Morning Memo: Whitney Port’s Already Working for DVF; Pirates Attack a Real Estate Investor’s Yacht; Samantha Ronson’s New Book

The HillsWhitney Port may have already started her new job working as in-house PR for Diane von Furstenberg. [NY Daily News]

Gotham magazine editor and socialite Cristina Greeven Cuomo is reportedly next in line to make an appearance on Gossip Girl. [P6]  

Jonathan Leitersdorf–real-estate investor and former owner of Read More

Where the Air Is Rarefied

Look, you can see Britney Spears’ former penthouse,” said real-estate agent Adam Modlin, pointing out one of 50 windows at the triplex penthouse at 704 Broadway. That long greenhouse? “No, no, look—five windows in. It’s the top three floors under the roof and the glass on top …. I sold it last year for $4 Read More

Luxury Roundup: Geffen, Pinault, and Burkle

  • Billionaire Ron Burkle is preparing to spend “up to $50 million” on a new Manhattan residence. And Jonathan Leitersdorf’s Broadway penthouse (and Sex and the City party pad) is finally taking a breather from the luxury market.(New York Post)
  • David Geffen may be selling off millions of dollars in art (not to Read More

  • Corcoran Gets Into Yacht Business

    Housing boom or not, Manhattan is still just and island. Today’s luxury brokers lack the sprawl of Florida or Southern California, where new McMansions extend for miles. So the Corcoran Group has a new solution for wealthy buyers in need space: buy a yacht.

    They are the first New York City brokerage company to Read More

    Meet the $20 M. Loft

    The most expensive loft apartment in Manhattan history is close to trading hands. The sprawling 11,000-square-foot triplex penthouse at 704 Broadway, known as Sky Studios, carried a stratospheric asking price of $19.99 million and has been on the market since 2002. The five-bedroom spread has now attracted two interested buyers, and a deal is close Read More