Curbed (Free subscription) | 10/22/2008
Braden Keil reports that next month, the Museum of Natural History will open a 12,000-square-foot skating rink on its Arthur Ross Terrace, adjacent to Theodore Roosevelt Park. It can't be called an ice-skating rink because it's not quite ice; the...
Curbed (Free subscription) | 10/16/2008
Braden Keil reports on a doozy of a PriceChop alongegads!the Gold Coast: "A 16-room duplex at 1030 Fifth Ave. has been reduced by a whopping $13 million since it first went on the market last June for $47.5 million. It...
New York Post (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
Everyone seems to want a piece of Lionel Pincus. The 78-year- old founder of private equity firm Warburg Pincus, who was legally ruled mentally incompetent in 2006, now has an IRS property lien against him for $1.86 million. The Post's Braden Keil...
Curbed (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008
... above $25 million" would have been a relative bargain, but there's a surprise twist ending. Braden Keil reports that Jackman just closed on the 12-room apartment for $21 million , a $19 million discount off the initial asking price. And how much will he sell it for during the next market upswing, now that it has the celebrity pedigree that so many people with loads of money love?...
Curbed (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008
... above $25 million" would have been a relative bargain, but there's a surprise twist ending. Braden Keil reports that Jackman just closed on the 12-room apartment for $21 million , a $19 million discount off the initial asking price. And how much will he sell it for during the next market upswing, now that it has the celebrity pedigree that so many people with loads of cash love? We...
New York Post (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
EDGAR Bronfman Jr. isn't breaking even on his Hamptons estate. The entertainment mogul, whose last asking price was $14.7 million for the three-acre Amagansett spread, sold it for $12.67 million, according to deed transfer records. The Post's Braden Keil reports Bronfman bought it in 2005 for $12.5 million and put it on the market in '06 for $15.8 million. "Taking into account taxes and...
New York Post (Free subscription) | 11/06/2008
FORMER "Baghdad Bombshell" Lara Logan is feathering her nest in Washington, DC. The pregnant, chief foreign affairs correspondent for CBS has plunked down $1.5 million for a four-bedroom home in the city's Cleveland Park area, the Post's Braden Keil...
Curbed (Free subscription) | 11/06/2008
... feet of space in the brother building to Rem Koolhaas's creation at 23 East 22nd Street. Well, Braden Keil reports that Naomi Watts was recently spotted checking out something that's a bit more...McCain. Specifically, this $5.3 million duplex loft at Tribeca's 79 Laight Street, a former sugar warehouse built in 1853. The couple's two One Madison Park apartments have now been re-listed...
Gothamist (Free subscription) | 10/30/2008
Time to cast aside more rumors about Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez: It turns out that his Park Avenue condo is not as ugly as it is on the listing website . The Post's Braden Keil finds the four-bedroom, 4,600-square foot apartment "surprisingly elegant" and " more like the home of a buttoned-down business executive than an athlete ." There are signs of A-Rod: "a Lucite-encased home...
Curbed (Free subscription) | 11/03/2008
The long saga of Tom Brady's 65th-floor Time Warner Center condo bought for $14.5 million in 2006 and first put on the market in Feb. '07 for $16.5Mhas a new twist . Brady, who prefers to spend his time in girlfriend Gisele Bundchen's West Village townhouse (and can you blame him'), has pulled the now $17.75M listing for the second time. Braden Keil reports it's because Brady's tenant,...
Curbed (Free subscription) | 10/30/2008
Yankee legend(?) Alex Rodriguez has become both the city's most famous (or reported on, at least) home seller as well as home hunter , and so we have become obsessed with all things A-Rod: the rumors of his interest at 15 Central Park West, the fate of his $14 million Trump Park Avenue condo , etc. Luckily, Braden Keil tackles all things frosted-tipped in his Gimme Shelter column today....
Luxist (Free subscription) | 10/27/2008
Filed under: Estates From the I-thought-that-looked-familiar category comes 1016 Madison. I first saw this one the other day when looking at expensive NYC properties and thought one of the listing pics looked familiar. Turns out, as the NY Post's Braden Keil reports , this is a townhouse that was for sale for a few years ago for just $39 million . Just $39 million, you say? It certainly...
New York Post (Free subscription) | 10/28/2008
... that The Four Seasons would be twice as valuable without him." Niccolini laughed to The Post's Braden Keil: "Hey, whatever it takes to raise the bid."
New York Post (Free subscription) | 10/24/2008
SIRIO Maccioni is looking for a new executive chef at Le Cirque. The legendary restaurateur parted ways with Christophe Bellanca after Maccioni discovered he was planning to make a move. "I heard that he was unhappy, so I suggested that we have a friendly divorce," Maccioni told The Post's Braden Keil. "He is a good chef and I wish him the best." Bellanca, who was the chef at L'Orangerie...
Curbed (Free subscription) | 10/23/2008
Now is the winter of The Plaza's discontent. Already locked in some nasty litigation over a pair of penthouses, the condo/hotel has also been dealing with a serious outbreak of flipperitus . But we weren't panicking. As we said back then, until we see an apartment sold at a loss, The Plaza is still aces with us. Well, that unfortunate event may be approaching. Braden Keil reports that...
