Real Estate

There’s life for XI after all. With help from billionaire industrialist and real estate investor Len Blavatnik, New York developer Steven Witkoff’s Witkoff’s Group snared the bankrupt, $2 billion, twin-towered condo project in a public debt auction on Thursday. The deal, which is worth around $900 million, means that work can resume on the 900,000

Richard and Laurie Stark, the owners of luxury accessories brand Chrome Hearts, are the new owners of a West Village townhouse at 32 Perry St. They paid $14.5 million for the spread, the Real Deal first reported. The couple already own a home at 159 E. 64th St., which once housed their flagship boutique popular

It’s a picture-perfect home that’s fit for the big-name editor of a glossy magazine. Radhika Jones, the 2017-appointed editor-in-chief of Vanity Fair, has quietly purchased a renovated four-story townhouse in Brooklyn, according to city Department of Finance records. Jones and her husband, Max Petersen, spent $6.25 million for the spread in Cobble Hill, which comes

Travelers are looking for one thing in their Airbnb vacation spot ahead of the holidays: uniqueness. According to a new study by Confused.com, Google searches for “different types of Airbnb” are up 400% over the last 12 months as pandemic-weary people seek to break the cycle of stay-at-home life. “There’s a lot more interest from

Art wasn’t the only thing moving this month in Miami. Crypto czars were on the prowl for modern mansions as well.  Ivan Soto-Wright, co-founder and CEO of MoonPay, a London-based online payment system for cryptocurrencies, is now in contract to buy 6396 North Bay Road for $38 million, sources say.  MoonPay hit a $3.4 billion

Considered the wealthiest pastor in America — with an alleged estimated net worth of $760 million — televangelist Kenneth Copeland is in hot water after an extensive investigation by the Houston Chronicle revealed how he has been living in a tax-free mega-mansion worth $7 million and paid for by Texas taxpayers for years. The 85-year-old

Introducing the biggest losers in real estate’s bull market. Most investors made a killing over the last two years as prices leapt across virtually every sector of the residential market. But some investors are learning that even supposedly ironclad “Swiss bank vault” Manhattan towers carry big risks. The XI, a massive $2 billion, 236-unit condo

It’s the house that TikTok built. A California woman is now a happy homeowner after trading up increasingly more expensive items over the past year and a half — starting with just a hairpin. Demi Skipper, 30, declared on TikTok in May 2020 that she would swap her way up to a home. She acquired

Bethenny Frankel has decided to put her Manhattan loft up for sale again a day after a judge ruled she no longer had to pay child support to ex Jason Hoppy.  The four-bedroom, three-bathroom property was listed on Dec. 9 for nearly $7 million.  The move also comes as her custody battle with Hoppy nears

The owners of Industry City in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park suffered a setback last year when one progress-hating City Council member torpedoed a rezoning that would have allowed a few more buildings to rise at the 35-acre site. But owners Belvedere Capital, Jamestown and Angelo Gordon Co. shrugged off the disrespect, at least for now (the

It’s been called “The ugliest building in Queens,” and once won a “Frank Lloyd Crap” award. Now, the “Climate Change Row House” — aka the Lego House — is on the market for $3.6 million. The 3,487-square-foot property, at 45-12 11th St. in Long Island City, Queens, was originally built in 1903, and rebuilt in

Calling all the Whos! Here is your chance to stay in the Grinch’s very own cave for Christmas. Perched high up on a mountain in Boulder, Utah, is a 5,700-square-foot lair guests can explore. Each room is a nod to the Grinch’s original home from the iconic Dr. Seuss book “How the Grinch Stole Christmas!”

It’s hip to be square — unless you live in a circular house. In the upstate New York town of Saugerties, an unusual-looking home with connections to the Muppets has found a buyer and entered contract, according to a Realtor.com listing update. Listed for $799,000, this round home was built with repurposed materials – and

A palatial Upper East Side penthouse that, until recently, housed Mets star pitcher Taijuan Walker is on the market for $14.2 million. It had been asking $39,000 a month when Walker was renting it. The penthouse asking price is just a tad more than the $14.1 million the seller, artificial intelligence expert Adrian Weller — a