Inside Hoda Kotb’s move to ‘affluent’ suburban town ahead of her ‘Today’ exit

Hoda Kotb is moving from fast-paced mornings at the “Today” show to a more leisurely suburban lifestyle with her children.

Page Six has heard that the cherished journalist recently purchased a home in Bronxville, New York, in an effort to start again, before to formally announcing her departure from the morning news program after 26 years on the show.

In an Instagram post on August 19, home builder EC Builders Inc. revealed that they had been given the responsibility of renovating Kotb’s new property in just a “couple of months,” in conjunction with Rona Schloss’s ideas.

“We completed the remodel project just in time for Hoda Kotb and her family to move in with a few weeks to spare at the end of the summer,” according to EC Builders Inc.

The presenter, who is divorced from Joel Schiffman and has two daughters, Haley, 7, and Hope, 4, looked happy with the remodeling’s result as she grinned broadly from her couch.

When Kotb gave an emotional explanation of her decision to leave “Today” earlier on Thursday, she mentioned how much she wanted to begin this new chapter in her life because of her two daughters.

During the live broadcast, she stated, “I felt that they should have a larger portion of my time than I have.”

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With two nearby colleges, Concordia and Sarah Lawrence, and an award-winning school system, Bronxville seems to be a fantastic place for Kotb to raise her girls.

The mother of two, who had previously lived on the Upper West Side, enthused about her new neighborhood to co-host Jenna Bush Hager earlier this month.

That was how everything changed. According to Realtor.com, she added at the time, “I have a whole new town and a whole new school and all the new things.”

“We went to school on our first day; like any other normal person, I walked my kids to school while wearing sneakers and carrying a coffee. It was fantastic.

There is a yellow brick road that passes through the residential historic quarter of Kotb’s charming English-style village. Surrounding it are stores, eateries, and residences dating back to the 1800s and the 1960s.

Bronxville, which ranks No. 8 on Bloomberg’s list of “America’s 100 Richest Places” in 2018, is regarded as a “affluent” town as well.

But as one inhabitant put it to the New York Times, “It’s not fancy or flashy.” It is busy all day long.

“Everyone walks, even children,” another person said, “but we’re only 30 minutes from Grand Central.”

It is nevertheless rather near to the Big Apple even if it is not in the bustling Manhattan area.