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
While he may be headed for one of Britain's largest divorce settlements, moneyman Pierre Lagrange seems to be doing just fine on this side of the pond. The former Goldman Sachs trader has just purchased the penthouse at new Chelsea hotspot HL23.
Mr. Lagrange, who paid $11.29 million for the pad, made headlines last fall when, after separating from his wife, he came out. He has since been linked to fashion designer Roubi L'Roubi. Read More
Although Lady Gaga may not be moving into Tribeca's hot new development at 33 Vestry Street (called, with appropriate Tribeca flair V33), the building has a new superstar resident. Well, a superstar if you're savvy about financial virtuosos, that is. Greg Agran, the newly appointed head of commodities trading at Goldman Sachs, appears to be the newest owner at the hot downtown condo. Read More
We told you last week that the estate of noted musical historian Joan Peyser had sold her pristine townhouse. It looks like her son, Tony Peyser, has been busy on the real estate front as well. Mr. Peyser and his wife, Suzanne Horn, just bought a place at 2150 Broadway. Read More
Philip Durocher has stepped behind Rachel Uchitel's velvet rope!
As The Observer reported earlier this month, cleared city records today, and the deed shows that Mr. Durocher, of Warren, N.J., is the proud owner of her redecorated home at The Griffon. Read More
Six years ago, 249 Church Street would have rated a 22 or 23 in Edward Ernst "Ted" Zagat's book. The restaurant survey scion purchased a three-bedroom loft there, perhaps for the proximity to Bouley, The Odeon and Nobu, for $1.6 million. Having joined Facebook in April, he just sold the home for a very friendly $2.15 million.
While Mr. Zagat came to Tribeca from his native Upper West Side, the buyer is even more of a foreigner. Aidan P. Flatley is president and C.E.O. of the Ontario-based Kenaidan company. (Get it?Founded with a guy named Ken, sounds like Canadian—these guys are clever.) Mr. Flatley's daughter Margaret is also listed on the deed and currently resides in the Village. According to a source, the 1,700-square-foot home is for her. Read More
You would never guess it from the warm woods and guest bedroom painted periwinkle, but this East 59th Street aerie once belonged to one of the most feared men in professional hockey. Read More
Isabella Rossellini is one of those quintessential New York ladies. Born overseas to beautiful people, she moved here to model, then to act, married and divorced Martin Scorsese and eventually got a cameo on 30 Rock. That is why it is so sad to see her leaving town. Read More
Many New Yorkers spent the weekend celebrating the legalization of gay marriage in the state. Retired Mets slugger Mike Piazza had a different reason to party—he finally found a buyer for his Tribeca triplex after three years. Read More
The Observer can't help but wonder if Ashwini Gupta has a $12 million credit line with his company, American Express. That is how much he would need to put his new roost at the Park Millenium on the old gold card.
Mr. Gupta, the chief risk officer at AMEX, and his wife Anita Gupta just purchased a three-unit, 4,846-square-foot spread from Eugene Melnyk, owner of the NHL's Ottawa Senators, according to city records. The four-bedroom condo first came on the market in September for $16.9 million before being cut to $14.995 million, according to StreetEasy. The site shows it went into contract at the end of April.
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There are bad buildings and there are blockbusters. Tribeca's Skylofts has managed to be both. Begun roughly 15 years ago, the converted loft building at 145 Hudson Street just sold out its second run of condos in all of two months--a turnaround time that speaks to special building but also a special condition in Read More
Back in 2008, when George Herbert Walker IV bought a townhouse at 6 East 10th Street for $13.95 million, twice the price it had sold for two years earlier, he was derided as just another punch-drunk Lehmanite. But Mr. Walker, the head of Neuberger Berman, a Fuldian cast-off from the collapsed financial firm and Read More
If a vampire were moving to Brooklyn, where might he live? Maybe a brooding Dumbo loft. Perhaps one of the gothic penthouses just auctioned off at One Hanson Place. Or a new condo in Williamsburg, to hide among the palid waifs and rockers. Certainly not a quaint brownstone in Fort Greene.
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After years spent searching for a New York hideaway, roaming everywhere from the Financial District to Union Square--but never, no never Uptown--Jennifer Aniston has found a West Village perch to call home.
As The Observer reported last week, the bouncy actress closed on a penthouse in late April at 299 West 12th Street for $4.95 Read More
What a week for Derek Lam! His new capsule collection for eBay has been flying off the electronic shelves since it went on sale Tuesday, and now city records reveal Mr. Lam has been doing some shopping himself. The San Francisco-born designer bought a fashionably renovated loft atop 92 Greene Street at the end of Read More
