Leonardo DiCaprio Readies One-Bedroom Penthouse

Leonardo DiCaprio has a case of shrinkage - real-estate shrinkage, at any rate. Since it was first reported in 2005 that the actor was buying in the now nearly completed Hudson Blue condo building in the West Village, the price and the size of his penthouse apartment has decreased substantially.

It isn't costing $10 million, or even $5 million, as previously reported. It's now under $3 million. And it's not the three apartments that he was supposedly buying with Bill Clinton crony Ron Burkle. It's a single one-bedroom, 11/2-bath condo of approximately 1,200 square feet. Included in the top-floor unit in the 10-story glass-encased building are a private 800-square-foot rooftop terrace with a hot tub, a fireplace in the living room, a gourmet kitchen with a skylight, high ceilings and lots of marble.

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