Benny's Bargain: Shabtai Drops Townhouse to 26 Mil.
♦ Benny Shabtai, the president of Raymond Weil and Di Modolo and a staple on the New York social scene, has slashed the price of his townhouse at 870 Park. The Robert A.M. Stern-designed home, which has been on-and-off the market since 2004 and was most recently listed with Paula Del Nunzio for $33 million in March 2008, is now listed with Carrie Chiang for a (much more modest) $26.75 million. You can see the listing here. [Cityfile]
♦ More flipping at the Plaza: Unit 1802, which was picked up by Barbara Gutmacher Girard for $4.74 million in March, has been re-listed for $6.95 million. [Curbed]
♦ Claude Wasserstein bought her penthouse at 995 Fifth Avenue for $34 million in an unfinished, "white-box condition." [Real Deal]