Jennifer Gould Keil chronicles the city's movers and shakers, keeping tabs on boldface New Yorkers' biggest real estate hits and misses in her Gimme Shelter column. A graduate of Columbia University's school of journalism, she is the author of "Vodka, Tears and Lenin's Angel: A Journalist on the Road in the Former Soviet Union." Before breaking news on high end real estate deals -- like Madonna's purchase of a $32 million Upper East Side townhouse -- she reported from war torn regions like Chechnya and ex-Soviet Georgia as well as from places like the Balkans, Libya and Mongolia. From New York, she also broke stories about sexism and peacekeeping atrocities at the United Nations.
Fashion mogul Elie Tahari, who runs his $500 million eponymous company, and his wife, Rory, are quietly trying to sell more than $70 million worth of property. And we hear that the 10-year marriage between the couple,...
March 10, 2010 11:49 PMYes, Alec Baldwin is everywhere. On Jerry Seinfeld’s new marriage show, about to co-host the Oscars with Steve Martin and continuing his house hunt in downtown Manhattan. We’ve tracked the “30 Rock” star’s apartment...
March 04, 2010 12:01 AMFashion design titan Elie Tahari and his gorgeous wife, Rory (20 years his junior), have quietly put their stunning four-story, 9,600-square-foot trophy loft on the market. While the Prince Street co-op isn’t officially...
February 25, 2010 12:34 AMNot only is musician Desmond Child “Livin’ La Vida Loca,” he actually wrote the Ricky Martin smash. And now Child (whose other hits include Bon Jovi’s “Livin’ on a Prayer,” Aerosmith’s “Dude [Looks Like a Lady]” and...
February 18, 2010 12:17 AM
It's complicated for actor Alec Baldwin. We’re talking about his apartment hunt (although the same might be said for the bachelor’s search for a soul mate). We had previously reported on the “30 Rock” star’s visits to...
February 11, 2010 12:41 AMHugh Grant and Gerard Butler might be duking it out for the $15.45 million penthouse triplex at 54 Bond St. in NoHo. Both actors have checked out this grand, three-bedroom, 4,862-square-foot bachelor pad on a charming...
February 04, 2010 12:58 AMFashionable foodie Katie Lee, Billy Joel’s stunning ex-wife, is putting her Perry Street townhouse on the market for $12.9 million. The Nate Berkus-decorated home has four bedrooms, four bathrooms, four fireplaces, an...
January 28, 2010 12:15 AMJay-Z and Ralph Lauren have both found time to drop by the ClockTower Building at 1 Main St. and check out Brooklyn’s ultimate trophy apartment. That’s where developer David Walentas, the man behind the DUMBO...
January 21, 2010 12:14 AMPaul Greenwood, the former New York Islanders co-owner who has been accused of securities fraud, wants to sell off his vast Westchester estate in North Salem. The estate has been broken up into three properties, and an...
January 14, 2010 4:16 AMWant the rare opportunity to buy an 8,000-square-foot high-floor condo at the Time Warner Center? It’s now available for $57.5 million — if you buy two apartments and then pay about a $4 million premium for the right to...
January 07, 2010 12:01 AMLouise Sunshine, the first lady of luxury residential marketing, is moving into another shiny new condo. Now that she’s leaving the One Beacon Court apartment she’s been sharing with husband Martin Begun — who’s in...
December 24, 2009 1:16 AMMadonna may be getting closer to achieving her dream of becoming lady of the manor, in Bridgehampton horse country. Last week, we reported that the Material Mom is buying Kelly Klein’s horse farm (450 Mitchells Lane) in...
December 16, 2009 9:45 PMEast Enders have a new star in their midst. Madonna, who earlier this year purchased (as we first reported) an Upper East Side townhouse that closed for around $32 million, is now finally buying her dream horse farm in...
December 10, 2009 12:01 AMHockey legend/former New York Ranger Wayne Gretzky and his stunning wife, Janet, were holiday shopping in the Big Apple this week — for a luxurious pied-a-terre in the $7 million to $15 million range. While Wayne was...
