Last week the New York Times ran a lengthy Q&A with Elizabeth F. Stribling, founder of the eponymous real estate firm, in which she discusses, among other things, hot neighborhoods (West Side, Downtown, Brooklyn) and not-so-hot (Upper East Side). Here’s a snippet: Q. What do buyers want? A. They’re looking for simplicity of life, and …
Lilly Pulitzer’s Palm Beach abode is back on the market with a listing price of $11.5 million. The property is represented by Liza Pulitzer, the designer’s daughter, of Brown Harris Stevens Palm Beach. Quotes the press release: The house is located in the estate section of Palm Beach and set amid mature and lush tropical …
When it comes to Upper East Side real estate, there’s Park and then there’s The Park. The 2011 data is in, and being located on Fifth Avenue — across from Central Park — remains preferable to that wide behemoth of a boulevard Park Avenue. Citing research by PropertyShark.com, DNA Info reports that the median sale …
Holly Golightly, everyone’s favorite Upper East Side escort who’d get $50 to visit the powder room, is selling her townhouse at 169 East 71st Street. OK not really, but the building that provided the exterior shots for the 1961 film “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” has gone on the market with an asking price of $5.85 million. …
The Plaza Hotel today unveiled its newly renovated Astor Suite, which will rent for $165,000 per month, the most expensive rental in New York history. The suite takes its name from John Jacob Astor VI, who resided in the three-bedroom suite in the 1930s. It later became known as the Presidential Suite and welcomed guests …
Brooke Astor’s home at 778 Park Avenue recently sold for $21 million, about half the original asking price. The buyers were Daniel and Brett Sundheim. Mr. Sundheim is a portfolio manager at the hedge fund Viking Global Investors. Reports Crain’s: The apartment, which has six terraces and five fireplaces, occupies the building’s entire 16th floor …
Sotheby’s is representing J. Crew visionary Jenna Lyons’ Park Slope townhouse, scene of “jealousy-inducing editorials,” according to Fashionista. The property has been listed at $3.75 million. Says Sotheby’s: This spectacular 1880s North Slope Townhouse, at 20’+/- wide with 4 stories plus a finished cellar, has been impeccably renovated to perfection. Every modern amenity has been …