Sam's Pizzeria, an East Hampton establishment beloved for its thin-crust pizza and its Draconian "for the love of God shut your kids up" policy, has put its Newtown Lane space on the market for sale or lease. The 3,110 square foot building includes a 91-seat restaurant and bar, a 400 square-foot retail space, Read More
Jerri DeVard, the Chief Marketing Officer, at Nokia has sold her apartment at Park Avenue Court. Maybe service in the building was spotty? Ms. DeVard was at Verizon until December of last year when she took her current position at the Finnish telecom giant. Read More
Surf's up for Point Break actor James LeGros and his wife Kristina Loggia LeGros . City records show that the couple just purchased a new home at 5 East Third Street. Mr. LeGros, who plays Roach in the epic surf film, paid $1.7 million for the apartment, which was originally listed for $1.89 million. Read More
Last week, The Observer wrote a story about the hyper-exclusive co-op 740 Park.
As The Observer noted, the building is cash-only. Many people questioned if foreclosure was even possible, in fact, in a building that forbids residents from borrowing against their properties. We noted in the piece that Kent Swig, a one-time 740 Park resident, happens to co-own Brown Harris Stevens Residential Management, which manages the building. A source told us that Mr. Swig was allowed to take out a loan for the apartment because of this ownership stake. (Mr. Swig no longer lives there; the apartment is controlled by estranged wife Liz Macklowe.)
Brown Harris Stevens sent The Observer a letter after the story was published, denying any conflict of interest. Read More
Philanthropist Samuel P. Peabody has sold his Fifth Avenue duplex. Although his family tree includes many of New England’s most powerful and historic families, Mr. Peabody spent most of his life as a humble educator, teaching at St. Bernard’s School in Manhattan and Rye Country Day in Westchester County.
His 13- room duplex, however, is not quite a humble abode. Read More
Rancher Tom Brokaw and his wife Miss South Dakota Meredith Auld Brokaw recently downsized their New York spread, buying a two-bedroom co-op at 33 East 79th Street. Their 10-room duplex at 941 Park Avenue went into contract back in April, but this being a New York City co-op, these things take time. The Read More
Despite the best efforts of the media to map out every buyer at greatest-building-ever 15 Central Park West, there are still those apartments that remain a mystery. Unit 27A is among them.
Purchased a little later than most, in June 2008, this three-bedroom condo was purchased by an anonymous LLC and it has just gone to not one but two LLCs. We smell investment properties! Read More
Though he is the No. 2 executive at Comcast, Stephen Burke actually made more money than his boss Brian Roberts for the past two years, with his 2010 compensation topping out at $34.74 million. Mr. Burke was promoted to run Comcast's recently acquired NBC Universal unit, so naturally he would need a crash pad closer to Read More
Seagram heir and Warner Music maestro Edgar Bronfman Jr. spent a good part of his life growing up around the globe. He decided two years ago that his kids should have the same experience and relocated them to London, though always with the plan to return when the eldest reached high-school age.
When Read More
The horse racing season is just kicking off, but Robert LaPenta has already won a prize.
Mr. LaPenta has just purchased a four-bedroom condo on the 26th floor of The Park Laurel at 15 West 63rd Street. The Connecticut entrepeneur used to race with college basketball coach Rick Patino, and one of his horses won the Read More
"At the height of his career in the 1960s and `70s, Mr. Bennett represented a distinctly American look as it gained confidence in the face of more dominant European styles," The Times wrote in an obituary of New York designer Ward Bennett in 2003. His industrial-chic confections included homes for David Rockefeller, Jan Wenner Read More
Welcome to the latest installment of our ongoing interview series, Meet the Neighbors! Nancy Candib is entering her third decade as a broker with Brown Harris Stevens. In 1996, she set the townhouse record, and the Upper East Side specialist has worked with boldface customers ranging from David Geffen to Emeril Legasse Read More
In a flurry of house-swapping three years ago, at the height of the real estate mania, Edgar Bronfman Jr. traded a half-dozen properties with a total price tag exceeding $115 million, a spree that culminated in the fall of 2008 with his purchase of 117-119 East 69th Street for $28.5 million. The 40-foot-wide home Read More
On Monday afternoon, supreme satirist Andy Borowitz delivered one of his many daily missives on Twitter: "My wife just asked me to take out the garbage, and I said, 'Honey, can't hear you--I just put up a pay wall.'"
Funny stuff, though the truth is Mr. Borowitz and Olivia Gentile will never have to worry Read More
