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Helmsley, Leona
(Leona Mindy Rosenthal Helmsley, 1920.07.04- )
Real estate salesperson, heiress, felon.
 Wintered in Paradise
Valley
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| The Helmsley's snowbird home.
11-03. |
The "Queen of Mean" and heiress to Harry Helmsley's
real estate holdings which once included the Empire State Building, spent
9 winters in digs that surpass any other snowbird's.
 The 20,000-square foot
Helmsley home in the Las Brisas community on Mummy Mountain in Paradise
Valley has a 360 degree view of Phoenix and the surrounding mountains, no
less than 12 bathrooms, elevators, and three pools including one of
Olympic proportions with underwater sound and one with a 36 foot
waterfall. With an asking price of $25 million ($19 million more
than she paid), it was on the market for over a year in 1998. The
price turned out to be overly optimistic. In 2003, the Maricopa
County Assessor placed the full cash value of the property at
$9,342,000--with an annual tax bill of $69,296.60. In 2005, Leona
finally sold her snowbird home for a reported $8 million.
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