Manhattan Transfers

The Rices.

SoulCycle Spinning Tycoon Julie Rice Rides Into UWS Co-op

Buying a five-bedroom Upper West Side co-op is quite a step up—or rather, a climb up a simulated vertical incline—for SoulCycle co-founder Julie Rice.

Ms. Rice and husband Spencer, who works in marketing at Civic Entertainment group, have just purchased a $3.8 million apartment at 310 West End Avenue. The couple’s duplex loft at 130 Jane Street in the West Village, most recently asking $2.3 million, is in contract. And while it looks picture perfect (right down to the astro-turfed patio), with just two-bedrooms and a open, all-in-one floor plan, it was clearly the starter home of a spinning guru. (Albeit, it was a step up from the friend’s rent-controlled apartment that the family first stayed in when they moved from L.A.) Read More

Commercial Breaks

CBRE Tapped to Move Prime Floors at 452 Fifth

Starting next spring, the tower floors of 452 Fifth Avenue will be available for lease, The Observer has learned. The space, spanning the 12th to the 30th floors, and totaling 300,000 square feet, will likely be one of the most-sought-after office plots in midtown.

CB Richard Ellis is representing IDB Group subsidiaries Property and Building Read More