{"id":375445,"date":"2026-10-17T04:14:39","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T04:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/375445\/"},"modified":"2026-10-17T04:14:39","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T04:14:39","slug":"michael-douglas-homes-from-humble-nyc-apartment-to-spanish-estate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/375445\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Douglas’ Homes: From Humble NYC Apartment to Spanish Estate"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michael Douglas<\/a> has called many places home in his 82 years, and the \u201cWall Street\u201d star recently opened up about the places he\u2019s lived<\/a> since he was born.<\/p>\n

In an Oct. 13 interview with the Wall Street Journal<\/a>, the A-list actor chatted about some of the most formative residences he has spent time in, beginning with the one-bedroom Greenwich Village<\/a> apartment his parents moved into just after his birth in 1944.<\/p>\n

The family would head to the West Coast just a year later, relocating to a property Douglas described as \u201ca Craftsman house<\/a> in Los Angeles<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

The move was due to his father\u2014famed \u201cSpartacus\u201d actor Kirk Douglas, who died in February 2020 at the age of 103\u2014being cast in a 1946 film called \u201cThe Strange Love of Martha Ivers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Douglas went on to explain that his father became a \u201ccrazy man\u201d in California<\/a>, citing infidelity as the reason behind another cross-country shift.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I was 5, Mom had enough and she moved us back to New York<\/a>, to an apartment on Central Park West<\/a> with an alley view,\u201d Douglas recalled.<\/p>\n

While an alley-view apartment can be less desirable than better-lit units, it\u2019s worth noting that Central Park West was a well-established address when Douglas lived there as a child\u2014and remains so today.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s an Upper West Side<\/a> locale with notable buildings that have been home to many distinguished residents, from Diane Keaton<\/a> to John Lennon and Yoko Ono<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Douglas\u2019 parents divorced in 1951, and he remembered seeing his father \u201conly on movie screens, on holidays, or when he worked in New York<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also recounted an attempted kidnapping at age 8, where two \u201ckidnappers came for\u201d him, following Douglas into the basement of the building he lived in before he \u201cmanaged to slip into the elevator\u201d and escape.<\/p>\n

Michael Douglas is the son of legendary actor, Kirk Douglas. He was born in New York City and moved between the East Coast and Los Angeles as a child.ADRIAN SANCHEZ-GONZALEZ\/AFP via Getty ImagesDouglas would soon follow in his father’s footsteps, achieving success for his own acting skills. Bettmann\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t long before Douglas found himself back on the West Coast, as his mother, Diana Douglas, \u201csigned a film contract.\u201d At 11, he \u201clived in a West Hollywood<\/a> rental\u201d until his mother\u2019s contract ended in 1956, sending the family back to New York.<\/p>\n

Later that year, she married writer-producer Bill Darrid, and the family moved to \u201ca three-bedroom farmhouse in Westport, CT<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

For college, Douglas attended the University of California, Santa Barbara<\/a>, where he majored in drama. After graduating in 1968, he returned to New York, where he worked in \u201coff-Broadway plays\u201d and \u201ca string of TV shows.\u201d<\/p>\n

Today, Douglas and his wife, actress Catherine Zeta-Jones<\/a>, 57, split their \u201ctime between homes in New York and Spain\u2019s Mallorca island, overlooking the Mediterranean.\u201d<\/p>\n

The home has a storied past, with Archduke Ludwig Salvator of Habsburg purchasing it in 1867 and transforming it into a \u201cmagical\u201d retreat he\u2019d eventually name S\u2019Estaca.<\/p>\n

Today, Douglas and his wife, actress Catherine Zeta-Jones, split their time between their homes in New York and Mallorca.Arnold Jerocki\/Getty ImagesThe couple wed in 2000 and, for a time, shared the Mallorca estate with Douglas’ ex-wife, Diandra Luker.SGranitz\/WireImage<\/p>\n

Douglas and his first wife, Diandra Luker, purchased the Spanish estate for $3.5 million in 1990. The couple split in 1990, after 22 years of marriage, and initially agreed on a six-months on, six-months off arrangement for residing in the sprawling home.<\/p>\n

They spent a few years attempting to offload the property, which includes a main house and five apartments. The home was listed for $60 million in 2014, then later drastically reduced to $32.5 million. At one point, Douglas even narrated a video of the home<\/a> in an effort to sell.<\/p>\n

Douglas and Zeta-Jones, who wed in 2000, bought Luker out of her share of the property in 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was very uncomfortable sharing the property with my ex-wife, Diandra,\u201d Douglas told local newspaper Ultima Hora<\/a> in 2021. \u201cSix months for each of us wasn\u2019t very pleasant for anyone.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was in that interview that Douglas opened up about the more than three decades he\u2019s spent residing in Mallorca part time.<\/p>\n

A few attempts were made to sell the 190-acre estate from 2014 to 2019, but Douglas and Zeta-Jones eventually bought Luker out of her share of the property. Google Earth<\/p>\n

\u201cI love coming back to Mallorca. I\u2019ve been coming for over 30 years, and I\u2019ve learned over time that \u2018Happy wife, happy life.\u2019 Catherine, my wife, is very happy here,\u201d he shared. \u201cEven more so now that we no longer share the house with my first wife, Diandra. She feels much more comfortable now. She\u2019s decorating the house her way.\u201d<\/p>\n

Most recently, Douglas told the Journal that he and Zeta-Jones appreciate the expansive property for its tranquil location.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe love being surrounded by nature and our serene view and privacy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He also revealed the house contains a Trackman, which he uses for his \u201cdaily workout\u201d of hitting golf balls with a video setup in the wine cellar, which \u201cdoubles as a home theater.\u201d<\/p>\n

His favorite spot in the home, however, is a \u201cfuschia armchair next to an open window facing the sea,\u201d where he enjoys reading.<\/p>\n

The couple also have a gorgeous historical mansion in Hudson<\/a>, known as Longmeadow, which they have been trying to sell for two years. The eight-bedroom, 10.5-bathroom home was listed for $12 million in 2024 and reduced to $9.75 million in March of this year.<\/p>\n

The estate was built in 1929 and offers sweeping views of the Hudson River. With 11,600 square feet of interior living space, the home is situated on a 12-acre lot in a premier community in New York’s Hudson Valley.<\/p>\n

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