Braden Keil
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HAMPTONS UNDER THE HAMMER
March 9, 2009 | 5:57amDesperate times call for desperate auctions. Spurred by tanking East End real-estate prices, a veteran Hamptons broker is putting 15 tony properties on the block - some for as low...
GO WESTCHESTER
March 5, 2009 | 5:48amIt's not exactly the Hamptons, but anybody looking for a trophy rental might want to take a look at Matthew Bronfman's Westchester mansion. The Seagram heir has listed his 9,000-square-foot...
SUMMER 'EQUINOX'
February 26, 2009 | 6:30amThe New York City real estate market might be as dead as a summer-in-the-city Friday, but for this week at least, there's some heat in the Hamptons. Gym mogul Danny...
GAME, SET, MATCH
February 19, 2009 | 6:56amTimes are so tough that even tony Goshen, Conn., isn't ready for a new state-of-the-art golf course. Former top-ranked tennis pro turned golf dad Ivan Lendl had dreamed of turning...
'HOUSE PARTY
January 29, 2009 | 5:01amThe glamour of owning a townhouse is often offset by practical concerns, like having no doorman and questionable security. And, of course, there's the hassle of maintaining the splendor of...
MARC'D UP
January 22, 2009 | 7:12amFashion's bad boy Marc Jacobs has a new place to crash when he jets in from Paris with Brazilian boyfriend Lorenzo Martone. While whispers of a 2009 Jacobs-Martone wedding grow...
'BERN OUT!'
January 15, 2009 | 5:10amNeighbors of Bernie Madoff, who remains under house arrest on the Upper East Side, are wondering when they can kick the $50 billion Ponzi putz out of their building. Having...
THE KID'S GOT NIRV
December 18, 2008 | 5:22amIt's not every day a 16-year-old shows up with a broker to check out a $6.5 million penthouse condo. But that's what Frances Bean Cobain did recently when she stopped...
NEW BJORK CITY
December 11, 2008 | 6:08amBjork is on the prowl for a Manhattan apartment. The hot-blooded Icelandic singer/paparazzi pummeler is searching TriBeCa and SoHo for a three-bedroom place in the $5 million to $6 million...
TED WANTS CAROLINE
December 7, 2008 | 7:53amPowerful senator and family patriarch Ted Kennedy has been working back channels to promote niece Caroline as the replacement for Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Senate, family sources told The...
BOLEYN ALLEY
December 4, 2008 | 5:35amNatalie Portman had our sympathy when she appeared on "Late Show with David Letterman" last month and admitted to Dave that she was "homeless right now and I'm residing with...
TOMMY DELISTS $50M PLAZA SUITE
November 29, 2008 | 6:49amTommy Hilfiger no longer has the priciest apartment listing at the Plaza. The fashion icon has just taken his $50 million duplex condo at the Manhattan hotel off the market...
SUITE 'N LOWER
November 20, 2008 | 5:51amThe Plaza's Astor Suite has gone back on the market with a new broker and a $17 million price cut. The 5,000-square-foot, fifth-floor unit, owned by European Esprit founder Juergen...
THIS JUST-IN
November 13, 2008 | 5:18amJustin Timberlake and Jessica Biel might be publicly downplaying their future plans together, but JT is also buying a New York condo with more than enough room for two.Timberlake, whose...
FOUR RENT
November 6, 2008 | 6:12amTommy Hilfiger has become a Park Avenue resident - at least for the next year. The fashion icon has rented a quadraplex apartment in a 12-story condo building that was...
A-RENTAL
October 30, 2008 | 4:00amAlex Rodriguez is not just lowering the price of his Park Avenue apartment - he's also offering it for rent. The Yankee is now asking $12.5 million for the fourth-floor,...
RE-RAISING THE ROOF
October 23, 2008 | 4:00amWhy not be bold in these uncertain economic times? One ambitious homeowner is now asking $75 million for a property that didn't sell when it was listed for $39 million...
MUSEUM'S ICE AGE
October 22, 2008 | 8:08amThe home of the dinosaurs is ushering in a very modern ice age. The Museum of Natural History next month plans to open a 12,000-square-foot skating rink behind its building...
GO FOR BROKER
October 16, 2008 | 5:03amAlexis Stewart is re-listing her TriBeCa apartment at the same price but with a new broker. The Sirius radio personality and offspring of Martha Stewart is now selling the two-level...
TIN PAN ALLEY'S SAD TUNE
October 9, 2008 | 8:31amThere's a blue note for Tin Pan Alley, the birthplace of American song. Much to the dismay of tenants and preservationists, five of the buildings on West 28th Street between...