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Sunday Real Estate Round-Up, 08/30/09

Sunday Real Estate Round-Up, 08/30/09 by Deidre Woollard Aug 30th 2009 at 9:01AM From Move Trends: --Johnny Knoxville has dropped the price on his Beechwood Canyon home, shown above, from $2.295 million to $1.995 million. The listing for the four-bedroom home is here. From the NY Post's Gimme Shelter: --Has Nicolas Cage found a buyer for his New York apartment. The three-bedroom residence in the Olympic Tower apartment i s listed at $9.75 million. Gallery: Nicolas Cage In New York City --Queen Latifah is staying at theGreenwich Club Residences condo building while at work on her new film, "Just Wright." --Oliver Stone's "Wall Street 2" starts shooting next month and location scouts are still busy checking out apartments. A version of the script has one character living at 15 Central Park West. From the Real Estalker: --Former "Girl Next Door" Holly Madison has put her Santa Monica condo up for sale. She bought the condo last year for $760,000 and has listed it for $700,000. Gallery: Holly Madison in Santa Monica --Listing pics are up on Alec Baldwin's three-bedroom apartment at the El Dorado. It is listed at $7.5 million. Gallery: Alec Baldwin at the El Dorado --Australian fashion designer Collette Dinnigan has put her five-bedroom home in Sydney, Australia on the market. From Cityfile's Buyers and Sellers: --Real Housewives of New York star Jill Zarin and her husband, Bobby have dropped the price on their three-bedroom condo at 401 East 60th Street f rom $3.2 million to $2.995 million. Gallery: A Real Housewife In New York City --Former Treasury Secretary W. Michael Blumenthal and his wife, Barbara, have purchased an apartment at 1095 Park Avenue for $5.6 million. -Fortress Investment Group co-founder Randal Nardone has dropped the price of his condo at 240 Riverside Boulevard it was listed at $11.75 million six months ago and is now at $10.95 million. --Attorney Harvey Spear and his wife, Ruth, have put their apartment at 765 Park Avenue on the market. The 11-room residence is listed for $12.5 million. --via the NY Observer , the 8,300-square-foot triplex at 260 West Broadway that is famous for its in-house mural by Keith Haring, is no longer up for sale. After failing to sell for $13.25 million it is now a $35,000-a-month rental. Gallery: 260 West Broadway --Gotham Makker, an investor and former portfolio manager at Ken Griffin's Citadel Investment Group, has sold an apartment at 15 Central Park West for $12.5 million. He and his wife, Vicky, bought the home in March 2008 for $13.3 million. --Jonathan Zrihen, the president and CEO of the cosmetics company Clarins Group USA, and his wife Laetitia have paid $2.075 million for a three-bedroom condo at the Belaire at 524 East 72nd Street. --Beny Alagem, the founder of Packard Bell Electronics and now the owner of the Beverly Hills Hilton, has sold his three-bedroom condo at 15 Central Park West. It was listed at $24 million. --Soap opera star Roger Horvath has listed his Soho apartment for $2.99 million. --Eli Zahavi, the owner of EZ Energy Ltd., and his wife Gabriela have closed on the sale of their 25th-floor apartment at 15 Central Park West. It sold for $7.35 million to an entity called Metropark Investments Limited Partnership. --from the NY Post , Jacob "Kobi" Alexander, the former CEO of Comverse Technology and now a fugitive from justice, has found a tenant for his condo at the Park Imperial on West 56th Street. The full-floor apartment is being rented by an "Asian-based hedge fund head" for $100,000 a month. --Hassan Nemazee, the banker and Democratic mega-fundraiser charged with forging financial documents to get Citibank to give him a $74 million loan is under house arrest in his $20 million, 14th floor co-op at 770 Park Avenue. --Investment banker Tom Whalen and his wife Dana English have closed on the sale of their townhouse at 34 West 10th Street which sold for $15.4 million to an entity called Go Yard LLC. --Arvind and Shilpa Sanger have paid $11.98 million for a penthouse at 170 East End Avenue. --Philanthropists Amnon and Caren Heller Barness have cut the price of their penthouse at Trump Park Avenue for the third time since listing it for $15 million last year.It is now listed for $11.995 million. --via the NY Observer , disgraced financier Ezra Merkin hasn't decided to put his duplex apartment at 740 Park up for sale yet, but he may be forced to do so soon. --via the Real Deal , Actress Molly Shannon has sold her apartment at 66 Ninth Avenue for $2.61 million, it was most recently listed for $2.85 million. --via the NY Post, developer Bruce Ratner has sold his 4,500-square-foot home in Montauk to art dealer David Zwirner for $10 million. From Newsday's Real LI: --Mets closer Francisco