December 03, 2009 12:08 AMThe Dakota is one of the city’s most prestigious buildings, but that doesn’t mean it’s immune to massive price reductions. A four-bedroom, four-bathroom condo at the building located at 1 W. 72nd St. is in contract for...
November 19, 2009 1:15 AMVespa-loving thespians Liev Schreiber and Naomi Watts are zipping around the city, on the lookout for another downtown pad. When we last checked in with the doting parents of two tots this past April, they were eyeing a...
November 12, 2009 12:41 AMIf James Bond star Daniel Craig wanted a respite from the intrigue and mayhem that surrounds his captivating film character, he picked the wrong building. There’s a real international man of mystery who lives in the...
November 05, 2009 12:43 AMMs. Fabulosity, Kimora Lee Simmons, has reduced the price of her 35,000-square-foot home in Saddle River, NJ, to $16.5 million. The 10-bedroom, 11-bathroom spread on 4 acres was listed for $23 million last year before...
October 29, 2009 1:54 AMOne line that Jude Law, 36, probably didn’t whisper to his new baby mama Samantha Burke, 24, during their brief but steamy affair last winter was “Get thee to a nunnery.” Now, ironically, Law lives in a former church...
October 15, 2009 12:58 AMWhile this Talking Head’s hair has faded to white, David Byrne is far from fading into obscurity. The artist/musician/photographer/activist has been house hunting and recently visited One York, where a 2,000-square...
October 08, 2009 1:16 AMIt's a slam dunk of a deal for one deep-pocketed condo buyer. While many purchasers of luxury Manhattan properties are trying to get out of their contracts or renegotiate for lower prices, Houston Rockets owner Leslie...
October 01, 2009 1:03 AMA little bit of London in New York City has become even more enticing now that two new townhouses, which can be converted into one monster home, are hitting the market today for a combined $33 million. The townhouses...
September 24, 2009 1:38 AMTIS the season to revisit. This fall, while many people who recently agreed to buy properties are triple-checking fine print — desperately looking for typos and esoteric rules to help them get out of their contracts —...
September 17, 2009 12:47 AM
Michael Hirtenstein has just closed on his $16.8 million multi-apartment deal at One York, the new-construction, Enrique Norten-designed condo building in TriBeCa. As we reported three weeks ago, The Hirt, a telecom...
September 03, 2009 2:52 PMActor Nicolas Cage has an eclectic real-estate obsession, buying and selling a curious assortment of property. And now one of Cage's more traditional homes, his Olympic Tower apartment at 641 Fifth Ave., might have...
August 27, 2009 12:17 AM
Will Alec Baldwin soon be changing the name of his production company from El Dorado Pictures to Dakota Pictures? The bloviating "30 Rock" actor wants to sell his co-op in the Eldorado on Central Park West -- and...
August 13, 2009 3:13 AMBruce Willis could be returning to his old neighborhood. The recently remarried actor, 54, was spotted yesterday apartment hunting around Columbus Circle with lingerie-model wife Emma Heming, 32 (pictured at a film...
July 30, 2009 12:41 AMOUR favorite Jersey boys, the Jonas Brothers (Kevin, Joe and Nick), could be close to buying a mansion in Alpine, NJ -- near other stars like Britney Spears and Yankee CC Sabathia. The approximately 8,000-square...
July 23, 2009 1:04 AMThe most money ever for a two-week East End rental will be paid for a fortnight in August: an eye-popping $425,000. And the home isn't even near the ocean. The rental, which an Eastern European businessman will...
July 16, 2009 12:00 AMA couple who sold their classic prewar co-op at 333 Central Park West during the peak of the market -- the four-bedroom, 2,500-square-foot condo went for $4.6 million in February 2008 -- is now hoping to flip their...
July 09, 2009 12:28 AM
NEW YORK POST is a registered trademark of NYP Holdings, Inc.
nypost.com, nypostonline.com, and newyorkpost.com are trademarks of NYP Holdings, Inc.
Copyright 2010 NYP Holdings, Inc. All rights reserved. Privacy | Terms of Use
