buyers-sellers

Schwarzman Cuts Price, Bundchen Re-Lists Penthouse

cityfile · 09/14/09 07:20AM

• That was quick. Steve Schwarzman, the billionaire Blackstone Group co-founder who listed his former digs in East Hampton last month for $7.2 million, has already dropped the price. The home is now listed for $6.75 million. [Curbed, BHS]
Gisele Bundchen isn't just trying to sell her Barrow Street townhouse. The supermodel and mom-to-be has also re-listed her triplex penthouse at 347 West 11th Street, which has been on and off the market for two years now. The 1,700-square-foot apartment, which hit the market for $10.9 million back in 2007, is now listed with PDE's Raphael De Niro for $4.5 million. [NYT, PDE]

Gisele Wants Out on Barrow Street

cityfile · 09/11/09 08:00AM

Gisele Bundchen red-brick townhouse in the West Village is up for sale. The supermodel paid $5.8 million for 42 Barrow Street in 2005. (She bought the home under the name Casa Vida LLC; "Vida" also happens to be the name of her dog.) Now it's been listed with Prudential Douglas Elliman's Raphael De Niro for $13.95 million. [NYO]
• Eve Weinstein, the ex-wife of producer Harvey Weinstein, has gone into contract to sell her sixth-floor apartment at 1133 Fifth. The four-bedroom spread, which first hit the market in December 2008 for $13.5 million, had been listed most recently for $11.9 million. [Cityfile, Sotheby's]

Apollo Exec Buys Village Townhouse

cityfile · 09/10/09 07:51AM

• Joseph Azrack, the former head of Citigroup's real estate investment group and now a partner at Leon Black's Apollo Management, has picked up the townhouse at 24 West 11th Street. The 6,250-square-foot property (left), which first went on the market last September for $17.5 million, had been listed most recently for $14.9 million. (Curbed has photos and a floorplan here.) [NYP]
• Tony Margolis, who retired as CEO of the Tommy Bahama Group in 2008, has dropped the price of his eighth-floor apartment at 1010 Fifth Avenue for the third time since listing it in January 2008 for for $11.995 million. The three-bedroom co-op can now be yours for $9.95 million. [Cityfile, Sotheby's]
• Nancy Rutter, a former reporter for Forbes and the ex-wife of Netscape co-founder Jim Clark, has paid $3.55 million for a penthouse apartment at 230 East 73rd Street. [Cityfile]

Tiki Barber Closes, Porn Publisher Lists

cityfile · 09/09/09 07:39AM

Tiki Barber and his wife Ginny have finally closed on the purchase of a 22nd-floor apartment at the Miraval at 515 East 72nd Street, nearly two years after word first spread that they were buying the 3,500-square-foot pad. The Barbers paid $4.8 million for the new apartment, according to city property records published late last week. [Cityfile]
• Porn magnate Carl Ruderman has put his two 43rd-floor apartments at 200 East 65th Street on the market for $13.25 million. [NYO, BHS]
• Embattled real estate investor Aharon Vaknin has put his brownstone at 9 West 70th Street on the market. The six-story home, which is divided into a triplex and five rental units, is listed for $12 million. [NYO, Vandenberg]

Jennifer Esposito Lists on East 10th

cityfile · 09/08/09 07:28AM

• Jennifer Esposito is looking to sell in the Village. The actress has put her one-bedroom apartment at 23 East 10th Street on the market, along with the one-bedroom co-op she owns upstairs. The two apartments, which Esposito once planned to combine into a duplex, are currently listed for a combined $1.435 million. [NYM, MDNY]
• Peter Buffett, the son of Warren Buffett, and his wife Jennifer have closed on the purchase of a condo at One Madison Park. The couple paid $3.5 million for the three-bedroom pad. [Cityfile, previously]

John Mack Picks Up East 70th Townhouse

cityfile · 09/04/09 07:02AM

• Morgan Stanley CEO John Mack and his wife Christy appear to be the mystery buyers behind last month's purchase of the limestone carriage house at 165 East 70th Street. The 107-year-old home, which was sold to Mack in "distressed condition" for $13.5 million—and which comes with a 12-car garage, believe it or not—was purchased from Bunny Mellon, the 99-year-old widow of philanthropist Paul Mellon. [NYO]
• Sandy Gallin, the Hollywood talent manager-turned-serial house flipper, is at it again. The onetime manager of stars like Michael Jackson and Barbra Streisand, Gallin has placed his 14-acre estate in Bridgehampton on the market for $32 million. [WSJ, Saunders]
• Steve Black, co-CEO of JP Morgan's investment banking division, has sold his estate in Greenwich for $18.9 million. The English-style mansion, which Black bought for $13.75 million in 2001, had been "quietly" on the market for $21 million. The buyer is believed to be to be investor Gerhard Andlinger. [WSJ]

