Unfortunately, it was bombed in 1944 but Andrew, from England and Carlo, his Italian partner, have restored it into a gem of a place.
In 2004, a partnership of Italian and American developers purchased the palazzo (it had been headquarters to an Italian bank for much of the last century) and set about restoring it into 36 furnished apartments, offered in one-eighth shares: $227,000 for a studio, $294,000 for a one-bedroom and $546,000 for two to three bedrooms.
The ultimate goal is to restore it taking into account environmental pollution.
The developer, who wishes to remain anonymous, wants to buy the building, restore it and turn it into a performing arts centre.
In 2007 the Arizona Jewish Historical Society started a $4 million campaign to restore it and convert it into a museum., Beth Israel was the oldest synagogue in the Phoenix metropolitan area.
"If I bought a car for $500,000 and put $400,000 into it to restore it, then we'll insure it for $900,000," Mr. Fiske said.
He moved the main house, dating to 1690, from its original site, restored it and turned it into the tasting room — the only Long Island shop selling Harmony wines — and an art gallery.
She purchased the Lanaux Mansion in the 1980s, restored it and turned it into a B&B.
He bought it for $70,000 and moved it to Galveston, Tex., where he sank about $700,000 into restoring it, he said.
But it's beautiful, I realize, because someone a lot newer to town than the Crosses has put a lot of money into restoring it.
