Condominium being sold for $1.475 million
LOS ANGELES - A controversial condominium unit in a downtown Los Angeles high rise, owned by one of the children of a businesswoman embroiled in the P10-billion pork barrel scam in the Philippines, is on the market.
Several realty websites show that the home of Jeane Napoles, the daughter of Janet Lim Napoles, at the Ritz Carlton is up for sale.
The listing was posted on several American realty websites on September 23.
The 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom unit which covers over 1500 square feet is being listed at the price of $1.475 million.
Price per square feet is at $934.14.
According to public realty records, the unit was purchased under Jeane C Napoles' name in July of 2011 for $1.28 million.
Sources from the Ritz Carlton told Balitang America that a Napoles employee was seen moving bags of Jeane's belongings days before the August 26 anti-pork barrel protest.
Dozens of Filipino-Americans protested outside of the Ritz Carlton on August 26 during a global day of action against the pork barrel system.
A record search of the three other Southern California Napoles-linked properties shows that none of them are up for sale.
A Balitang America report earlier listed several US properties owned by the Napoles family.
These include the Anaheim Express Inn valued at about $7 million, a $1.4 million home in the affluent Canyon View gated community in Irvine and a commercial property in the Los Angeles County City of Covina.
source: www.abs-cbnnews.com
