Manhattan Transfers
Just in time for Fashion Week, Gilles Mendel Breitman has sold his penthouse duplex at 10 East 68th Street. Better known simply by his first and middle names, Mr. Breitman is the fifth-generation owner of J. Mendel furriers. Founded in 1870 Paris, J. Mendel became mink-makers to the Russian court of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov, though the brand waned in recent years until Mr. Breitman revived it as a full-on fashion... MORE >
Legendary moneyman Glenn Dubin is known for spinning gold even when others are becoming spinsters—among his many achievements is turning a 65 percent return the year of the 1987 market crash. Yet it appears even a lion like Mr. Dubin is not immune to the vagaries of a real estate bubble. Having purchased Jackie O.'s old 1040 Fifth spread for $30 million in 2006 from David Koch, Mr. Dubin and his wife Eva listed their... MORE >
Mark and Renee Rockefeller know a thing or two about price cuts, having bought the Buckley maisonette at 73 East 73rd Street for $8.75 million in December, though it was once asking three times that amount.... MORE >
After being on the market for more than two years, a two-bedroom condo on the 66th floor of the Time Warner Center's north tower has finally sold, going for $100,000 less than it was first purchased in June 2008. The $7 million sale may have been a failed flip, as the unit was put back on the market for $7.895 million in October of that same year, or perhaps the then-buyer changed his mind after... MORE >
Lee Harris Pomeroy has worked on such New York City landmarks as the Plaza Hotel and Grand Central Terminal, though perhaps none is as dear to his heart as the penthouse the architect created atop 285 Central Park... MORE >
Yale and Anita Roe have lived all over the world, spending time in the Bay Area, Chicago, Hilton Head, and, of course, New York, much of it for Mr. Roe's work as a producer and executive at ABC. There was also that trip on a lark to Israel that became the subject of Mr. Roe's book, I Followed My Heart to Jerusalem.... MORE >
What a sporting day, here in city records. Not only has former Padres and current Mets manager Sandy Alderson bought a new home, but fellow San Diegan Dean Spanos has sold his spread at the Trump Park Avenue. Mr. Spanos is the son of Alexander Spanos, a Greek-born real estate magnate who bought the San Diego Chargers football franchise in 1984. Mr. Spanos took over 11 years later as CEO and... MORE >
It's a grand slam for Richard "Sandy" Alderson and wife Linda, as the new Mets general manager has bought a four-bedroom, four-bathroom penthouse at the Georgica. And showing yet again he is just the kind of tough-minded leader the beleagured baseball team needs, Mr. Alderson managed to negotiate the price of their new home at 305 East 85th Street down 20 percent, according to StreetEasy, to $4.2 million from a 2008 asking price of... MORE >
Two years ago, Connie Anne Phillips left Vogue, where she had been Tom Florio's No. 2 for years, to helm rival glossy InStyle. Now, she has found a suitably stylish home to call all her own, as... MORE >
Another day, another sale at Jean Nouvel's spectacular 100 11th Avenue. Self-made man Luciano Rammairone went from studying at Pace to having college kids write about it for high school kids at College Bound magazine. Now, his CollegeBound Network rivals the likes of Kaplan and Princeton Review, and the proceeds have helped finance a move from a sleepy Staten Island cul-de-sac to one of the toniest--if troubled--properties in... MORE >
Elie Tahari has been called "the king of the jacket" for the $500 million business-forward fashion label that bears his name. Yet the Israeli-born designer could also be called the king of real estate for his nine-figure property portfolio. Still, for years there was one tiny piece of Manhattan he could never have until now, though Mr. Tahari has paid handsomely for it.... MORE >
Oh, to be in Florida this time of year, especially this year, avoiding this dastardly weather. Not only can Regina and Stephen Solomon rejoice that they are missing the record January snows but also that a fellow barrister has made it rain for them in a far more welcome... MORE >
Felix G. Rohatyn, the titantic Lazard banker, has been much in the news in recent years, as he reflects on his specialities, profligate bankers and broken public finances. Mr. Rohatyn is most often remembered not for the usual business of big deals, though there are those--KKR and RJR Nabisco, Sony and Capital--but his hand in helping save New York City from bankruptcy in the 1970s. Now, Mr. Rohatyn is saving his palatial Fifth Avenue home... MORE >
CORRECTION: The Observer has learned Jon Brian Celler was not the buyer of this apartment. We regret the error. Ever since the penthouse at Superior Ink sold for a downtown record of $31.5 million in November, The Observer has been awaiting the next blockbuster sale in the building. Turns out a third-floor unit has just sold in another record deal. And by record we mean record... MORE >
How do you quadruple your money on a Manhattan brownstone? Make it the prettiest... MORE >
