77 Park Avenue. (Photo from StreetEasy)

Philip Durocher has stepped behind Rachel Uchitel's velvet rope!

As The Observer reported earlier this month, Ms. Uchitel's Park Avenue apartment had gone into contract. The deal for the former club promoter and Tiger Woods woman's co-op at 77 Park Avenue cleared city records today, and the deed shows that Mr. Durocher, of Warren, N.J., is the proud owner of her redecorated home at The Griffon.

Mr. Durocher appears to be a V.P. at Colgate Palmolive, which would make him the second senior member of the company to purchase property in the city this summer.

The place sold for $1.95 million, the asking price listed by Sotheby's agent Kate Meckler. Although Ms. Uchitel bought it for $1.625 million, it was unclear if she had made any profit on the flip as she put a significant amount of work into the place.

"It was completely gut renovated," Ms. Meckler told The Observer. "It was in triple mint condition, of course," she added, mentioning that Mr. Durocher was attracted to the property's layout and tranquility.

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You know it. (Photo from Mr. Paparazzi.com)

Has Tiger Woods’ ex-fling proven her savvy for New York real estate? An apartment at 77 Park Avenue owned by Mr. Woods' former mistress, Rachel Uchitel, has gone to contract, and the nightclub manager/hostess/TV correspondent didn't do too badly for herself. Ms. Uchitel purchased the apartment last year, but according to Curbed, she never moved in. Instead Ms. Uchitel engineered an extensive renovation.

A listing by Sotheby’s agent Kate Meckler notes that the 1,650-square-foot apartment has new bathrooms, custom closets, high ceilings and hardwood floors throughout. Photos of the apartment in the property listing show Ms. Uchitel has a penchant for animal-print rugs, with zebra and leopard patterns appearing in several of the rooms. (We first noticed the trade through Streeteasy and gossip vehicle TMZ.)

According to StreetEasy, Ms. Uchitel originally listed the apartment for $1.95 million. She paid $1.625 million for it last year, slightly less than the $1.849 million asking price. Ms. Uchitel purchased the property from Jon-Claude Zucconi and his wife Riann Smith, an editor at Cosmopolitan magazine noted for her sex quizzes.

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— Korn guitarist James Shaffer has listed his West 37^th Street loft for $1.295 million, The New York Times reports. If you’re hoping for some inspired heavy metal décor, think again. “It’s what a loft should be,” says Mr. Shaffer’s broker. “High ceilings, big open spaces, hardwood floors. Not an overly fancy building, not an overly fancy apartment.”

— Senior MTV exec Joey Molko has sold his Upper East Side apartment for $1.385 million. The creatively inclined Mr. Molko told his alumni newsletter that he picked law school over writing because, “I wanted to be gainfully employed.” It appears to have paid off.  The apartment went to Jean Vitau, a French jewelry designer, who reportedly landed in New York 30 years ago with three wedding rings in his pocket and has since created a prestigious collection.

— Edwin Muelensteen, a Dutch art dealer who recently purchased one of the city’s most exclusive art galleries, has also grabbed a home at 122 Chambers Street, in the Seaman Company Building, for $1.8 million.

lkusisto@observer.com