Lee Jong-suk Purchases Building in Seoul's Trendy Cheongdam-dong

Actor Lee Jong-suk, known as 'IU's boyfriend,' has become a property owner in the upscale Cheongdam-dong area of Seoul.

According to recent reports, Lee Jong-suk acquired a five-story building in Cheongdam-dong, Gangnam District, Seoul, for 16.2 billion KRW (approximately $12 million USD). To facilitate the purchase, he set up a mortgage of 7.2 billion KRW, suggesting an investment of over 10 billion KRW in cash. The transaction was completed at the end of December last year.

The building is a newly constructed reinforced concrete structure, approved for use in January of last year. It stands on a land area of 234 square meters and includes a basement and five above-ground floors, designated as a neighborhood living facility. The total floor area is divided as follows: 1st floor 144.95㎡, 2nd floor 123.91㎡, 3rd floor 123.28㎡, 4th floor 71.99㎡, and 5th floor 72.31㎡.

Meanwhile, Lee Jong-suk is set to return to the small screen in the latter half of the year with the drama 'The Second Empress.' This Disney+ original series is a romantic fantasy epic about 'Navi' (played by Shin Min-a), the perfect empress of the Eastern Empire, who is served divorce papers by Emperor 'Sovieshu' (played by Joo Ji-hoon) after he falls for a runaway slave 'Rasta' (played by Lee Se-young). In response, Navi demands permission to remarry Prince 'Heinley' (played by Lee Jong-suk) of the Western Kingdom.

Reported by Yoo Ye-ji, TenAsia ryuperstar@tenasia.co.kr