Banker Sells on East 80th; Big Buy at One York

cityfile · 09/03/09 07:35AM

• Tom Flexner, a former vice chairman of Bear Stearns who joined Citigroup in April of 2008 to oversee its global real estate investment banking business, has closed on the sale of his four-story townhouse at 136 East 80th Street. The three-bedroom home, which Flexner first listed for $12 million last July with broker Kirk Henckels, and which went into contract to sell in May, sold to one Regan Fitzpatrick for $8.3 million. [Cityfile]
• Real estate investor Michael Hirtenstein has paid $16.8 million for five units on three floors of the Enrique Norten-designed One York, which he's planning to combine and use as a place to host "philanthropic events." [NYP]

Citigroup Exec Sells at the San Remo

cityfile · 09/02/09 07:33AM

• Citigroup general counsel Michael Helfer (left) and his wife Ricki Tigert Helfer, a former FDIC chair and fellow at the Brookings Institution, have sold their apartment at the San Remo on Central Park West. The eighth-floor co-op, which first went on the market in March for $3.195 million, sold last week for $2.995 million. [Cityfile]
• Philippe Weissberg, a managing partner at Madison Capital, and his wife Rosita have sold their three-bedroom co-op at 21 East 87th Street for $3.225 million. [Cityfile]
• Ariel Cohen, an executive VP at Prudential Douglas Elliman, has convinced five of his neighbors at 15 Broad Street to put their apartments up for sale along with his own. A buyer now has the option of turning them into a massive, 9,500-square-foot spread with eight bedrooms. The most expensive listing in the financial district, the mega-pad is listed for $22.5 million. [Real Deal, PDE]

Bernie Madoff's Montauk Home Goes Up For Sale

cityfile · 09/01/09 10:09AM

Bernie Madoff's Montauk home goes up for sale this week. A spectacularly lavish retreat it is not. According to the AP, it's "cottage-size by superrich standards" and full of "faded furnishings," an impression echoed by the Times, which describes it as "less grandiose than one might expect given the scope of Mr. Madoff's $60 billion scheme."

Mexican Mogul Lists, Financial CEO Buys

cityfile · 09/01/09 07:36AM

• Mexican telecommunications billionaire Carlos Peralta has put his 2,510-square-foot Trump Tower condo on the market. The apartment's gold finishes, padded walls, mirrored ceiling, and Jacuzzi in the master bedroom can all be yours for $13.5 million. [NYO, TP]
• James Maher, the CEO of BlackRock Kelso Capital, has landed himself a deal on Park. Maher paid $8.1 million for a 14th-floor apartment at 730 Park, which is $8.4 million less than the apartment was first listed for when it went on the market back in April 2008. His new neighbors will include real estate honcho Ed Minskoff, hedgie Eric Mindich, and 60 Minutes' Mike Wallace. [Cityfile]

Albert Hammond Jr. Sells, Bo Dietl Lists

cityfile · 08/31/09 07:31AM

Albert Hammond Jr. has finally managed to close on the sale of his East Village apartment. The 1,200-square-foot pad located at 141 East 3rd Street, which first came on the market for $1.199 million in August 2008 and had been listed for $899,000 when Hammond went into contract back in June, sold for $976,500. [NYP]
• LendingTree founder Douglas Lebda has taken a hefty loss on the sale of his penthouse at the Legacy on East 84th Street. The 5,175-square-foot apartment, which Lebda bought for $8.6 million in 2007 and was listed for $7.5 million when it went into contract earlier this month, sold for $6.65 million to trader Garrett Bauer. [Cityfile]
• Private eye Bo Dietl is putting his Manhasset home on the market. The former cop picked up five-bedroom house with koi pond and three waterfalls for $2.3 million in 2004. It can now be yours for $3.295 million. [Newsday, PDE]

