Whether it's Armageddon or soaring property values, the Jehovah's Witnesses have decided to get the hell out of Brooklyn, and they are one property closer to cutting all Earthly ties to their home of a century. An adorable carriage house at 165 Columbia Heights was sold for $4.1 million, city records show. Read More
In the classic 007 flick "Live and Let Die" Geoffrey Holder plays henchman Baron Samedi, a Voodoo worshiping gangster living in Lousiana. In reality, however, the actor and acclaimed painter resides in a spacious Soho loft. Figures. Perhaps he has decided to retreat back to the bayou, however, as he has sold the apartment for Read More
While everyone whose anyone knows that Robert and Ann Bass are the buyers behind Damon Mezzacappa's home at 834 Fifth, it was unclear until today how madly the billionaire couple wanted the place. After his wife passed away, Mr. Mezzacappa quietly put his massive half-floor apartment in the godly building on the market for $34 million, with all the furniture and furnishings inside. According to city records, however, Mr. and Mrs. Bass paid a full $42 million for the place.
That is just $2 million less than Rupert Murdoch paid for the triplex penthouse. Talk about ultraluxurious. This would have vaulted Mr. Bass' purchase from the seventh most expensive of last year into the fourth spot. Read More
It's been a trying couple years for Bradley Tusk. In 2009, Mr. Tusk waged war as Bloomberg's campaign manager and, after that exhausting season of political jousting, was grilled grilled at Blago's corruption trial in Illinois. As Bloomberg's right hand man and the former deputy Governor of Illinois, Mr. Tusk has experienced all iterations of the crumbling political cookie. It seems, however, that he's come out on top. Mr. Tusk and his wife, art historian Harper Montgomery, have just purchased a new home for $3 million, city records show. Read More
Elaine's is now gone for good.
The sale of the two Upper East Side tenements that once housed the storied restaurant just hit city records. 1703 and 1705 Second Avenue closed on January 20, for a price of $8.045 million. Read More
Beloved by vaguely health-conscious girls from coast to coast, Pirates Booty has become a hang-over staple, a white cheddar puffed delicacy ever preferable to radioactive orange Cheetos. The East Village is about to get its own fresh batch of Booty, as the brand's founder, Robert Ehrlich has just bought a home in the neighborhood, city records show. Read More
Oliver Sarkozy (née Pierre Olivier), half-brother of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, has just sold the Upper East Side townhouse he purchased back in 2005. Like his brother's current standings in the polls, it seemed the final sale price left much to be desired.
Mr. Sarkozy originally put 407 East 75th Street on the market for $11.95 million in May 2012, but ultimately fetched just $8.4 million for the six-bedroom, 5.5-bath place, city records show. Read More
While Greenwich Village has long been a favorite celeb haunt, it seems that Los Angelite starlets are now the neighborhood's most popular bold0-faced demographic. Well the area is about to get a whole lot smoother, as Grammy winning soulster Aaron Neville and his wife Sarah Friedman just bought an apartment, The Observer Read More
Are you on the edge about The Edge? Would the knowledge that another Hollywood boy toy has bought in the luxury Brooklyn building (no, that's not an oxymoron anymore!) alter your opinion? Indeed, Ed Westwick has a new teeny-soap star neighbor. "One Tree Hill" actor James Lafferty has just bought a two bedroom, two Read More
Cynthia Nixon, perhaps best known as Carrie's dowdy lawyer friend Miranda on Sex and the City, is no stranger to the limelight of late. She shaved her head for a Broadway play and courted controversy by saying she had "chosen" to be in a gay relationship, drawing the ire of the gay community. She later clarified the comments to The Advocate that her sexuality remained in-grained from birth.
And good thing she did, or her new neighbors from Noho and the Village might have picketed outside her door!
Ms. Nixon and her partner Christine Marinoni have purchased a new loft home at 10 Bleecker Street, city records show, which means she'll be just a few blocks from her buddy Sarah Jessica Parker. Ms. Nixon paid $3.25 million for the place. Read More
Brooklyn has basically turned into one big celebrity orgy. With a recent influx of Hollywoodians, the borough has become the new Soho, Tribeca and Chelsea combined.
Today, we stumbled upon yet another star-studded transaction: Susan Sarandon has just purchased at 334 Grand Avenue in Clinton Hill. And, believe it or not, Ms. Sarandon isn't the only bold-faced name on the deed. The home was sold by Danny Simmons, a poet, artist and older brother to Russell and Rev Run. Read More
Although all the neighborhood buzz has focused on 15 Central Park West, The Trump International is proving it's not out of the uber luxury game. A single residential condo unit in the building has just sold for $19 million, city records show. The buyer purchased anonymously though an LLC. The seller, listed as the Read More
Say what you will about our beloved hipster borough, but it seems that Manhattan's South Easterly sister is moving on up. A single family townhouse in Brooklyn Heights has just sold for $11 million, city records show. Read More
Both Perry Rubenstein and his wife, Sara Fitzmaurice are adept sellers. As an art dealer, Mr. Rubenstein has sold millions of dollars of artwork to collectors across the globe. Ms. Fitzmaurice, the founder of PR mega-company Fitz&Co, sells brands, ideas and campaigns for the art world. It should come as little surprise, therefore, that the two have sold their Chelsea apartment for an incredible profit. Read More
