The daughter of Jerry Speyer, Tishman Speyer's chief and the 605th richest man in the world (alongside Sheldon Solow), according to Forbes' 2008 list, has bought a $12 million co-op at 888 Park Avenue, city records show.

Holly S. Lipton, the vice president of GSC Partners Capital Group, won’t be straying far from her old digs on East 87th Street when she moves into the fourth-floor unit on 78th and Park.  read more »

Brokers, developers, and the media have been trumpeting the resilience of Manhattan’s condo and co-op market for nearly a year, and now even the Federal Reserve has singled it out in the latest installment of its regional survey known as the “Beige Book.”  read more »

Fashion designer Kenneth Cole and wife Maria Cuomo-Cole bought a $14.5 million co-op in the elite building One Sutton Place South, according to city records. The Coles used to live at 975 Fifth Avenue, but will surely feel at home in their new midtown digs. The late fashion designer Bill Blass used to live in the building and Ms. Cuomo-Cole's father, former Governor Mario Cuomo, bought a co-op at 50 Sutton Place in 1994 after his stint in Albany.