Bon Jovi Guitarist Shells Out Record Price For Philadelphia Condo

With the real estate market in a bit of a slump recently, it’s kind of surprising to get word that Richie Sambora of Bon Jovi has just purchased a new condo in Philadelphia and paid a record price for it. Perhaps the market in Philly is a bit healthier than in other cities.

Sambora paid $1,377 per square foot for the place, which in this particular case, works out to a total of $3.58 million. The condo is on the 52nd floor of The Residences at Two Liberty Place, an 848-foot tower, which holds the current record for the city’s tallest residential building.

Sambora’s new 2,600-square-foot unit has three bedrooms, and is Sambora’s first home in the city. Originally from Woodbridge, New Jersey, Sambora certainly seems happy to have landed himself a place in The City of Brotherly Love, saying that he was “…so excited to finally have a home in Philadelphia.”

Sambora also owns homes in Los Angeles and Laguna Beach. Although Sambora’s condo sounds pretty nice (and it ought to be for $3.58 million), the largest units in the building are around 12,000 square feet, which would even make for a very roomy single-family home. Now that’s living in style!

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Bon Jovi’s Richie Sambora Arrested

Perhaps the rough patches in Richie Sambora’s life that were discussed recently are not quite over yet. The Bon Jovi guitarist was arrested Tuesday night in Laguna Beach, CA, on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol.

As the Laguna Beach police tell the story, Sambora’s black Hummer was seen weaving in traffic. When Sambora was stopped by police, he was subjected to the typical field sobriety tests to determine whether or not he might have had a little too much to drink.

According to police, Sambora was unable to pass the field sobriety tests and was taken into custody and was cooperative with police.

After being booked by police and providing a blood sample, Sambora was released at about 4:00 a.m.

When he was arrested, he was reported to have had three additional people in his vehicle with him. The other passengers were said to have been his girlfriend, his daughter and his daughter’s friend.

Sambora is scheduled to appear in court on May 7 after being charged with one misdemeanor count of driving under the influence.

Richie Sambora checked himself into rehab last summer in an effort to get his life back on track. Apparently, it will be up to a judge on May 7 to decide whether or not he’s been successful.

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