By Kim Velsey 12/19/12 6:23pm

After Sandy

Olly, olly oxen free!

Superior Ink Dries: Residents and Listings Return to Saltwater Damaged Building

Earlier this month, the stars, titans of finance and assorted rich people who call Superior Ink home got some good news: the building, which was seriously damaged in Hurricane Sandy, was ready for re-habitation. Residents have been able to return since December 8, several sources told The Observer.

In mid-November, management informed residents—which include  Mark Jacobs and Hilary Swank and Kings of Leon’s Caleb Followill—that they might be not be able to return for months because seawater had entered the building’s pipes. Some residents were reportedly quite miffed that they would have to extend their stays at The Mark and The Pierre. Read More

By Kim Velsey 8/16/12 6:47pm

In the Nude

Who wouldn't enjoy an outdoor shower?

Corcoran’s Robby Browne: Outdoor Shower Enthusiast

In a New York Times article on outdoor showers and the urban dwellers who love them, one of Corcoran’s top brokers confesses to his love of the luxury, modesty be damned.

“Who wouldn’t want to shower looking at Central Park?” Robby Browne asks The Times. Indeed! Who wouldn’t? Especially when one has just such a shower on the terrace right off one’s master bedroom on Central Park West, even if countless windows do look down into the shower through its lattice roof. Read More

By Matt Chaban 3/10/11 10:09pm

Manhattan Transfers

Coach Kid Gobbles Up Chipotle Loft

A sleek prewar loft in the middle of Greenwich Village seems like the perfect home for Chipotle founder Steven Ells—a wrap of modern comfort made from authentic, homey ingredients. Yet Mr. Ells bought his burrito-sized seventh-floor spread at 147 Waverly Place in March 2008, only to put it back on the market a month later. Read More

By Chloe Malle 8/06/10 8:22pm

Close! Beresford Corner Nabs $10.2 M., Under Asking

In early May, sometime around Mother’s Day, while the rest of New York City flocked to farmers’ markets for the season’s first peonies, real estate nerds and professionals were glued to their computer screens hung up on a certain Corcoran listing which mysteriously changed from “On the Market” to the nebulous “No Longer Available” on Read More

By Max Abelson 2/17/09 11:41pm

Tweedy Investor Wants $32.5 M. For Park Duplex—Hooray?

It was practically yesterday when listing a $32.5 million, 7,170-square foot Park Avenue duplex was something to boast about. It meant that you had an 11-room, four-bedroom Park Avenue apartment, which was a good thing, and neighbors could ogle your dual wet bars, one off the upstairs media room and the other off the downstairs Read More

By Staff 6/08/06 1:40pm

Brokers Strike Poses; Toast Each Other


Avenue’s June issue.

Last night, Avenue magazine threw a launch party for their newest–real estate-centric–issue. In a spread that stretches over 23 glossy pages, the kings and queens of Manhattan real estate strike their finest poses.

For Warburg Realty’s Richard Steinberg, the movie-star spread was fitting. “It’s the East Coast Hollywood,” he Read More