Roberts originally had two NYC penthouses in her real estate portfolio, and she's still holding on that second penthouse at 7 Gramercy Park West—and considering it comes with a key to the park, we don't blame her. It was listed for $35 million in 2013 and was eventually chopped down to $25 million this year, before selling for $21 million. The couple purchased this Greenwich Village townhouse for $19 million, converted it and tried to resell it for $25 million. It might seem like an enormous sum, but in fact, the couple got a $9 million discount on the combined purchase. The songstress sold her 21st-floor co-op at the Upper East Side's Imperial House for $8.37 million in order to spend more time near friends and family on the West Coast. Op-ed column ('14-'15) 'Economic Spotlight column ('03-'09) New York Times experiment ('08-09') The 17-room penthouse is now asking a still ridiculous $59 million, but at least it's down from the $75 million it was asking before that. The purchase is adding fuel to the fire that Ronaldo might depart Real Madrid when his contract ends in 2018, and move to the States to join MLS, much like another soccer superstar did a while ago. Celebrity home tours and celebrity homes for sale in LA. The sprawling unit comes with a private terrace, a skylight, and a bedroom that comes fitted with a custom-pressed tin ceiling. Will New York’s new sea wall protect the city from climate change? Many of my 3CW charts can be found here: Curbed 3CW Full Chart Archive. Fun fact: the place had a 1,500-bottle wine "cellar" even though it's perched on the fourth floor. The apartment originally hit the market back in 2013 asking $11.5 million, so Beltran got a deal by comparison. They joined the West Village megamansion bandwagon this year when they purchased two adjacent townhouses on West 11th Street for $34.5 million. The co-op was sold following a tussle between the building's board, which wanted it sold, and the executors of Gurley Brown's will, who wanted to keep it. Curbed New York's editors have chosen the 26 places that you must visit in New York right now—the new classics, old favorites, and other essential sites. Calvin Klein. When Curbed was acquired by Vox, my eleven years of 3CW chart art and column links were broken on Curbed NY, Curbed DC, Curbed Miami, Curbed Hamptons, Curbed LA, and Curbed Ski. ), a "music room," three bedrooms, and tons of storage space. Willis is quite the fan of the Upper West Side having moved just a few blocks down from his three-bedroom at the El Dorado that he sold in December 2014 for $13 million. Funnyman Mike Myers first listed his three-unit Soho duplex for $15.95 million, but then added another unit in June and then put up the triplex on the market for $21.5 million. With Mad Men ending, it looks like actress Christina Hendricks, aka the sassy Joan Holloway, may be spending more time in New York City, as Trulia reports that Hendricks and her actor husband Geoffrey Arend dropped $1.155 million on a one-bedroom condo in the Parc Vendome on West 56th near Ninth Avenue. … So many celebrities live in New York City. Her real estate hunt, like her career, continues onwards and upwards. Celebrity spottings all over the place . A Greek Revival townhouse in Chelsea that has been home to many a celebrity is back on the market, this time asking $22.5 million. Bacall spent the last 53 years of her life in the apartment—she died at the age of 89 in 2014—and word has it that the silver screen maven paid between a mere $28,000 and $48,000 for the spread when she landed in the Upper West Side co-op in 1961. Atlanta Celebrity Homes. The home, which had been listed by Corcoran, has lots of charm: there's a large backyard (with a shed! She wants to be a part of it...Los Angeles. Real Madrid soccer sensation, Cristiano Ronaldo paid $18.5 million for a three-bedroom at the Trump Tower back in August. Tina Fey—$9.5M. The following summer, the townhouse had sold for $27.5 million—a very quick sale all things considered, and he managed to turn a profit out of it. The home comes fitted with herringbone floors, four passenger elevators, a white marble fireplace, and an outdoor areas on almost every floor. Hamptons celebrity homes, mapped. Norah Jones is the buyer of the beloved Cobble Hill carriage house at 172 Pacific Street. That's not too bad considering the $450 million he made when he sold the team in 2010 after a 14-year losing record. They only managed to walk away with $18.25 million however. It's still asking that much today. He sold it for a slight loss at $9.2 million