Richard Gere's $11M Connecticut Home Reportedly Being Torn Down After He Moved to Spain with Wife and Kids

Richard Gere and his woman Alejandra intend to move backmost to nan U.S. successful a fewer years, but they won't beryllium capable to return to their erstwhile Connecticut mansion.

Seven months aft nan mates sold nan sprawling New Canaan abode for $10.75 million successful October 2024, nan location is reportedly group to beryllium torn down successful bid to make room for a nine-property improvement connected nan site, according to Hudson Valley House Parts. 

The New York-based business is devoted to architectural salvage and historical preservation, per their website. They’ve been moving to sphere immoderate pieces astatine nan Geres’ erstwhile location for nan past fewer weeks, according to an Instagram station shared connected Sunday, May 25.

“Gere purchased this spot from Paul Simon and Edie Brickell successful 2022,” nan caption reads, successful part. “It has since been sold and scheduled for demolition pinch nan intent to create nan 32-acre batch into 9 individual properties. Over nan past period our squad has been moving to prevention nan pieces that we tin from nan landfill.”

The mini business has been documenting nan preservation process connected their Instagram, astir precocious pinch this cast chromatic wellhead that was recovered from nan actor's erstwhile estate, arsenic good arsenic these steel bay casement windows. 

PEOPLE has reached retired to Hudson Valley House Parts for remark but did not person an contiguous response. 

Richard, 75, and Alejandra, 42, had lived successful nan location for 2 years aft purchasing it successful 2022 for $10.8 million. The Runaway Bride alum reportedly wanted to move nan historical 1938 spot into a workplace astatine 1 point, according to section outlet, nan New Canaan Advertiser​​.

It features six bedrooms, 11 bathrooms, a pool, aggregate gardens and a three-bedroom impermanent cottage. There are "period details" connected show passim nan property, a erstwhile listing pinch Sotheby's states.

While Richard and Alejandra (née Silva) had lived successful nan United States since they sewage joined successful 2018, nan Pretty Woman prima did tease their imaginable move to his wife’s autochthonal Spain successful an April 2024 interview pinch Vanity Fair Spain.

"For Alejandra, it will beryllium awesome to beryllium person to her family, her lifelong friends and her culture," he said astatine nan time. "She was very generous successful giving maine six years surviving successful my world, truthful it is only adjacent that I springiness her astatine slightest different six surviving successful hers."

He added that relocating to Madrid would beryllium a "great adventure” for their family, arsenic nan brace stock 2 young children together: Alexander, 6, and James, 5. Gere besides shares boy Homer, 25, pinch ex-wife Carey Lowell, while Alejanda is besides mom to son, Albert, 11, pinch ex-husband Govind Friedland. 

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In April, Alejandra admitted that their family does person plans to move backmost to nan United States successful an question and reply pinch the Daily Mail.

“For a fewer years [we’ll unrecorded successful Spain], and past travel back,” nan publicist and activistic said. “But we're ever coming back. We'll travel backmost present successful nan summertime because we person nan kids astatine camp. We conscionable person to equilibrium our lives location and here."

She added, “I'm pinch my family ... I missed them a lot. But I miss nan U.S. So we travel backmost and forth."