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Unit 2D at 555 Malcolm X Boulevard.

Your Open House: 'Come Home to Harlem' vs. 'Don't Buy Here'

By Laura Kusisto | March 8, 2010 | 10:16 am

After a tough winter, spring brings courting season in life and real estate. In Harlem, sellers have been slashing prices on newly renovated condos by hundreds of thousands, but buyers are still playing hard to... READ MORE»

Stephen Siegel.

Real Estate Kingpin Siegel Buys in Star-Mobbed Fairchild for $1.75 M.

By Chloe Malle | January 19, 2010 | 1:54 pm

The Fairchild, a 21-unit condo development at 55 Vestry Street, has ushered its fair share of boldface names through its north Tribeca doors—James Gandolfini is an investor, and, according to the New York Post, casual open-house hunters have included mega-couples such as Jessica Alba and husband Cash Warren and Brazilian bombshell Adriana Lima and NBA beau Marko... READ MORE»

Goodbye, Views! Bank of America Sells Off Its Pricey Time Warner Apartment

By Max Abelson | October 16, 2009 | 1:14 pm

On Friday, just after Bank of America announced a billion-dollar loss in the third quarter, a deed in city records showed that the massive firm had sold off its corporate apartment in the Time Warner Center for $7.2 million.... READ MORE»

The Prisoner of Park Avenue! Neil Simon Buys Again in Ritz Tower

By Max Abelson | October 5, 2009 | 4:50 pm

Neil Simon has another apartment to write in. He and his fifth wife, Elaine, have paid $1,225,000 for a two-bedroom apartment at their building, the Ritz Tower on Park Avenue. Broker Jaar-mel Sloane, whose listing says the "exquisite" co-op is in "mint condition," would not... READ MORE»

Cardboard Mogul Gets Slightly Serious, Cuts Duplex Tag to $29.5 M.

By Max Abelson | September 14, 2009 | 4:01 pm

Just over one year ago, Westchester's very own corrugated-cardboard magnate, Dennis Mehiel, put his 10,350-square-foot duplex condominium at the Carhart Mansion on the market with mega-broker Dolly Lenz for ... READ MORE»

Madoff Penthouse Listed, Finally

By Max Abelson | September 14, 2009 | 10:10 am

Last Wednesday, The Observer reported that the brokers Anne Corey and Serena Boardman would be marketing Bernard Madoff's penthouse. But it wasn't until late Friday that their $9.9 million listing finally came online. The thing is a... READ MORE»

Afghanistan Buys $4.2 M. Trump Condo (with 'Peacefulness and Views')

By Max Abelson | September 11, 2009 | 12:48 pm

The Permanent Mission of Afghanistan to the United Nations has a lovely new apartment. According to two deeds filed Friday, the group spent $4,235,000 on a 2,840-square-foot apartment at Trump World Tower, plus a $5.4 million commercial space at 633 Third... READ MORE»

Sotheby's Anne Corey and Serena Boardman Win Madoff Penthouse Listing

By Max Abelson | September 9, 2009 | 3:59 pm

This July, a very select group of very proper Manhattan real estate brokers flocked to Bernard Madoff's penthouse at 133 East 64th Street. "Everybody kind of wandered around the apartment, and they herded us into the living room," one of the brokers complained afterward. "I just don’t see how they can make an evaluation on who to... READ MORE»

Carlos Peralta's Trump Tower Condo (With Jacuzzi in the Bedroom) Yours for $13.5 M.

By Max Abelson | September 1, 2009 | 8:42 am

Carlos Peralta, whose entry in Forbes' 2003 billionaires list mentioned his interest in hydroponic tomato-growing and baseball, also has a good eye for comically plush real estate.... READ MORE»

Susan Bloomberg, the Mayor's Ex, Puts Her Penthouse on the Market

By Max Abelson | August 19, 2009 | 5:53 pm

Susan Bloomberg, the mayor's ex-wife, turns out to have a very hip apartment. A One Kenmare Square penthouse filled with punchy reds, yellows and purples (plus what may or not be some crushed velvet furniture) was just listed for $11.5 million. According to city records, Ms. Bloomberg spent $10 million on the place three years... READ MORE»

The Albero (neé the Finger) under construction in 2008.

The Finger Will Be 14 Stories and Will Be Called the Tree

By Bonnie Kavoussi | August 19, 2009 | 2:08 pm

It’s become a cliché now: for the past few years, the Finger Building has been getting the finger from Williamsburg residents, the guy who sued (Scott Spector), HSBC, and even from its new owners, who have changed its name to the Albero (“the Tree” in Italian). Though construction had stalled and the building had even entered foreclosure, the Finger (as it is still known in Williamsburg) at 144 North Eighth Street is finally under construction... READ MORE»

At 260 Park Avenue South, A Concrete Hole, Then A Lawsuit

By Bonnie Kavoussi | August 14, 2009 | 10:56 am

Is a shiny new Park Avenue condo fated to become the next... READ MORE»

Are these people “me”? Mod bargain hunters confront the unwanted amenities and upbeat imaginary residents at places like Northside Piers in Williamsburg.

Condo Shame: Hipsters Hear Siren Song of Shiny, Well-Priced Apartments

By Irina Aleksander | August 11, 2009 | 7:31 pm

Nicole Ferejohn, 27, was paying $1,200 per month to rent a walk-up apartment on Avenue A and St. Marks about a year ago when she decided that it was time to own, invest, reduce the tax load a bit. She was thinking brownstone, original moldings, maybe some brick or a tin ceiling, a quirky layout. “But then I started looking and I was like, ‘Holy bejesus, they’re all like a million dollars!’” said Ms. Ferejohn,... READ MORE»

L Haus rendering, lawn and all.

Your Open House: LIC (the 'C' Stands for Convenience)

By Molly Fischer | August 10, 2009 | 5:04 pm

Both the Foundry and L Haus, two Long Island City condo developments marketed by Prudential Douglas Elliman, seemed to be presenting themselves as urban oases—nooks of green in Queens. They offered outdoor space aplenty, plant-oriented décor in their sales offices, enormous bathtubs, green literature and logos, and, in the case of L Haus, a lime green... READ MORE»

Sheffield Residents Plan to Party as Fortress Takes Over the Sheffield from Swig

By Dana Rubinstein | August 7, 2009 | 8:20 am

Residents of Sheffield57, perhaps the most ill-starred condo conversion in recent history, are "euphoric" that developer Kent Swig and his junior partners on Thursday formally lost control of the project they began four years... READ MORE»