Manhattan Transfers

In Deed! $40 M. Contract at 15 CPW; TV Director to NBC Exec; Inside Chefs’ New Kitchen; Antique Collectors Extraordinaire

–Magnificent 15 Central Park West was supposed to be William and Arthur Lie Zeckendorf‘s legacy. It’s at once surprising and befitting that William’s then chosen to sell his penthouse there for $40 million. The condo in contract at a record-setting $10,259 a square foot, the New York Post reports. The apartment sits atop the Read More

15 CPW Notches First Official Sale

The first sale at Fifteen Central Park West is official.

Unit 7C has closed for $9.67 million, according to city records. The buyer, listed as Carolina Real Property LLC, took its time closing. The deal went to contract back in September 2005 and did not close until just a few weeks ago. The true Read More

The Zeckendorf Family

To be born a Zeckendorf is to try to avoid the fate of your father.

It all started with William Zeckendorf Sr., the real-estate mogul’s real-estate mogul, whose greatest fault lay in being years ahead of his time. He assembled the parcel on which the United Nations rose in 1947 and also built the Roosevelt Read More