in November. Curbed is all things home, from interior design and architecture to home tech, renovations, tiny houses, prefab, and real estate. All the latest real estate news from Curbed NY... 1) All Over: Feeling a bit stalker-ish? It's not a surprise that interior designer Nate Berkus's apartment was one of the prettiest celebrity homes to be scooped up this past year, and he got a pretty good price for it too. Real estate site Curbed, owned by Vox Media since 2013, is now a vertical on New York Magazine. Alicia Keys and husband Swizz Beatz have finally found a buyer for their Manhattan penthouse, which they listed a year ago for $17.95M. Meloni listed the 4BR/4BA apartment with Central Park views (along with a Porsche) for $12 million in 2012, before chopping its ask down to $9.95 million and later, when it failed to sell, $8.95 million—the ask that it's now in contract at. Enter the first-ever Celebrity Real Estate Heat Map. The five-bedroom apartment, which carries $16,272 in monthly costs, has been owned by Trump since he converted the building to condos in 2002. Atlanta Celebrity Homes. In March this year, Paltrow listed the apartment for $14.25 million. Berkus and his husband, interior designer Jeremiah Brent, purchased an adjacent one-bedroom apartment in the building (which was designed by famed architect Emery Roth), then renovated it and combined it with the penthouse to create the apartment as it is now. The co-creator of Netflix's Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Tina Fey paid significantly … It was most recently on the market for $1,799,000, but he purchased it for just over $1.8 million according to a Douglas Elliman representative. Noelle Beck, known for her roles on "Loving" and "As the World Turns," and her husband purchased the four-story Anglo-Italianate style townhouse at 243 East 17th Street in 1997, paying $1.6 million. Located in Jean Nouvel's 100 Eleventh Avenue building, these apartments offer 360 degree views of the city among many other features. The co-creator of Netflix's Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Tina Fey paid significantly higher than this apartment was asking to ensure it was hers. Liza Minnelli is leaving New York. Some of the standout features here include 3,000 square feet of outdoor space, a 300-bottle wine cellar, and a sky lit great room with 17-foot ceilings. Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick are pretty prolific real estate perusers in New York City, but this year in particular was a big one for the star couple. Gilded everything, mirrors everywhere and a green kitchen with brass countertops; bold, to say the least. The apartment is located in a pre-war building at 45 East 9th Street, a haven for celebrity residents like Barney's guru Simon Doonan, and his husband, designer Jonathan Adler, and none other than Mr. Big himself, Chris Noth. His choice was a 2,400-square-foot three-bedroom apartment that he shelled out $9.85 million. It followed a contentious battle between her estate and members of the co-op building where she lived. The Daily News revealed that she is the buyer of a two-bedroom, 2.5-bath apartment at 22 Mercer Street in Soho. The media baron had quite the quick turnaround on this West Village mansion. “My brand reflects my personal style.” Lotan told the Cut. The new owners are Oaktree Capital managing director Ronald Beck and his wife, Cynthia. Following the sale of a loft in Dumbo's clocktower building in 2014, Anne Hathway's next big real estate splurge is this $2.55 million apartment less than a block away from Central Park. The house itself is really something, with arched windows, cast-iron balconies, five fireplaces, fancy chandeliers, and a skylight, along with a bevy of original details. How can one make sense of all these famous people buying and selling properties? So it's huge, historic, and filled with fireplaces—"on architectural steroids," one might say—but it's also definitely in need of some upgrades. The duplex was created by combining two apartments on the eighth and ninth floors of the building, and the interiors were designed by MG & Company, which has worked with Flay on his NYC restaurants. Even though the late poet Maya Angelou's Harlem brownstone sold for $1 million less than it's original ask of $5.095 million, the sale of the home still set a neighborhood record for the highest price per square foot. The Lord of the Rings actor bought the three-bedroom apartment for $4.89 million in June. The former co-host of the Today show and current global news anchor for Yahoo got a four-bedroom apartment that comes with features like "Parisian-like mahogany double hung weight-and-chain floor-to-ceiling windows," among other luxe features. Legendary jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker spent only about four years living in the 19th-century townhouse at 151 Avenue B, but the Gothic Revival structure has become synonymous with the musician. Andy Cohen has purchased yet another apartment in an off-market deal inside the acclaimed West Village co-op building at 2 Horatio Street. 