Ivanka and Jared Kosher, Pedosta, Obama, Rapoport … nice
WASHINGTON — Ivanka Trump, who is weighing a prominent role in her father’s administration, is planning to move with her family to a mansion in the exclusive Kalorama section of Washington, two people familiar with the decision said Wednesday. The house was previously owned by a Latvian-born financier with extensive investments in Russia and ties to a Russian opposition leader.
Ms. Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, a close adviser to President-elect Donald J. Trump who is expected to be an influential voice in the administration, have chosen a six-bedroom, 6,870-square-foot house just around the corner from President Obama’s new home. The newly renovated house, with its sleekly modern décor, sold for $5.5 million in December, the people said, insisting on anonymity because the transaction was private.
The home was previously owned by Dan K. Rapoport and his wife, Irina, according to property records filed with the District of Columbia. Neither responded to emailed requests for comment.
Ms. Trump’s relocation plans, first reported by Washingtonian magazine, are the latest evidence that she and Mr. Kushner will remain major players in Mr. Trump’s administration. Both played crucial roles in his presidential bid and have wielded outsize power during his transition.
People close to the couple declined to comment on their impending move, as did William F. X. Moody, a co-owner at Washington Fine Properties, who first disclosed the deal. But in the neighborhood where they are planning to live — chock-full of ambassadors and prominent figures on the Washington social circuit — residents have been buzzing about their soon-to-be neighbors.
“Everybody’s atwitter about it,” said Tony Podesta, chairman of the Podesta Group, a top Washington lobbying firm.
“I’ve been getting lots of emails saying, ‘Here we go again,’ ” Mr. Podesta said, alluding to the burst of local mayhem that attended the decision by Mr. Obama and his family to rent a nine-bedroom home in the neighborhood after they leave the White House.
“It will be great to have them as neighbors,” Mr. Podesta said of Ms. Trump and Mr. Kushner, who have three children.
The white house on Tracy Place where Ms. Trump and Mr. Kushner plan to live with their children is just around the corner from the Obamas’ luxurious Tudor-style home on Belmont Road, which has been undergoing extensive renovations directed by the Secret Service to fortify it for their arrival. A security checkpoint is expected to be built at the intersection of Tracy and Belmont before Mr. Obama moves in, residents said.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/04/us/politics/ivanka-trump-house-kalorama-washington.html