duplex
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Billionaire Citadel founder and CEO Ken Griffin has reportedly expanded his enormous international property portfolio with the addition of a $38 million duplex apartment inside a storied New York City apartment building.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026
We lived in a two-story duplex built in 1899, where I enjoyed sitting on our enclosed porch watching thunderstorms and the leaves change on trees.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
But cleaning a house that size was a massive undertaking, and it seemed impossible to keep track of everyone’s belongings, as compared with when they lived in a smaller duplex.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 21, 2025
That same day, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass banned duplex project applications within the the Palisades burn zone.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2025
In Ashbury I am not a homeowner, not even a tenant—I’m a lodger, occupant of the small second bedroom in Cathy’s bland and inoffensive duplex, subject to her grace and favour.
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
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