25 Famous Women on Decorating Their Homes Nancy Meyers, Cher, Oprah, and more who love interior design. Two years after it first went on the market, Jon Bon Jovi finally managed to sell his Soho penthouse for $37.5 million in March this year. Yep, it's time for the 13th Annual Curbed Awards! Rivers had twice tried to sell the Gilded Age apartment while she was still alive. The apartment spans 1,200 square feet and comes with skylights in both bedrooms, a planted terrace, and an 18-foot ceiling in the kitchen. The condo comes with amenities like circadian rhythm lighting, a built-in juicing station, and vitamin C-infused showers. The apartment was hardly recognizable from Deyn's day when it more resembled the Little Mermaid's hideaway than model's retreat; the sellers remodeled the apartment's kitchen and overhauled its interiors, bringing it the staid Williamsburg of 2015 look it has today. The West 80th Street co-op is charming, with two wood-burning fireplaces surrounded by carved mantles, built-in bookshelves, a master bathroom with a claw-foot tub, and a landscaped roof terrace. The Baltic Street townhouse, which the brokerbabble called "meticulously renovated and aesthetically re-imagined," was gut-renovated by the couple, and features customized design elements (such as the Brooklyn-themed FlavorPaper wallpaper); they've since moved on to designing and developing other Brooklyn townhouses, including one on the corner of Pacific Street. That's a huge upgrade from when he lived on Howard Street in a one-bedroom. Supermodel Tyra Banks already found a buyer for her Soho apartment—it entered contract just a month after listing for $3.795M—and now she's looking for a tenant for her Battery Park City pad. This perhaps wasn't the smartest real estate move for Sex and the City star Sarah Jessica Parker and her husband Matthew Broderick. Parker lived in the ground-floor unit, which has its own private backyard (with a koi pond, because why not), three fireplaces, and oversized windows. ), and coordinated silk linens in the bedroom. The Daily News first reported the sale of a five-bedroom, 5.5-bathroom with a private rooftop and 360-degree views from the East River to Central Park. Despite its unicorn-y properties, the house was hit with a pricechop down to $6.995 million before selling to Jones for $6.25 million in May. The couple shelled out $10.5 million in 2014 to acquire this four-bedroom unit. It wasn't the most successful year in terms of real estate for Oscar winner Leonardo DiCaprio. The Cobble Hill home of Beastie Boy Mike D. (alias Diamond) and director Tamra Davis has sold for $5.48 million, just under its initial asking price. As it goes in New York City, the apartment was small, it was expensive, but it was theirs. Brooke Shields has unloaded her coop in NYC's Soho for $2.95M, the Observer notes. Is anyone surprised that Nate Berkus's home is impeccable? NBA star Deron Williams has basically been trying to unload this palatial Tribeca apartment ever since he made move from the Brooklyn Nets to the Dallas Mavericks. Noah's most notable claim to fame is his singles and doubles victory at 1984 French Open. The unit has since been taken off the market. He had subsequently reduced the ask to $6.995 million, and back in June to $6.5 million. He first listed the apartment in August 2015 for $33.5 million, but failing to find success he lowered that ask to $28 million by this year. Moore currently pays $20,000/month in maintenance fees for the place, and former celebrity residents in the building include Glenn Close, Diane Keaton, and Dustin Hoffman. In this video collaboration between Curbed and Vox, we take a … That was about $5 million less than what he originally listed it for but he still made significant bank when you consider he purchased the property for $24 million back in 2007. The former dwelling of Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone, Olivier Sarkozy, Jason Statham and Rosie Huntington Whiteley, Courtney Love, and, not least, Glenn Close