Did the co-op board at 907 Fifth Avenue really hate the idea of making a full-floor apartment out of Huguette Clark’s two 8th-floor residences? Or do they just hate children?
Following our report yesterday that Clark’s mega-apartment sale fell through, reportedly because the board didn’t like the bidder’s plans to combine the units, the New York Post IDs the reason as too many kids. That’s a new one. Read More
Courtney Sale Ross may not be getting the full $60 million ask for her deluxe duplex apartment at 740 Park Avenue, but the sale will still set a record at $52 million, the highest price ever paid for a co-op.
While last week brought rumors that a buyer with deep-pockets had fallen in love with the sprawling apartment, The Journal reports that the feeling is mutual, and the famously picky co-op board has given the nod of approval, culminating in the signing of a $52 million contract. Read More
It’s not only the bright, shiny and new buildings like 15 Central Park West and One57 that are topping the $50 million mark these days. Rumor has it that the massive 740 Park Avenue home of Courtney Sale Ross has found a buyer willing to pay the $60 million asking price
Gadabout Michael Gross, the author of the consummate book on the consummate building, reports that he’s heard from a reliable source that the unit, a deluxe duplex, has gone into contract for the full asking price. Read More
In a city of luxurious apartments and coveted addresses, there are a few that rise above the rest. A fabulous apartment with a 100-foot stretch of windows facing Central Park, seven working fireplaces and two balconies might do the trick. Especially if it happens to be in the famed and fabled Dakota. Read More
Paul Fribourg is the CEO of Continental Grain and a director of Estee Lauder, Burger King and the Loews Corporation. Clearly, the man has gobs of money sitting around, but that didn’t mean he was going to spend $45 million on a co-op at 998 Fifth Avenue.
In fact, it didn’t look like anyone was Read More
The fallout—or is it fall-up?—from Sandy Weill’s $88 million penthouse sale at 15 Central Park West continues to reverberate through the upper echelons of Manhattan real estate. Gary Barnett decided to up the price of his penthouse at One57 into the nine-figure realm, sellers at 15 Central Park West are going gaga with their own homes and now an almost-as-rich-as-Weill’s apartment has come on the market on the south side of the park. Read More
For almost a year now, Upper East Side brokers have been falling all over themselves to win the right to sell mysterious mining heiress Huguette Clark’s massive Fifth Avenue spread, with its 42 rooms and estimated price tag of $60 million to $70 million. Well, the battle is over, and now that people have actually seen the place, they are not sure it is worth quite so much. Who’s to blame? Those pesky co-op boards, of course. Read More
Sam’s Pizzeria, an East Hampton establishment beloved for its thin-crust pizza and its Draconian “for the love of God shut your kids up” policy, has put its Newtown Lane space on the market for sale or lease.
The 3,110 square foot building includes a 91-seat restaurant and bar, a 400 square-foot retail space, and Read More
Jerri DeVard, the Chief Marketing Officer, at Nokia has sold her apartment at Park Avenue Court. Maybe service in the building was spotty? Ms. DeVard was at Verizon until December of last year when she took her current position at the Finnish telecom giant. Read More
Surf’s up for Point Break actor James LeGros and his wife Kristina Loggia LeGros . City records show that the couple just purchased a new home at 5 East Third Street. Mr. LeGros, who plays Roach in the epic surf film, paid $1.7 million for the apartment, which was originally listed for $1.89 million. Read More
