♦ After briefly listing his fifth-floor "Astor Suite" apartment at the Plaza for $55 million for one day in September and then taking it off the market, Esprit's Jurgen Friedrich has put the 5,000-square-foot spread back on the market for $38 million. [NYP]
♦ David Smilow, the co-founder of TeleBank, which was sold in 2000 to E*Trade for more than $1 billion, has put his duplex penthouse at 140 Perry Street on the market for $19.5 million. Curbed.com has photos and a floor plan here. [Cityfile, Corcoran]
♦ Screenwriter and director James Toback has listed his 15th-floor apartment at the Majestic for $3.75 million. The 2,200-square-foot apartment comes with two bedrooms and a handful of celebrity neighbors including Conan O'Brien. [NYP, BHS]

♦ 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]