Month: September 2019

Designer Tommy Hilfiger and his wife Dee Ocleppo have finally found a buyer for their Plaza Hotel penthouse. After an epic 11 years on and off the market — and asking prices as high as $80 million — the sprawling trophy home is in contract for $33.25 million, The Post has learned exclusively. Some of

When Anna Raimondi stepped into a 140-year-old Staten Island house, she was overwhelmed by visions of brutality. Raimondi, who said she is a medium, was sent by “The Dr. Oz Show” to investigate “paranormal activity” in the Kreischer Mansion because its current residents have reported scary, inexplicable incidents. Slamming doors, locked rooms and audible footsteps

The arc to this story has come to an end — and a new beginning. A uniquely shaped home in East Hampton known as the Arc House has sold for $2.17 million — far less than its value. The seller was the US government, which seized the home after owner Joseph Meli pled guilty to securities fraud

Gianni Versace-lovers will flip for this over-the-top mansion designed by Lorenzo Carmellini. He’s the Milan-based architect who designed Versace’s boutiques and homes, many with his late partner, architect Rocco Magnoli. Texas-based investor Ken Hill is selling the home, which was his vacation house in the Venetian Isles, for $19.9 million. The mansion, at 921 N.

A humble Ditmas Park house currently on the market for $1.99 million is notable for two reasons. First, several episodes of “Rescue Me” were filmed in the two-family home at 260 Westminster Road in a neighborhood of historic Victorians. The FX dramedy, which aired from 2004 to 2011 and featured actor Denis Leary, centered on

Alex Rodriguez just doubled his chances of being your next landlord with a second Big Apple apartment building purchase. A-Rod, who bought his first NYC residential building with “Shark Tank” TV judge Barbara Corcoran, is in contract to buy a 114-unit brick apartment house at 340 E. 51 St., The Post has learned. The former

Hospitality publicist Neil Alumkal, founder and president of Stuntman PR, and his wife, writer Jamie Beckman, became known for hosting elaborate “Mad Men” parties in their midcentury-esque Williamsburg pad, especially during the series’ heyday from 2007 to 2015. Now their 810-square-foot apartment and its rooftop cabana, just blocks from the Bedford Avenue L train stop

At the beginning of the 20th century, the city’s elite built mansions along Fifth Avenue modeled on French chateaux. But those who didn’t have the cash — or land — to build entire castles could at least incorporate one feature often reserved for royalty (or fairy tales): the turret. The addition of the rounded tower

Architect Gene Kaufman, known as one of the city’s most active hotel builders, is on the prowl for new digs. One place he eyed was a Soho loft owned by Winston Churchill’s granddaughter, artist Edwina Sandys. “Gene loved it and even started drawing up floor plans,” our spy said. Sandys bought the 6,500-square-foot, four-bedroom unit

The city’s homelessness crisis has a new cost — home values. Manhattan houses located near shelters lost as much as 17 percent of their value, according to a study released by the city’s Independent Budget Office. The findings provide new fuel to opponents of City Hall’s plans to open 90 new shelters across the five

Just before the Guggenheim Museum opened in New York in 1959, Frank Lloyd Wright completed a residential design for Norman and Aimee Lykes in Phoenix. It would be his last. The famed architect died the same year. Now, after languishing on the market since 2016 with an asking price of $3.6 million (later reduced to

Former Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Cheryl Tiegs listed her Los Angeles home last week for $18.5 million. Jade and Tiffany Mills of Coldwell Banker have the listing. The Balinese decor-inspired home is set on 1.44 acres in Holmby Hills, an affluent neighborhood in Los Angeles that’s well-known for its sprawling Hollywood estates. “The location is

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg is eyeing a 107-year-old post office on Manhattan’s West Side to help him grow the social networking giant’s Big Apple presence, The Post has learned. The Menlo Park, California, tech giant is in talks to lease all 740,000 square feet of office space being built in the former James A. Farley Post

First Republic Bank is setting itself up with a new banking location at One Grand Central Place. The full service lender will have 14,430 square feet across the ground and second floors of the building, which is also known as 60 E. 42nd St. The former Bank of America space is also directly opposite Grand

One Vanderbilt in Midtown Manhattan, which is being billed as the Big Apple’s tallest office tower, has topped out its decorative twisty spire at 1,401 feet — and the views from there are spectacular. On my exclusive visit to the tower Tuesday morning, the outside construction elevator whooshed seamlessly up the equivalent of 80 stories

A mid-block Chelsea office building is in contract to Afiaa, the Swiss Foundation for International Real Estate Investments, for $99.35 million. The 12-story building at 158 W. 27th St. is being sold by ASB Capital Management, an investment manager from DC and local George Comfort & Sons. They bought it in December 2014 for $82.5

It’s a rite of passage! A historic townhouse in Manhattan’s West Village neighborhood that connected via a hidden passageway (and a charming garden) to a quaint carriage house in its backyard has just hit the market for $7.99 million. Curbed first reported the listing. Built around 1830 for local merchant William Carr, the three-story Renaissance

The stunning Solar Carve Tower, which sits along the High Line and overlooks the Hudson River, is getting a new tenant. Health care-focused hedge fund RTW Investments, which is currently located at the nearby 412 W. 15th St., is jumping to 40 10th Ave. to accommodate its expansion. The firm, which invests in biopharma companies,

The independent public relations firm MWWPR will move to a full floor of the 39-story Nomad Tower in the dynamic NoMad neighborhood. Currently located at 304 Park Ave. So. at East 23rd Street, the firm outgrew its space but wanted to stay in the area. Now it will have the entire 27,040-square-foot third floor at

After an active July with 5.17 million square feet leased, office leasing hit the doldrums in August, with transactions dropping an astounding 68.2 percent, to just 1.56 million square-feet of inked deals. A new report from Colliers International says August leasing was 30.8 percent less than just a year ago. Still, so far this year,

After a $110 million Series D fundraising round led by Sequoia Capital, the password management and internet security firm Dashlane decided to expand at the Flatiron District building where it had just leased a full floor. In April, the global digital identity tech company rented the fourth floor of 16,625 square feet at 44 W.

Since her arrest in December 2017, Luann de Lesseps’ life has been action-packed. The Real Housewives of New York star’s very public meltdown triggered a series of events that changed her life in ways she could not have imagined. Following her arrest for charges ranging from disorderly intoxication to battery on an officer, she headed

TAMPA — I hope I’m wrong. Honestly, I do. I hope Daniel Jones does exactly what the Giants need him to do Sunday, providing an injection of hope in the here and now in addition to the far and away. I hope the karmic football gods seek retribution against the hubris-soaked Patriots and allow the

A home for sale in Northern Ireland has a claim to fame of Titanic proportions. Part of the Old School House near Belfast — a charming 1833 structure that has been converted into a four-bedroom single-family property — is made of wood from the fated ship. The house’s owner was told by a man who