The Connecticut home that President Donald Trump once shared with his first wife, Ivana Trump, is set to be demolished, with a new luxurious mansion to be built in its place

The Connecticut home once shared by President Donald Trump and his first wife, Ivana Trump, is set to be torn down, with a lavish new mansion to be constructed in its place.

The 19,786-square-foot Georgian-style estate, situated on a peninsula along the Greenwich waterfront, was bought by the couple in 1982, shortly after the birth of their second child, Ivanka.

At the time, the property was valued at $4 million. The couple went on to divorce in 1992 following Trump’s widely-publicised affair with Marla Maples. Ivana retained the house as part of the divorce settlement, later selling it in 1998.

The property, originally constructed in 1939, sits on 5.8 waterfront acres. The current main house boasts nine bedrooms and spans roughly 20,000 square feet, reports the Irish Star.

Ivana sold the mansion for $15 million following a series of upgrades and renovations. In 2024, the estate changed hands once more, fetching $31.5 million.

The new owners are now planning sweeping changes to the already opulent estate, including a new outdoor tennis court, an outdoor swimming pool, additional outbuildings, an indoor tennis court, and a brand-new main house. According to documents submitted to Town Hall, the new main house will measure approximately 17,000 square feet.

The new owners remain unnamed, with the ownership record listed under 21 Vista Drive LLC. The estate’s former owners were financier Robert Steinberg and Suzanne Steinberg.

Attorney John Tesei, representing the property’s new owner, clarified that “in submitted documents the proposal calls for the combination of three lots into a single zoning lot, the removal of all existing structures, and a redevelopment of the property,” according to local news outlet Patch.

Tesei added that fresh beach frontage has also been put forward as part of the extensive redevelopment.

Given the project’s magnitude, the new owners were obliged to apply for a special permit through the town planning department. This special permit would enable Planning and Zoning Construction to proceed with the scheme, which surpasses 150,000 cubic feet of building work.

While specifics of the new main residence remain under wraps, Robert A.M. Stern Architects has been enlisted to deliver the opulent development. The practice is renowned for designing Billionaire’s Row at 220 Central Park South in Manhattan, the George W. Bush Presidential Library in Dallas, Texas, and the Ocean Course Clubhouse at the Kiawah Island Golf Club in South Carolina.

The application has yet to be timetabled for initial assessment, and it’s uncertain when authorisation might be secured.

Ivana Trump, who passed away in 2022, documented the property in her 2017 memoir, “Raising Trump,” revealing that the pair selected the estate while surveying the town from a helicopter. The future president’s first wife passed away in 2022 as a result of accidental blunt force injuries to her torso, sustained after tumbling down the staircase at her Upper East Side home in New York City.

She was 73 years of age at the time, and authorities found no indication of any suspicious circumstances.