By Kim Velsey 10/26/12 3:30pm

Manhattan Transfers

The Stiefels getaway in the city.

Former Stiefel Laboratories CEO Charles Stiefel Picks Up $7 M. Penthouse

Charles Stiefel’s life has had its share of ups and downs. First he made a fortune when GlaxoSmithKline bought his family’s company for $2.9 billion. But then the S.E.C. closed in after employees claimed that the family had bilked them out of $110 million by hiding crucial information—including plans for the upcoming sale—as it bought their stocks back at extremely low prices. This spring Glaxo settled the first of what will likely be many employee buyback lawsuits for $1.5 million.

Not ones to wallow over a pending fraud case, Mr. Stiefel and wife Danee have apparently spent the last few months looking for apartments to spend some of their possibly ill-gotten gains on. Now, they’re on top of the world again, or at least on the top of 230 West 56th Street, where they bought a penthouse apartment, “the apex of the prestigious Park Imperial Condominium” as the Nestseekers  listing held by Ryan Serhant and Nick Jabbour boasts. Read More

By Kim Velsey 5/25/12 1:20pm

Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous

Porsche!

Buy Actor Chris Meloni’s Apartment, Get a Porsche!

Forget painting the walls or baking cookies before an open house. Sales techniques like that are for amateurs. Law and Order: SVU star Christopher Meloni will throw in a 2012 Porsche Panamera Hybird for the buyer of his $12 million Midtown apartment, Curbed reports.

Hey! That’s a way better door prize than a t-shirt or one of those tote bags that aren’t even made out of cotton these days. Read More

By Matt Coyne 2/23/11 5:58pm

House Porn

It’s Free to Look: The $100K Midtown Rental

Not every opulent, interesting or super expensive property in the city has to be for sale. In a city where two-thirds of us rent, there are some pretty crazy properties to lease, too, like this one in midtown.

The condo, which occupies a full floor in The Park Imperial on West 56th Street, is called a Read More