♦ David Tolley, a senior managing director at Steve Schwarzman's Blackstone Group, paid $8.94 million for two units at The Majestic. Located on the building's 31st and 32nd floors, Tolley's new neighbors will include Conan O'Brien and Abby Joseph Cohen. [Cityfile]
♦ Jurgen Friedrich, founder of Esprit's European operations, has put his fifth-floor Plaza apartment on the market for $55 million, $30 million more than what he paid for it just last year. [WSJ]
♦ Former UN Ambassador Richard Holbrooke has sold his home in New Milford, CT, for $1.125 million, 25 percent less than he originally listed it for in the spring of 2007. [WSJ]