The longtime Washington, D.C., home of the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein has sold to a local developer for $6.25 million, more than a year after hitting the market for $8.5 million.

Listing agent Ben Roth of Washington Fine Properties declined to name the buyer, but said it is a developer who is planning to divide the 0.8-acre Spring Valley property into three lots and build new homes. “It was a land play,” Roth said.

Dianne Feinstein is pictured in 2020. She died in 2023 at age 90.

Feinstein and her husband, Richard C. Blum, paid $5.6 million for the property in 2001. She died in 2023 at age 90, and the property went on the market in January 2024. Blum died in 2022.

The gated property has multiple structures. Originally built in the 1950s, the main house measures about 5,800 square feet with three bedrooms, a library and a sunroom. There is also a pool, poolhouse and a carriage house.

A former mayor of San Francisco, Feinstein represented California in the U.S. Senate for more than three decades.

Will Fastow of Sotheby’s International Realty, who represented the buyer, declined to comment.

The main residence was built in the 1950s.

The house is about 5,800 square feet.

The buyer is a developer, who may renovate the main house in addition to building new homes.

A double-height living room has a fireplace.

A sunroom looks out over the property.

The 0.8-acre property has a pool.

What it means for the market

“In general, the demand right now is super high for brand new,” said Roth, who said he recently sold a new, $10 million home a block away. Despite government cutbacks, he said the market is very active. “There are a lot of buyers on the sidelines looking and they are buying,” he said.