during the Fatal Attraction years is currently broken up into five high-end rentals, but can be converted into a single-family home. Celebrity home tours and celebrity homes for sale in LA. Jon Bon Jovi has had quite the real estate journey in the past few years: After listing his gigantic Soho penthouse for a staggering $42 million in 2013—and getting no takers—the rocker cut the asking price not once, but twice. See an archive of all celebrity stories published on Curbed. Curbed MICHELLE WILLIAMS We’re kind of obsessed with the Dawson’s Creek fave’s taste in real estate , so we’d be thrilled to get a personal invite to her $2.5 million, 114-year-old mansion in Prospect Park South. One of the most buzzed-about sales this year was the massive Soho loft that belonged to Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine and his wife, Victoria's Secret model Behati Prinsloo. She may not have been able to sell her Upper East Side penthouse this year, but Jimmy Choo co-founder, Tamara Mellon snagged herself a spacious condo in the West Village, and she paid slightly over the ask of $18 million for the three-bedroom, three-and-a-half bathroom apartment. Will New York’s new sea wall protect the city from climate change? The couple sold their Soho penthouse located on Crosby Street back in May 2014 for $20 million, which was just over $4 million below the original asking price. She and her husband Jason Sudeikis previously sold their home in the meatpacking district for a huge $3.8 million. All Curbed Awards 2015 Coverage [Curbed]. Actress Cameron Diaz finally listed her two-bedroom West Village apartment, for which she traded up to a three-bedroom condo in the star-studded Walker Tower almost two years ago. The penthouse belonged to the developer of the building, whose wife lived there until her death at the age of 92 in 2014. The studio itself is where Dessner and the band recorded its 2010 album High Violet; he also worked with artists like Sharon Van Etten and Local Natives in the space, which definitely ups its cool factor. Comedian Michael Showalter, one of the creative forces behind The State and Wet Hot American Summer (among many other things), said "I'm outta…here" to his Brooklyn home. ... Will New York’s new sea wall protect the city from climate change? The couple, who recently co-starred in the movies Annie and Adult Beginners, had been living in the East Village; their new pad, which is technically a two-family house, has two separate gardens, an open kitchen, and laundry and storage space. Before the El Dorado, Willis owned an apartment at Trump Place, and with each new dig Willis has shelled out more green. Tower Hill was scooped up by actress and model, Christie Brinkley back in 1998, and is now listed for sale for $29.5 million. Orman's tasteful apartment has several customized features: cream-colored kitchen cabinetry, marble bathrooms (there are two! Sean Combs, otherwise known as Puff Daddy, P. Diddy or just Diddy has been trying to get rid of this apartment for quite some time now. The Mercer Street-located apartment also has a rooftop terrace. The famed Dakota apartment where 20th century starlet Lauren Bacall made home for the last 53 years of her life sold earlier this year. In just two years, Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards and his wife Patti Hansen grew tired of their Greenwich Village penthouse and put it on the market this past for $12.23 million. 650 Meadow Ln. If you find the time to stop in for one of their lively brunches, you may just spot Sofia Vergara, Jay-Z, Beyonce, Paris Hilton, or The Real Housewives of New York enjoying a meal there. Julia Roberts's Greenwich Village apartment was listed in July for $4.5 million, but buyer Nicolas de Croisset (a financier who's married to Vogue's Phoebe de Croisset) snapped it up for $5.35 million. Upon her death, the property transferred to her daughter Melissa, who listed it for the above mentioned price. Ask just about any chic New York woman about her go-to brands, and chances are that she’ll mention Nili Lotan, an Israeli-born, New York–based designer with a namesake label that she founded in 2003. In this video collaboration between Curbed and Vox, we take a closer look at Staten Island’s five-mile wall designed to combat violent storms. They eventually sold it for $3.8 million. ... Will New York’s new sea wall protect the city from climate change? I have decent Twitter following from having reported on politics for over a decade, from tweeting jokes about politics and appearing on cable news sometimes.