Rodriguez has paid $2.3 million for a six-bedroom mansion in Upper Brookville, NY. --orporate security guru Richard "Bo" Dietl's home in the gated Stone Hill community of North Hills is on the market for $3.295 million. He bought the home for $2.3 million in 2004. The listing is here. From T he Wall Street Journal's Private Properties: --Blackstone Group co-founder Steve Schwarzman and his wife Christine have put their East Hampton home on the market. The 2.1-acre property, which the couple purchased for $2.3 million in 1996, is listed for $7.2 million. --Director Judd Apatow and his wife Leslie Mann have bought a five-bedroom home in the Brentwood Park area of Los Angeles. THe home wasn't officially listed but had been shopped quietly for $20 million. --A winery and two vineyards that make up Palmer Vineyards on the north fork of New York's Long Island are on the market for $10.8 million. From the Chicago Tribune's Elite Street: --U.S. Secretary of Education and former Chicagoan Arne Duncan has sold his four-bedroom townhouse in his native Hyde Park for $525,000. Duncan and his wife, Karen, purchased the 2,460-square-foot town home in 1999 for $257,500, according to public records. Radio sportscaster Steve Kashul has put his Naperville, Illinois home on the market for $524,900 . It has a full-size bowling alley in the basement. From the LA Times Hot Properties: --Actress Natasha Henstridge has sold her Sherman Oaks, California home. It was listed at $1.75 million. --Comedienne Ruth Buzzi sold her Hollywood Hills home to film producer Daniel Dubiecki for $1.021 million. --NFL analyst and former player Robert Griffith has listed a Lake Arrowhead site for sale at $799,999. --Baltimore Ravens player Trevor Pryce and his wife, Sonya, have sold their Calabasas home for $2.1 million. The former West Hollywood three-bedroom condo of Oscar-winning actress Bette Davis is for sale at $2.45 million. The listing is here. From Berg Properties Big Time Listings: --Actress Milla Jovovich has sold a four-bedroom, 3,582-square-foot house in Beverly Hills for $2.75 million. From Shelterpop : Kennedy Compound to Become a Museum? + a gallery of the family in Hyannis Port Brad and Angelina Reportedly Spend $58 Million on a 35-Bedroom Estate in France From our files, a look at recent home drops and sales of celebrity homes wel've previously covered. --Shannen Doherty has shaved just a bit off the price of her Malibu home. it was listed at $4 million and is now at $3.695 million. Gallery: Shannen Doherty in Malibu --Estella Warren's home is now listed as a rental for $7,450 a month. It was listed for sale at $1.95 million. Gallery: Estella Warren In Beverly Hills --Patrick Dempsey's home, which recently had a price cut f rom $3.1 million to $2.95 million is now listed at being under contract. Gallery: Patrick Dempsey in Los Angeles --Jon and Kate Gosselin are still trying to unload their home in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. They have dropped the price by another $10,000 from $325,000 to $315.000. --Strokes guitarist Albert Hammond Jr. has sold his New York City apartment which was listed at $899,000. Gallery: Albert Hammond Jr. In New York City --Soap star Ingo Rademacher has dropped the price on his Venice, California home from $2.599 million to $2.449 million. Gallery: Ingo Rademacher in Venice --Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki has dropped the price on his home in Issaquah, Washington. It was listed at $1.75 million and is now at $1.525 million. Gallery: Ichiro Suzuki in Issaquah --Bruce Jenner and Kris Kardashian, currently most famous for the show "Keeping Up With The Kardashians" have reduced the price on their Hidden Hills, California home from $3.395 million to $3.195 million. Gallery: The Jenner-Kardashian Clan in Hidden HIlls Pitcher Tom Glavine has dropped the price on his Alpharetta, Georgia home. It w as listed at $3.75 million and is now listed at $3.195 million. Gallery: Tom Glavine in Alpharetta Singer Ryan Cabrera has dropped the price on his Hollywood Hills home. It was originally listed at $1.699 million and is now listed at $1.485 million. Gallery: Villa Cabrera Kimora Lee Simmons has chopped another million off her Beverly Hills home. It was once listed at $7.9 million but is now at $5.9 million. Gallery: Kimora Lee Simmons House --Willem Dafoe has finally dropped the price on his rubber-clad home in Accord, New York. It was listed at $850,000 but is now at $750,000. Gallery: Willem Dafoe's Rubber House Tags: alec baldwin , AlecBaldwin , celebrity real estate , CelebrityRealEstate , holly madison , HollyMadison , jill zarin , JillZarin , johnny knoxville , JohnnyKnoxville , kimora lee simmons , KimoraLeeSimmons , willem dafoe , WillemDafoe Filed under: Estates , Celebrity Shopping Permalink Print this