The record? A $35 million penthouse
Does that sound over the top? There are a lot of properties in Israel changing hands at far higher prices than that. The biggest residential property deal in Israeli history, completed just this year, was Canadian businessman Sylvan Adams’ purchase of a penthouse at 10 Herbert Samuel Street on the Tel Aviv waterfront for 120 million shekels, or nearly $35 million. His new home is a huge duplex on the top two floors of a 21-story tower, with 1,300 square meters in floor space (including 300 square meters of balconies)