Braden Keil
The Archive
CHUPI PINK $LIP
October 9, 2008 | 4:00amThere's another Chupi chop - and it's a big one. The triplex penthouse at artist Julian Schnabel's whimsical, pink Palazzo Chupi building in the West Village has just been slashed...
EATING THE ODD$: VEGAS TOPS NY ON DINER TABS
October 8, 2008 | 8:34amPeople in Las Vegas have always spent a bundle feeding slot machines - now they also have the record for spending the most to feed themselves. Sin City diners for...
FEWER PACT'D HOUSES IN MANHATTAN
October 7, 2008 | 7:40amManhattan residential deals are falling apart faster than a Hollywood marriage. The latest market survey shows a jump of nearly 40 percent from August to September in the number of...
NAT'S ALL, FOLKS
October 2, 2008 | 4:00amThe real-estate force is apparently with Natalie Portman, who's found a buyer for her West Village condo in this descending market. The "Star Wars" minx has just gone to contract...
ON THE 'LAKE FRONT
September 25, 2008 | 4:00amJustin Timberlake and Jessica Biel are house hunting together in NYC. The cozy couple recently toured a condo duplex loft at the Lion's Head building in Chelsea. "They were quite...
SUITS FLY AT THE PLAZA
September 19, 2008 | 8:31amCover your ears, Eloise. It's getting nasty at The Plaza. The developers of the famed landmark are fighting back following two multimillion-dollar lawsuits filed against them by separate penthouse buyers...
FOLLOW SUIT
September 18, 2008 | 4:58amAnother perturbed Plaza penthouse purchaser wants his deposit back. The unnamed buyer of PH2001 is suing the Plaza residential limited partnership, developer El-Ad, the marketing arm of Stribling & Associates...
'I LOST $6M OVERNIGHT'
September 16, 2008 | 8:17amOne shaken Lehman shareholder had a million reasons to mourn the loss of his former company yesterday. Actually, 6 million. "I've lost more than $6 million overnight," lamented David Shorr,...
MUDD-FLAP MANOR
September 15, 2008 | 8:02amAs more than a million US homeowners face devastating mortgage foreclosures, ousted Fannie Mae CEO Daniel Mudd continues to live in an opulent Washington, DC, mansion replete with expansive gardens,...
$20 MELLON SALE
September 11, 2008 | 4:00amStiletto queen Tamara Mellon will be clicking her fancy heels in a new Upper East Side residence. The man-eating Jimmy Choo co-founder - and ex-wife of banking heir Matthew Mellon...
WHITE ELEPHANT
September 10, 2008 | 7:39amEloise may be very lonely. As many as 25 apartments in the world-famous Plaza are back on the market, with many owners struggling to sell their units in the problem-plagued...
NO PLACE LIKE DOME
September 4, 2008 | 4:00amAs the Post first reported earlier this week, fashion icon Tommy Hilfiger is about to list his Plaza apartment for $50 million. Since then, we've gotten the skinny on the...
GO FOR JOKER
August 28, 2008 | 4:00amHeath Ledger's last known residence is officially for rent. The loft apartment in SoHo where the "Dark Knight" co-star died in January - and where Mary-Kate Olsen's bodyguards curiously arrived...
BARON OF BAGELS IN A $2M TAX HOLE
August 25, 2008 | 8:04amThe owner of famed H&H Bagels hasn't been giving the IRS its share of the dough, officials say. Bagel baron Helmer Toro and his Third Toro Real Estate Corp. was...
CATCH THIS!
August 21, 2008 | 4:00amMike Piazza is swapping real estate like baseball managers trade players. The 12-time All-Star catcher and former Met has reportedly already bought a $10 million house in South Beach after...
SWINGING AT 15 CPW
August 14, 2008 | 4:52amNow that Alex Rodriguez is moving on with his personal life, we hear the Yankee slugger is getting serious about a statuesque, high-priced model across town from his likely-to-be-listed Trump...
HOFF THE MARKET
August 7, 2008 | 4:23amPhilip Seymour Hoffman has a new home in the West Village. The Oscar-winning actor and his longtime girlfriend, costume designer Mimi O'Donnell - who have two children together - have...
TISCH CO-OP SETS RECORD
August 6, 2008 | 7:56amThe co-owner of the New York Giants has scored a new record - he paid the highest price ever for a co-op in Manhattan, a $48 million apartment on the...
PONY UP
July 31, 2008 | 4:53amOne of the Hamptons' largest - and best-known - tracts of privately held land is now available for $95 million. Two Trees Farm, the site of the rollicking Bridgehampton Polo...
HOU$E WOE IN HAMPTONS
July 30, 2008 | 7:48amHamptons residential real estate is tanking while its luxury market thrives. The latest quarterly report from the East End shows the median home price has slipped 11.8 percent to $970,000...