The Schwarzmans List Their (Old) Hamptons House

cityfile · 08/28/09 07:04AM

• Blackstone Group co-founder Steve Schwarzman and his wife Christine have put their East Hampton home on the market. The 2.1-acre property, which the couple purchased for $2.3 million in 1996, is listed for $7.2 million. The couple will hardly be homeless if and when they sell it. The Schwarzmans are finishing up construction work on the much larger estate in Water Mill they agreed to buy in 2005 for $34 million. [WSJ, BHS]
• Developer Bruce Ratner has sold his 4,500-square-foot home in Montauk to art dealer David Zwirner for $10 million. He's reportedly looking for a "less pricey" estate in Quogue. [NYP]
• Actress Molly Shannon has sold her apartment at 66 Ninth Avenue for $2.61 million. The three-bedroom pad, which Shannon bought for $1.6 million in 2003, had been listed most recently for $2.85 million. [Real Deal]

Nic Cage Finds a Buyer

cityfile · 08/27/09 07:40AM

• Nicolas Cage may have found a buyer for his 48th-floor apartment at the Olympic Tower on Fifth Avenue. Cage has reportedly received two offers on the 3,550-square-feet pad, which was most recently listed for $9.75 million. [NYP, BHS]
• Investment banker Tom Whalen and his wife Dana English have closed on the sale of their 8,000-square-foot townhouse at 34 West 10th Street. The 19th-century manse, which was rumored to be selling to an unidentified Texas banker for $15 million earlier this summer, sold for $15.4 million to an entity called Go Yard LLC. [Cityfile]
• Arvind and Shilpa Sanger have paid $11.98 million for a penthouse at 170 East End Avenue. Arvind, who founded Geosphere Capital in 2007, previously worked for Steve Cohen's Connecticut-based SAC Capital. [Cityfile]

Nemazee Gets House Arrest; Wanna Move In Next Door?

cityfile · 08/26/09 03:50PM

Hassan Nemazee, the banker and Democratic mega-fundraiser who was charged yesterday with forging financial documents to get Citibank to give him a $74 million loan, got to leave prison today. And just like Marc Dreier and Bernie Madoff before him, he'll be under house arrest from now on, confined to a $20 million, 14th floor co-op at 770 Park Avenue. The terms of Nemazee's release are pretty strict: The $25 million bail package requires him to pledge his Park Avenue apartment and house in Katonah as collateral; he'll be monitored round the click via electronic bracelet; and the judge also banned him from using computers, the Internet, or getting a new cell phone. (What's he going to do all day? God only knows.) Prosecutors argued for the tough terms because they said Nemazee is a flight risk, and by the looks of it, the judge was inclined to agree. But that's where you come in! The apartment next door to Nemazee's is up for sale. Maybe you want to move in and keep an eye on him? We can't say so for sure, but prosecutors might be willing to cut you a break the next time jury duty rolls around if you step up and perform the valuable service. A couple of pics and a floor plan of Apt. 14B are below.

Soap Star Cuts Prices; Another Sale at 15 CPW

cityfile · 08/26/09 07:05AM

• Actor Roger Howarth, who used to be on One Life to Live but now appears on As the World Turns, has dropped the price of the three-bedroom condo at 505 Greenwich Street he shares with wife Cari Stahler. The sixth-floor pad, which the couple bought for $2.075 million in 2005 and listed for $3.195 million in March of this year, is now listed for $2.999 million. [Cityfile, Warburg]
• Eli Zahavi, the owner of EZ Energy Ltd., and his wife Gabriela have closed on the sale of their 25th-floor apartment at 15 CPW. The two-bedroom condo, which went on the market for $7.9 million in March, sold for $7.35 million to an entity called Metropark Investments Limited Partnership. [Cityfile]
• The skinniest house in the West Village has gone on the market. The three-story, 990-square-foot townhouse at 75 1/2 Bedford Street, where writer Edna St. Vincent Millay, Cary Grant and John Barrymore are all believed to have once lived—is listed for $2.75 million. [Curbed, Corcoran]

