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Kolath Estate on Mohawk River, Albany, New York is for sale and is listed at $30 million.

Nestled on 25 acres of, this 30,000 square feet mega mansion boasts direct Mohawk River frontage with access to the Erie canal. One of the most famous castles in New York's tech valley, the ornate castle was constructed in 1992 by insurance magnate Albert Lawrence and Barbara Lawrence. The reason behind the castle is to renew their loving years while the couples went to cornell university. Both Barbara and lawrence met at cornell campus. both of them finish their studies, and later they got married. Build their business. Later years, they miss their campus love. The couples want to renew their love and therefore they want to build a similar structure and environment similar to the Cornell University where they spend their younger age. Later they build a castle similar to the Cornell campus for 40 million dollar and started acting like teenagers for love. Llenroc is cornell back spelled. The couples not only prosper their personal lives, but also in insurance business. Soon the business started trading in the wall street. Later years Security and exchange commission found illegal activities in the business and the government took lawrence to jail. Lawrence died in jail. Barbara lives in the castle alone. The couple meant to have a loving life till they die, but unfortunately their dreams did not come true. Later the court took the castle and all businesses away and placed for auction.

The castle is now own by real estate entrepreneur ,George Kolath who owns Kolath hospitality group. The castle is sitting near by Saratoga Race course, Saratoga performing Arts center, Edison golf club, Mohawk golf club, Schenectady yatch club and the Adirondack Mountains. The eye catching estate which is surrounded by mature apple orchards and just a short drive from Ge ,ge global research center nanotechnology business center. The castle boasts 6 bed room and 10 baths. Crafted from 1200 tons of Ithaca's llenroc stone(the same material used to construct the Llenroc dormatory at cornell university), the elegant home has a first floor master suite with his and her bathrooms and a sewing room, 15 fireplaces, $5 million worth of imported Scandinavian marble flooring, hundreds of unique hand -painted Portuguese tiles, a formal dining room featuring 24 karat gold gided ceilings and moldings, walnut design inlaid hardwood floors, 32 miles of mahogany moldings, casual and executive business areas, five floor glass elevator, four galleries, professionally set up theatre, cenralized music systems, 2 kitchens plus servants kitchen with its own elevator.

Other distinguished feature is likely to capture the interest of a buyer in search of a fairy tale home in the empire state include : a sailboat shaped indoor pool with separate hot tub, exercise areas,a four story solarium encased by a teak wood balcony, below a mermaid bar with see through views of the swimmers of the pool, sauna , long heated driveway, generators, geo thermal heating system, and dancing opera fountains in the front yard, tuip fountains in the back yard , huge water falls around the two sides of the castle. For year around entertaining, the enchanting estate offers sweeping terraces with adirondack flagstone, limestone and granite for memorable outdoor parties, private pond for fishing, long walking trails by the river, ice skating in the winter in the pond, private golf holes, vineyards, orchrds, rose garden, wild life section of a garden, horse area, vegetable garden area, beautiful running creek in the middle of the property, separate service srea entrance, a 15 car underground garage, a private area to land muliple helicopters, boat launch area and beah at the river, and it is easy accessed by the Adiirondack Northway(I-87) and just minutes from the Albany International Airport with private jet access. Why build when you can walk in right into it? There is guarded security and no trespassing is allowed. Trespassers will be prosecuted.

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