By Kim Velsey 7/06/12 4:20pm

Manhattan Transfers

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88 CPW Pad Sells For $19.5 Million

Former Time Warner Boss N.J. Nicholas Jr. Sells Off Spacious Spread at 88 CPW

Oftentimes, the thrill of the hunt pales in comparison to having the thing. We expect that could be the case with N.J. Nicholas Jr.’s palatial, 6,000 square-foot duplex on the 8th and 9th floors of 88 Central Park West. After all, what could compare to outbidding Robert DeNiro?

Mr. Nicholas, a director of medical behemoth Boston Scientific who was ousted as the co-chief of Time Warner in the early 1990s, created the combined unit after he bested Mr. DeNiro in a bidding war for the $4.6 million unit back in 2007. But now he’s sold the whole five-bedroom shebang for $19.5 million, according to city records. Read More

By Kim Velsey 6/11/12 12:12pm

The Laundry

Not a speck of lint on that black buttondown.

Robert DeNiro’s Lint Trap Sets Apartment Building on Fire

Lint: scourge of common folk and stars alike. Not only has it brought down many a beautiful garment, but on Friday it nearly destroyed Robert DeNiro’s building at 88 Central Park West.

A lint buildup in a clothes dryer set the posh building on fire, damaging not only Mr. DeNiro’s apartment, but every other apartment on the fifth floor, as well as those on the fourth and sixth, reported the New York Post.

“Right above my head these 12-foot-tall flames exploded out of the fifth-floor window,” passerby Nathan Bear told the Post. Read More

By Laura Kusisto 12/03/10 8:57pm

Red Carpet Real Estate

Will Sarah Jessica Parker Pass 88 CPW’s Sticky Co-op Board?

Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick have picked 88 Central Park West, but they still have one big hurdle to clear.

The building’s finicky co-op board is even wary of billionaires, a source familiar with the building told The Observer. When Michael Naify bought Sting’s apartment at 88 Central Park West, he came within an inch of rejection.  

Mr. Naify Read More