Posts with tag Tribeca

Katy Perry may have enjoyed it when she kissed a girl, but she didn't like her Tribeca penthouse. At least that's what we would assume, since she sold the place less than two years after moving in. And lost $40,000 in the process. Perry purchased the two-story apartment just before marrying her now ex-husband Russell... Continue Reading »

Everybody hurts, sometimes. But you'd probably hurt a lot less if you could afford to buy former R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe's New York City pad. For $10.95 million you can own his duplex penthouse located in Manhattan's Tribeca neighborhood. With a star-studded pedigree, it's no surprise that this apartment is in the... Continue Reading »

A brush with fame -- or infamy -- may have its place, but apparently it doesn't gain much in the way of real estate currency. The price of the 6,800-square-foot Tribeca townhouse rented by former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn for the duration of his state-mandated stay in New York year just dropped from $13.995... Continue Reading »

Need any proof that 10 years after 9/11 the neighborhoods around Ground Zero have enjoyed a resurgence? Here's a five-story work-live townhouse in Tribeca available for lease at $35,000 a month. The 4,500-square-foot apartment at 155 Duane St. includes a fully equipped duplex office with up to seven workstations and a... Continue Reading »

Sometimes it feels like celebrities trade homes like baseball cards, which is an appropriate analogy in this case since one of the principals is former Mets slugger Mike Piazza. The New York Post is reporting that "Entourage" star Jeremy Piven (pictured at far left) bought a 6,000-square-foot home in Tribeca that once... Continue Reading »

Justin Timberlake wants out of his New York City home, which has a part-time doorman, reportedly because the Tribeca loft is just not private enough. So instead of waiting to sell before moving on, he has signed a contract for a $7.65 million, three-bedroom, 2,598-square-foot penthouse condo at Soho Mews on Manhattan's... Continue Reading »

Singer Katy Perry might not have been able to catch up with "Sesame Street's" Elmo, but she and fiancé Russell Brand caught a deal on a Tribeca penthouse. The two-bedroom, two-bath loft at 65 North Moore St. sold for about $200,000 off the $2.9 million list price and is in a building that doesn't have a doorman,... Continue Reading »

In today's market, you can't expect to buy low and sell high, so don't even try to if you want some quick movement. That was the big message this week in Episode 4 of the HGTV series "Selling New York" which aired yesterday for those who missed it. The episode's second lesson learned was another obvious one: $5 million... Continue Reading »