Olivia Dunne, a popular NCAA athlete with significant social media influence, attempted to purchase Babe Ruth's former apartment in Manhattan's Upper West Side for $1,595,000. Although she had the financial means and hired a designer to enhance her decor, Dunne's offer was rejected by the co-op board. This rejection occurred just a week before she was set to move in, highlighting challenges that can arise even for high-profile individuals in the real estate market.
The apartment, located at 345 W. 88th Street #7B, in Manhattan's tony Upper West Side, is currently listed at $1,595,000 (monthly maintenance fees are $4,262) and has some extra-special professional athlete pedigree.
Dunne says she even hired an interior designer so she wouldn't be bringing her 'college furniture to Babe Ruth's apartment.' But a week before she was supposed to get the keys, she got the call that 'the co-op board denied me.'
In a TikTok video Wednesday, which has been viewed more than two million times, influencer and former LSU gymnastics star Olivia 'Livvy' Dunne says she was rejected after making an all-cash offer on a three-bedroom, two-and-a-half-bath apartment.
Dunne says, 'A few months ago, I decided I was going to make my first real estate purchase. But the gag was, it was Babe Ruth's apartment. I was going to pay in cash, I wanted this apartment bad.'
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