The bookshelf-lined Manhattan home of Leonard Riggio, the late founder of Barnes & Noble, is on the market.

The $17 million sale along Park Avenue, first reported by Curbed , marks another portfolio offload by Riggio’s widow, the journalist and philanthropist Louise Riggio. Louise, 78, is in the process of parting with hundred of millions of dollars worth of the couple’s enviable real estate holdings, as well as large swaths of their massive art collection. 6

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The real estate portion alone, with recent sale and listing prices combined, appears to be in the $103 million range.

This recent Manhattan listing, repped by Sotheby’s International Realty, comes roughly one year after the September 2024 death of Leonard at age 83 from Alzheimer’s disease.

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