- Moscow's "Golden Mile" is home to some of the city's most expensive real estate.
- Homes cost, on average, $2 million in older buildings and $3.5 million in new construction buildings, according to Sotheby's International Realty.
- Russian government officials, celebrities, and families with "old money" call the area home, according to Sotheby's.
- On a recent trip to Russia, I got a tour of the neighborhood and one of its most prestigious luxury residences, Nabokov, where available condos start at about $3.2 million and the penthouse sold for $19.4 million.
- It was a stark contrast to luxury buildings I've toured in NYC, which are obsessed with offering lavish amenities, from exclusive private clubs to 82-foot swimming pools.
- In Nabokov, the main draw seems to be the privacy and prestige of living on Moscow's Golden Mile.
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Moscow's Golden Mile, a residential area between the banks of the Moscow River and Ostozhenka Street, is home to some of the city's priciest real estate.
Russian government officials, celebrities, and families with "old money" call the area home, according to Olga Novikova of Moscow Sotheby's International Realty. Homes cost an average of $2 million in older buildings and $3.5 million in new construction buildings, according to Sotheby's.
Demand for the area has cooled somewhat in the last five years, Maria Bocharova, the chief marketing officer for Sotheby's International Realty, told Business Insider.
"But many people still want to live there and the popularity and prestige of this area will remain stable for a very long time," Bocharova said.
On a recent trip to Russia, Sotheby's gave me a tour of one of the neighborhood's most luxurious new residential buildings called Nabokov. Here's what it was like.