I’m Still Confused About The MCU’s 7 Year Old Avengers Tower Mystery Despite The Thunderbolts* Trailer

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While Marvel Studios has answered one huge Avengers Tower mystery in the trailers for Thunderbolts*, there are still huge questions surrounding this mysterious buyer that I am desperate to get answers to. Until very recently, the new owner of the former Avengers Tower had remained a mystery to us since it was sold by Tony Stark during 2017"s Spider-Man: Homecoming. We all theorized that the landmark of New York in the MCU could have been bought by the Fantastic Four, Wilson Fisk or a variant of Kang the Conqueror, but the truth was actually kind of surprising.
Trailers for Marvel Studios" upcoming Thunderbolts* movie confirmed that Julia Louis-Dreyfus" Valentina Allegra de Fontaine bought Avengers Tower. This was a huge revelation for Marvel Studios to give away in a trailer, which has me thinking that there is something more sinister going on with this much-anticipated reveal. While we now know Valentina is residing in Avengers Tower, there are still huge mysteries concerning exactly why she bought the building, and I am desperate for Thunderbolts* to provide some much-needed answers.
Valentina May Have Bought Avengers Tower To Be The Thunderbolts’ HQ The Thunderbolts Will Need A Base Of Operations In The MCU Close Throughout the MCU"s Multiverse Saga, we"ve seen Valentina Allegra de Fontaine pop up around a number of the members of the upcoming Thunderbolts team. She first appeared alongside John Walker in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, rebranding him as US Agent, before showing up at Natasha Romanoff"s grave in Black Widow to send Yelena Belova on a mission. This makes me think that Valentina will have an active hand in forming the Thunderbolts, though trailers for the 2025 movie have told us a different story, but this could explain her purchase of Avengers Tower.
Avengers Tower Appearance
Year
The Avengers
2012
Iron Man 3
2013
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
2014
Avengers: Age of Ultron
2015
Doctor Strange
2016
Spider-Man: Homecoming
2017
Avengers: Infinity War
2018
Avengers: Endgame
2019
Spider-Man: Far From Home
2019
WandaVision
2021
Loki
2021
Hawkeye
2021
What If...?
2021-23
Thunderbolts*
2025
If she wanted to bring together a team of antiheroes and reformed heroes, perhaps to replace the absent Avengers in the MCU, Valentina would need a place to put them. I can"t imagine anywhere better suited to house an Avengers replacement team than the Avengers" own previous headquarters. It would make sense for Valentina to buy Avengers Tower to use as the Thunderbolts" base of operations, but I"ve gathered from the trailers that she won"t actually be involved in forming the team, so I"m still confused about her purchasing the building.
Black Panther 2 Revealed A Power-Hungry Valentina Who May Have Bought The Tower For Herself Valentina Could Have Bagged Herself An Evil Lair

2022"s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever included huge revelations about Valentina. Not only was she revealed to be Everett Ross" ex-wife, but she was also confirmed to be the current Director of the CIA in the MCU. Valentina put her powerful and intimidating personality front-and-center in Wakanda Forever, and expressed her interest in the United States having exclusive access to Wakanda"s vibranium, which makes me think she is purely power-hungry. This could convince me that she bought Avengers Tower just for herself.

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Posts Despite being one of New York"s most recognizable landmarks, Avengers Tower is little more than an office building and workspace. For someone with as big an ego as Valentina"s, it makes sense that she would want this entire building for herself - if only just for the bar. I have absolutely loved seeing Julia Louis-Dreyfus bring her charisma and magnetism to Valentina, and she has quickly become one of my favorite MCU characters, no matter how morally-questionable she might be. My thoughts about Valentina will be cemented if it"s revealed she bought Avengers Tower just for kicks.
The Government Or The CIA May Have Purchased Avengers Tower Valentina Is The Director Of The CIA In The MCU

Since Valentina is the Director of the CIA, it makes the most sense to me that the United States government or the CIA itself would have purchased Avengers Tower. This could have nefarious purposes, as the government may be interested in building its own team of superheroes, which is perhaps where the Thunderbolts come in. President Ross asks Sam Wilson to rebuild the Avengers in the trailers for Captain America: Brave New World, I could see him refusing, forcing the government to bring together their own team in Thunderbolts*, and perhaps housing them inside Avengers Tower.
Harrison Ford"s President Ross will become the Red Hulk in Captain America: Brave New World, which could set him up for a role in the Thunderbolts team if he reprises the role after his debut.
We"ve seen in Thunderbolts*" trailers that the titular team don"t seem to be working for Valentina, and are in fact opposing her, which makes me think that an even darker superpowered team could appear in the MCU"s Phase 5. This could pay off theories that characters such as Zemo and Abomination would be involved with the Thunderbolts, maybe even setting up the Dark Avengers or the Masters of Evil for the MCU, any of which could operate from Avengers Tower. This could set up gritty storylines for Thunderbolts* and beyond that I"m excited to see come to fruition.

Thunderbolts* Not Yet Rated AdventureAction Marvel's Thunderbolts* is a superhero movie based on the comic team of the same name. The movie acts as a part of the MCU's fifth phase of films. The film sees the likes of Bucky Barnes, Yelena Belova, Wyatt Russell, the Red Guardian, and more as an unlikely group of heroes and villains brought together to fight for good.
Director Jake Schreier Release Date May 2, 2025 Studio(s) Marvel Studios Cast Florence Pugh , Sebastian Stan , David Harbour , Wyatt Russell , Olga Kurylenko , Hannah John-Kamen , Julia Louis-Dreyfus , Geraldine Viswanathan , Lewis Pullman , Joshua Mikel Upcoming MCU Movies