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NYU Buys Forbes Building for $65 Million
The Forbes building at 60 Fifth Avenue at 12th Street was sold to New York University for $65 million, or $530 per square foot. It was estimated that the building was being sold for $55 million before, and when Forbes announced the sale on January 7, no price was discussed. The price is 53% off the listing price when the 122,500-square-foot building initially hit the market in 2007.
Via: The Real Deal
Jan 15, 2010 9:42 PM
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Fred Gehring, CEO at Tommy Hilfiger, recently purchased one of the most spacious condominium units on Bond Street for $7.07 million. The lavious property is 2,592 square-feet with 3.5 bathrooms, three bedrooms, a custom-designed fireplace, not to mention there are seven altogether within the beautif...
Just last month, former Citigroup chairman Sandy Weill put his 15 Central Park West apartment up for sale for $88 million. Now Ekaterina Rybolovleva, daughter of Russian billionaire Dmitriy Rybolovlev, is buying.
Regardless of the fact that the housing market is still in somewhat of shambles, those unaffected by the bad economic climate made some outrageous home purchases this year. Sales in New York, Florida, California came in as some of the largest sales in state and national history.
B&N Banks bought the luxury Moscow hotel National from the Russian Government for $148 million.
Redskins owner Dan Snyder, along with group of unknown investors, has recently made a large luxury purchase. The Lady Anne, a 224-foot “superyacht”, was purchased by Snyder for approximately $70 million USD. This sale means big things for the yacht market and for luxury goods in general.
Katie Lee, the ex-wife of musician Billy Joel, has purchased a home in Water Mill, a publicist for Lee confirms.
Lee paid about $3.5 million, says the publicist. The newly constructed home had been listed for $3.999 million, according to the listing.
Hotel and casino magnate Steve Wynn of Wynn Resorts recently acquired an ultra-rare set of antique Chinese vases to grace his newest resort in China’s gambling mecca of Macau. The company announced on Friday that they shelled out nearly $12.8 million for four of the stunning porcelain vases last T...
Jennifer Aniston just sprung for her third New York apartment this year alone. $9 million dollars later, the celeb is the new owner of a three-bedroom, three-and-a-half Gramercy Park apartment.
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