This image was lost some time after publication.
  • Hedge funder Jim Chanos, who may be best known these days for having hired Ashley Dupre as a "housesitter" last summer, has gone into contract a triplex penthouse at 3 East 75th Street. The five-bedroom pad, listed with Paula Del Nunzio for $24.85 million, features Central Park views, six separate outdoor spaces, and a master suite with two fireplaces. One losing bidder? Robert De Niro. [Observer]
  • NASCAR CEO Brian France is set to be the newest resident of 15 Central Park West: He's buying a 3,100-square-foot apartment on the building's 34th floor for $10.6 million. France won't be the only racing enthusiast in the building, NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon was one of the first known buyers in the building last year. [TRD]
  • Former modeling agency owner and Page Six fixture Paolo Zampolli has sold his Gramercy Park penthouse to finance exec Donald F. Donahue and his wife Jeanmarie for $3.15 million, slightly less than the $3.59 million listing price.
  • Real estate heiress Diane Goldman Kemper, whose father was developer Sol Goldman, has paid $8.99 million for an apartment at 960 Park Avenue. Her new fifth-floor, three-bedroom apartment was extensively renovated by Mariette Himes-Gomez before it went on the market.
  • Pathmark CEO John Standley and his wife Annie have picked up a three-bedroom condo at 100 West 18th Street for $3.45 million. The apartment features amenities like a "wine refrigerator, iPod docking station, and a lavastone shower stall."