Okay, oval room but still, a nicer 'hood than Pennsylvania Avenue.
From The Robb Report:
West Wing East? This $184 Million London Penthouse Comes With Access to a Full-Size Oval Office
The replica was built by one of the Kennedys.
We’re not going to pretend to know how this year’s presidential election will shake out, but it looks like the next POTUS won’t be the only one with an Oval Office. That’s because there’s an exact replica of the historic West Wing room just across the pond, at No. 1 Grosvenor Square—a super-prime residential building in London that just sold a penthouse for £140 million, or about $184 million. Talk about weird timing.
Why is there an Oval Office in London? The building was a US embassy from 1938 to 1960—Joseph P. Kennedy served as an ambassador there for two years. He reportedly built the Oval Office replica to inspire his son, Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., to get into politics—though it was his younger sibling, John F. Kennedy, who ultimately made it to the real deal at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
The developer of No. 1 Grosvenor Square, Lodha, opted to keep the faux Oval Office, relocating it so that it sits in a communal area near the entrance of the residential building. That means that, unlike the IRL president, the new penthouse owner will have to share the space with Grosvenor’s other residents....
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