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Local Architect on Huguette Clark Property Plans: ‘It’s Going To Look Terrific’

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Though they own multiple restored properties around the world, the couple that three months ago bought the former Huguette Clark estate on Dan’s Highway plans to settle into the famed New Canaan mansion—becoming its first occupants in decades, officials said Tuesday. Asked by the Planning and Zoning Commission whether he could identify the purchasers, New Canaan-based attorney David Rucci—while applying on the new owners’ behalf to dissolve a 10-lot subdivision of the 52-acre property—said they’ve renovated historic properties in the past. “They just happen to be very preservation-minded people,” Rucci said during the commission’s regular meeting, held in the Douglas Room at Lapham Community Center. “They are out of the city. They have properties in other parts of the world that they have done the exact same thing with.

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No Subdivision Here: New Owners Seek to Preserve 52-Acre ‘Huguette Clark Estate’ as a Single Lot

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On the heels of approving plans for an extensive interior renovation that will preserve the 1937 mansion on the former estate of reclusive heiress Huguette Clark, New Canaan officials on Tuesday will consider an application to re-establish the famed Dan’s Highway property as a single lot. Subdivided several years ago into 10 lots—opening the possibility of development for several homes—the 52-acre estate sold in April (the buyer is said to be former Coach creative head Reed Krakoff) for $14.3 million “is being put back together,” said David Rucci, a partner in New Canaan’s Lampert Toohey & Rucci LLC. Rucci applied for the re-subdivision on behalf the property’s owners, and the Planning and Zoning Commission will vet the application during a public hearing at 7 p.m. Tuesday. “The new owners are committed to preserving the property and renovating the home,” Rucci said. “New Canaan is fortunate that the property is being preserved.”

The estate, known as ‘Le Beau Château,’ went onto the market in September 2008 at $24 million, and was lowered in February of this year to $15.9 million.

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$1.8 Million Interior Renovation Planned for Former Huguette Clark Mansion

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Plans to renovate a famed 1937 mansion on Dan’s Highway have been filed at the New Canaan Building Department. Sold in April for $14.3 million—the buyer is said to be former Coach creative head Reed Krakoff—“Le Beau Château” encompasses on 52 acres that for decades was known as the Huguette Clark estate. The grand, 14,266-square-foot French-style manor house will get a full structural interior renovation, according to a building permit application filed Wednesday by Middletown-based Consulting Engineering Services. The overhaul will include a “minor façade change” and 3,000 square feet of demolition work, the application says. The estimated cost of work is $1.8 million and it will be overseen by Tarrytown, N.Y.-based C-Squared Contracting Inc, the application says.