased in the celebrity-favorite summer destination over the years.
The 12-bedroom, 12-bath property, known as Strongheart Manor, features a 14,000-square-foot main house with two guesthouses and a basketball court on six acres.
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The 1902 home is set on Peconic Bay in the enclave of North Haven and offers 300 feet of sandy beachfront, according to Architectural Digest.
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The former anchor’s divorce from wife Annette Roque, however, “isn’t final,” the source tells PEOPLE. “There’s still a lot to work out and they are a ways off from a resolution, but they’ll be selling the family home.”
The estranged couple had previously listed a second Long Island mansion in the village of Sag Harbor.
That house was initially offered at $17.995 million in July 2017. The 6-bedroom, 7.5-bath home is set on 25 acres that include a heated pool, pool house, wet bar and tennis court.
The estate grounds were designed by Anna Wintour’s landscape architect, Miranda Brooks, and have “secret” gardens. Inside, Daniel Romualdez, a favorite of fellow Hamptons homeowners Tory Burch and Ina Garten, executed the decor.
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He has slashed the asking price of that property numerous times since listing it. It was most recently cut to $12.75 million in March 2018.
“It’s been on the market for a while now,” the source says.
Lauer was fired from NBC in November 2017 over allegations of “inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.”
