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(2017-05-21)For a billionaire power couple, their Tribeca loft and Toronto semi-detached house (see Dynasty's virtual globetrotting link at bottom of list) are relatively modest.
Bruce Flatt and Lonti Ebers took purchased their 3230 sq ft Tribeca Condo for $6.1 million in December 2011.
J. Bruce Flatt (b. 1965) is CEO & partner at Brookfield Asset Management a $250 billion global asset manager (formerly known as Brascan, once controlled by the Bronfman family). Bruce has been referred to as Canada's Warren Buffett and is credited with the transformation of Brascan from a complex holding company into a global asset manager focused on infrastructure. Brookfield has interests in or owns some of the most prized commercial real estate assets in the world from Canary Wharf in London to New York's World Financial Center and Hudson Yards. Born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Bruce Flatt graduated from the University of Manitoba in 1985. His father, Ian Flatt, co-founded Canada's largest mutual fund company, Investors Group. His brother Gordon Flatt is based in Bermuda and is involved numerous companies including Copacabana Capital. Bruce was married for 2 years in the early 1990's and is known for his focus on his work.
Bruce's partner since the early 2000's is Leontine P. A. Ebers (Lonti Ebers) a noted philanthropist, socialite and art adviser based in New York and Toronto. Lonti is an alumnus ('76) of University of Toronto's Trinity College and holds a Masters degree in the History of Art. Records show a number of companies registered in her name including a 1980 entry for Lonti Ebers Fine Arts Inc. She is involved in numerous charities and plays an active role in the arts communities of both cities including The PowerPlant at Toronto's Harbourfront and the New Museum in New York City. Lonti is in the process (2017) of building a two story art gallery in Brooklyn on a vacant lot she purchased in 2015 for $4.2 million.
Bruce and Lonti previously owned two adjacent coops in Tribeca (see Dynasty's virtual globetrotting link at bottom of list). It was the subject of real estate blogs in 2011-12 partly because of Bruce's company's role in the Zuccotti Park Occupy Wall Street eviction. The blogs at the time for some reason missed the fact that he owned two units and that only one was sold. There are references (see link second from bottom) to a protracted court case in Florida that may have involved the unit he still owns.