Sunday Real Estate Round-Up

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed)
Nov 19th 2006 at 9:03AM

From the NY Observer's Manhattan Transfers:
--Painter Buffie Johnson's estate has sold a three-story loft building at 102 Greene Street for over $9 million.
--Filmmaker and son of Roy Licthtenstein, Mitchell Lichtenstein paid $2.65 million for an 1848 Greek Revival brownstone at 120 West 12th Street in 2003 has sold it for $7.25 million to hedge-fund man Oskar Lewnowski.

From the NY TImes Big Deal:
--We've heard about the troubles with the Stanhope before, looks like it is an ongoing situation with only a few buyers plunking down over $10 million for apartments. The latest plan is to create some sexy model apartments to attract new buyers.
--Manhattan House, a luxury apartment complex, is the site of the most expensive condo conversion ($1.1 billion) in New York and may have contributed to the death by pneumonia of one of its residents, Martin Burwick, who was in his 90s. The remaining residents are still fighting eviction.
--Deals involving two Harlem town houses were stopped earlier this month when Edward Myers Jr., a longtime Harlem real estate investor, refused to sell his properties to buyers represented by the Corcoran Group because of recent complaints of fair-housing law violations in Corcoran's Brooklyn Heights office.

From the NY Post's Gimme Shelter:
--Documentary filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi, daughter of Rep. Nancy Pelosi, has spent $1.425 million for a two-bedroom apartment at 108 Fifth Ave.
--Music composers Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman have listed their three-bedroom apartment for $5.7 million.
--Hamptons broker Tara Newman has sold the same Sag Harbor mansion for the third time - this time bringing in $6,850,000 for the Hannibal French House, built in 1875 and designed by Stanford White's mentor, Minard Lefevre.
--Developer Stephen Ross, chairman of the Related Companies is selling his prewar apartment at 956 Fifth Ave. to Bruce Beal, a Related executive vice president, for $10 million.
--Coscan, a company that is building townhouses in Pompano, Florida, has introduced the College Tuition Incentive Program. When you buy a home, you receive a free four-year college education for one child or grandchild at any Florida state school or community college.
--Vince Vaughn has just paid $12 million for a 7,880-square-foot duplex penthouse in Chicago. The new apartment was originally listed for $10.6 million.

From The Wall Street Journal's Private Properties:
--Boxer Oscar De La Hoya is looking to sell his retreat and training facility in Big Bear Lake, Calif. for $2.5 million. The listing is here for the property which includes a 3,900-square-foot main house and a 3,262-square-foot three-bedroom guest house. The four-car garage, which De La Hoya used as a gym, has a steam room, office and murals that depict significant moments in the boxer's career.
--Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis is looking to sell an oceanfront home in Florida for $10.9 million. Lewis bought the 6,788-square-foot home in March 2004 for $5.2 million. The listing is here.
--Sports-team executive Joel Glazer and his wife, Angela, have sold their house in Palm Beach for just under $13 million.

From Forbes Movers and Shakers:
--Television writer/producer Frank Lupo has put his Pacific Palisades home on the market for $3.25 million. The home, shown above, has five bedrooms, a pool and an outdoor entertaining area. The listing is here.

From the LA Times Hot Property:
--Singer Michelle Branch has listed her Calabasas home at close to $3.3 million.
--Author Nancy Taylor Rosenberg has put her Marina del Rey home on the market at $2.1 million.
--Norm Pattiz, the founder and chairman of Westwood One, and his wife, DJ Mary Pattiz, have sold their Beverly Hills-area home for $20 million.
--A Lake View Terrace ranch once owned by movie mogul Cecil B. DeMille is for sale at $14.8 million. The listing is here.

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Jack Nov 19th 2006 10:15AM

"--Deals involving two Harlem town houses were stopped earlier this month when Edward Myers Jr., a longtime Harlem real estate investor, refused to sell his properties to buyers represented by the Corcoran Group because of recent complaints of fair-housing law violations in Corcoran's Brooklyn Heights office."
Strange decision. Looking on other transfers you can see that selling estates isn't easy work. And he refused to sell TWO houses at once. He can make troubles for himself and his business

brian Nov 20th 2006 1:20AM

The owner should be applauded for taking such a stand.

cmdr_bond Nov 20th 2006 1:10PM

I didnt see this reported anywhere, but the Osborne house in Los Angeles was put back on the market last week (listing here: http://guests.themls.com/profile_page.cfm?mls=06-145035). I guess it must've fallen out of escrow.