Jennifer Gould

Jennifer Gould

Real Estate

Harry Macklowe and French fling nab Hamptons getaway

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Inside Harry Macklowe's new Hamptons home.Courtesy of Douglas Elliman
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Billionaire developer Harry Macklowe has plunked down $10.6 million for a love shack to share with his bride-to-be on exclusive Georgica Pond in East Hampton, The Post has learned.

Macklowe hid his French mistress, Patricia Landeau, in a Park Avenue building that he owns for two years before launching into a messy divorce from his wife of 57 years, Linda. Macklowe, who developed the city’s tallest residential building, 432 Park Ave., reportedly met Landeau at a fundraising event for the French Friends of the Israel Museum, of which she’s president.

The lovely home, at 64 West End Road in East Hampton and near fellow billionaires like Ronald Perelman, isn’t far from the former monster home he shared with his ex.

“He can still look across the pond to catch a view of his ex-wife,” our spy quips.

The home Macklowe just purchased had lingered on the market since 2014, when it was asking $19.5 million.

“It’s charming but it can’t be changed much, so it was hard to sell — but it was perfect for Harry’s need to be isolated with his bride-to-be,” the spy adds.

Harry Macklowe and Patricia Landeau.Shutterstock

The four-bedroom home is 5,500 square feet. It sits on 2.7 acres and comes with a pool, several hundred feet of frontage on Georgica Pond and access to the Atlantic Ocean across the street. It is also surrounded by nature preserves and completely private.

Macklowe’s past digs, a walled-in compound on Georgica Pond bought in 1989, were part of an ugly, legendary battle between Macklowe and Martha Stewart in the 1990s. Stewart said Macklowe planted trees and bushes in an area that Stewart claimed to own. The East Hampton Village Zoning Board of Appeals granted Stewart permission to clear 14 trees and shrubs. Macklowe sued in State Supreme Court to overturn the decision and won a restraining order, but Stewart started removing the plants before it was served.

The listing brokers for Macklowe’s new purchase were Bonny Aarons and Janette Goodstein of Douglas Elliman.