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Home Again! Bob Vila Continues His Manhattan Real Estate Rampage In Lenox Hill

It’s not exactly a fixer-upper, but at least the three-bedroom co-op at 115 East 67th Street is old. And there are plenty of charming pre-war details, like a wood-burning fireplace, that could conceivably require some expertise from new owner Bob Vila. We just hope the co-op doesn’t have summer work rules!

That is, if Mr. Vila ever even moves in. The most famous toolbelt-wearer in the country has a track record of flipping Manhattan properties, although not always profitably. There was a townhouse on the West Side, a condo in Tribeca (shockingly, the place was move-in ready when he bought it) and now he’s moving in on Lenox Hill. Could the man of a million houses finally be looking to settle down in a pied-a-terre? Read More

11 Questions

Meet the Neighbors! Elayne Roskin, the East Sider

Welcome to a new regular feature from The Observer Real Estate Desk. In this inaugural edition, we ask Elayne Roskin, a senior vice president and managing director at Brown Harris Stevens, 11 questions about the city and herself. Ms. Roskin grew up in New York with real estate in her blood. (Don’t we all?) The Read More