Two Sizeable Sales at 15 CPW

cityfile · 08/25/09 08:08AM

• Beny Alagem, the founder of Packard Bell Electronics and now the owner of the Beverly Hills Hilton, has found a buyer for his three-bedroom condo at 15 CPW. The 15th-floor apartment, which Alagem and his wife Adele bought for $15.4 million in April 2008 and put up for sale three months ago for $24 million, went into contract this week. [Cityfile, BHS]
• Gotham Makker, an investor and former portfolio manager at Ken Griffin's Citadel Investment Group, has taken a loss at 15 CPW. Makker and and his wife Vicky paid $18.8 million for NASCAR chairman Brian France's 34th-floor apartment at 15 CPW in September 2008. Their old apartment in the building, however, which they acquired for $13.3 million in March '08, sold to a buyer listed in property records as Garnet 15CPW for $12.5 million. [Cityfile]
• Jonathan Zrihen, the president and CEO of the cosmetics company Clarins Group USA, and his wife Laetitia have paid $2.075 million for a three-bedroom condo at the Belaire at 524 East 72nd Street. [Cityfile]

The Zarins Cut, A Former Treasury Secretary Buys

cityfile · 08/24/09 08:06AM

Real Housewives star Jill Zarin and her husband, Bobby, put their apartment on the market just six weeks ago. But they've already been forced to drop prices. The three-bedroom condo at 401 East 60th Street, which the Zarins put up for sale for $3.2 million in July, is now $2.995 million. [Cityfile, PDE]
• Former Treasury Secretary W. Michael Blumenthal and his wife, Barbara, have purchased an apartment at 1095 Park Avenue. The couple, who sold their former home at 550 Park Avenue to socialite Phyllis Mack in January 2008, paid $5.6 million for the two-bedroom apartment. [Cityfile]
• Fortress Investment Group co-founder Randal Nardone has dropped the price of his 4,456-square-foot condo at 240 Riverside Boulevard, six months after putting it on the market for $11.75 million. The former billionaire, who picked up a massive apartment at 101 Warren Street last November for $22 million, has listed his former pad for $10.95 million. [Cityfile, Corcoran]

Fuld Seals the Deal at 640 Park

cityfile · 08/21/09 07:44AM

• A rare bit of good news for former Lehman chief Dick Fuld and his wife Kathy! The couple have closed on the sale of their 6,200-square-foot co-op at 640 Park Avenue, albeit for quite a bit less than they were hoping to make on the sale. After originally putting the apartment on the market for $32 million in May, the couple ended up selling it for $25.87 million. The lucky buyer? Glenn Fuhrman, the co-founder of MSD Capital, Michael Dell's investment fund. [Real Deal]
• Celebrity hairstylist Orlando Pita bought a condo at 101 Warren Street last September. Now he's unloaded his former co-op at 2 Fifth Avenue. The two-bedroom pad, which Pita first put up for sale in '07, sold for $2.95 million to Razorfish co-founder Craig Kanarick and his wife, Rebecca Odes. [Cityfile]

A Little Piece of Iceland On the Hudson

cityfile · 08/20/09 11:57AM

Björk and Matthew Barney have put their West Houston Street apartment up for sale now that the couple is relocating to Brooklyn Heights. But that's not the only property the quirky Icelandic singer and avant-garde artist are looking to dispose of, it seems. Björk's home in Snedens Landing, the tiny hamlet in Rockland County overlooking the Hudson River, is also available to buy ($1.8 million) or rent ($7,000 a month). Needless to say, you can't find a "formal" dining room constructed out of stone and decorated with hard-carved wooden furniture and reindeer antlers just anywhere. [Real Estalker]

Lyor Cohen Takes a Loss, The Mayor's Ex-Wife Lists

cityfile · 08/20/09 07:34AM

Lyor Cohen, the man who runs Warner Music, turned Def Jam into a music powerhouse in the '90s with Russell Simmons, and now happens to be Tory Burch's boyfriend, has taken a loss on the UES co-op he owned with his ex-wife, Amy. In 2006, Cohen and his then-wife paid $7.75 million a duplex at 8 East 96th Street. The purchase came about two months before the couple called it quits and now they've finally managed to unload the place: Google executive Julio Pekarovic and Maria Vasconcelos picked up the pad for $6 million. [NYO]
• Susan Bloomberg, the ex-wife of Michael Bloomberg—and mother of Georgina and Emma—has put her 4,472-square-foot penthouse at One Kenmare Square in SoHo on the market. The four-bedroom spread, which the mayor's ex-wife picked up for $10 million three years ago, is now listed for $11.5 million with Brown Harris Stevens broker Dennis Mangone. [NYO, BHS]