That surpassed Severn Road in Hong Kong, where the average price was $11,200 per square foot, and Fifth Avenue in New York City, where it was $7,500 per square foot.
But today, while it's still a prestigious area, Avenue Princesse Grace is no longer among the world's top 10 priciest streets, which include 57th Street in New York City and Mount Nicholson Road in Hong Kong, according to global real-estate consultancy firm Knight Frank.
In fact, it's no longer even the most expensive street in Monaco, according to local real-estate agents.
The street had only five sales closed in 2018 with an average sale price of $6,212 per square foot — about a third of what it was in 2008, according to Laurent Locchi of Hammer Draff Great Properties, an affiliate of Christie's International Real Estate.
"Although the Avenue Princesse Grace remains as one of the most expensive and prestigious waterfront locations, the properties located in the Monte Carlo's Golden Square (right next to the casino) have the highest price tag per square meter and now are the most prestigious ones in Monaco," Derrick Tryniecki of Monaco Real Estate told Business Insider.
And most of the housing stock on Grace Kelly's namesake street is now made up of rentals, according to Tryniecki and other local real-estate agents.