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By Kim Velsey 9/24/12 5:03pm

Red Carpet Real Estate

Looking for a love nest to share with LiLo?

Lindsay Lohan’s So-Called Squeeze Domingo Zapata Checking Out West Village Townhouses

It looks like Lindsay Lohan may not need to camp out at her assistant’s Tribeca apartment forever. Which is great news, as couch surfing can grow old, even for someone like LiLo, accustomed to crashing everywhere from club banquettes to L.A. county lock-up.

Ms. Lohan’s portraitist and rumored lover Domingo Zapata is reportedly checking out townhouses in the West Village, according to The Real Deal, who spotted a tweet from NestSeekers broker Ryan Serhant announcing that he was taking the Spanish artist to view a townhouse on Downing Street. Read More

By Kim Velsey 9/18/12 4:02pm

Red Carpet Real Estate

Are they at it again?

The Most Important Question of Our Time: What Real Estate Will Sarah Jessica Parker Buy Next? And Is It In Brooklyn?

We could discuss the upcoming election, or our broken health care system, or the dearth of affordable housing in New York, but there is a more pressing issue—one that demands discussion now: where will Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick move next?

The couple listed their Village townhouse just last week and the speculation is already underway. Never mind that they already own another Village townhouse on Charles Street that was magnificent enough to host both the President and Anna Wintour. Clearly, the fact that the couple is selling 20 East 10th Street, which they bought in 2011, is a manifestation of their insatiable search for real estate perfection rather than a desire to stay put. Read More

By Matt Chaban 9/13/12 2:26pm

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Russell Simmons' Downtown Shrine

Hey Look! There’s a Giant Buddha Chilling on the Roof of Russell Simmons’s Downtown Penthouse

While waiting to take a tour of 4 World Trade Center recently, someone whispered in The Observer’s ear that if we looked closely, we would get a look at Russell Simmons’s Buddha. His what?

Turns out this was not some sick joke. As is well-known (from the various signs he has hung in his windows over the years), Mr. Simmons, the rap mogul, lives across the street at 114 Liberty Street. Or rather used to—the Def Jammer is trying to sell the place for $11 million as he moves out to the West Coast for good. Read More

By Kim Velsey 9/13/12 12:30pm

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SJP Selling!

Live Like Carrie! Sarah Jessica Parker’s Village Townhouse Yours for $25 M.

Maybe sitting on a townhouse stoop turned out to be less fun for the real life Carrie than the one she plays on T.V.? Especially when such trips were accompanied not by insights into love and life but the constant flash of paparazzi cameras. SJP and husband Matthew Broderick have listed their five-story, 25-foot-wide townhouse at 20 East 10th Street. 

This is not the Village townhouse where they hosted President Obama. The couple has two Village townhouses, you see. Read More

By Kim Velsey 8/22/12 1:35pm

Red Carpet Real Estate

The Sheik's next home? We'll know for sure when the moving trucks arrive.

Did the Qatari Prime Minister Buy Aby Rosen’s Townhouse?

Has the Prime Minister of Qatar finally found a home in Manhattan? The New York Post is reporting that after a seemingly endless search and several heartbreaking rejections Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani has purchased Aby Rosen’s townhouse at 22 East 71st Street.

In some ways, it seems like a match made in heaven—the townhouse has been languishing on the market since 2008, when Mr. Rosen listed it for $75 million (the most expensive listing on the market back then, now it practically seems like a bargain)—and Mr. Hamad has been on a seemingly endless hunt for a Manhattan home. A sale would mean a happy ending for these two seekers. Read More

By Kim Velsey 8/13/12 8:00pm

Red Carpet Real Estate

The Browns at home.

What Will Become Of Helen Gurley Brown’s Beloved Beresford Tower Penthouse?

When Helen Gurley Brown died this Monday, she left behind a legacy of sexual liberation, generations of bereaved Cosmopolitan fans and a four-floor penthouse in one of the Beresford’s Southwest towers.

The fate of the tower apartment, which Brown and husband David Brown bought in the 1970s from director Mike Nichols, remains unknown. But its high place in Brown’s affections was no secret—it ranked right up there with sex, ambition and her husband. When asked by Vanity Fair where she would most like to live, Brown replied:

“Exactly where I am living—the Beresford Apartments, on Central Park West and 81st Street. We have the top four floors of a tower apartment. I’m slightly prejudiced, but I think it’s the best apartment in New York.” Read More