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The Janklows Find a Buyer; A Big Listing at TWC

cityfile · 01/07/10 09:49AM

• The townhouse once occupied by Luke and Julie Janklow has finally found a buyer. The divorcing couple put the home located at 16 West 12th Street on the market nearly a year ago for $24.975 million. Now real estate developer Ara Hovnanian and his wife Rachel, who sold their sprawling co-op at 820 Fifth Avenue late last year, have reportedly closed on a deal to purchase the 25-foot-wide home. The manse had been listed most recently for $17.95 million. [NYP, BHS, previously]
• Bankrupt gallery owner Larry Salander has cut $1 million off the price of his townhouse at 63 East 82nd Street. The 9,200-square-foot manse, which the alleged art swindler bought for $4.75 million in 2004, was originally listed for $25 million before it was was dropped down to $15.995 last April. It's now listed for the bargain basement price of $14.995 million. [Cityfile, LJG]
• Two neighboring units at the Time Warner Center have come on the market for a combined $57.5 million. Psychic company founder Steven Feder has put his four-bedroom, 75th-floor apartment on the market for $34.95 million (or $10.47 million more than what he paid for it in 2008). Meanwhile, his downstairs neighbor, venture capitalist Doug Von Allmen, his duplex pad on the market for $18.45 million. The apartments can be purchased separately. Or you can combine 'em for a $4.1 million premium. [NYP]

Matt Lauer Buys Southampton Cottage

cityfile · 09/25/09 07:14AM

Matt Lauer has picked up some new real estate in the Hamptons. The Today show co-host paid $2.15 million for a 1,500-square-foot waterfront cottage in Southampton. The 0.7-acre estate features a boat dock and a wraparound deck overlooking a pond connected to Little Peconic Bay. [WSJ]
• Luigi Zunino didn't come through. Three months after it was reported that the Italian exec was having difficulty closing on the three-unit spread at the Plaza he put a $9 million deposit on last year, the 10,026-square-foot apartment is now back on the market. It's currently listed for $39 million. [NYO, Stribling]
• Retired Pfizer exec Gary Jortner and his wife Cindy, have picked up a new apartment at 15 CPW, just a few floors up from the smaller apartment they listed for $3.195 million earlier this month. The couple paid $5.9 million for developer Gerardo Capo's apartment on the building's 12th floor. [Cityfile]

Tiki Barber Closes, Porn Publisher Lists

cityfile · 09/09/09 07:39AM

Tiki Barber and his wife Ginny have finally closed on the purchase of a 22nd-floor apartment at the Miraval at 515 East 72nd Street, nearly two years after word first spread that they were buying the 3,500-square-foot pad. The Barbers paid $4.8 million for the new apartment, according to city property records published late last week. [Cityfile]
• Porn magnate Carl Ruderman has put his two 43rd-floor apartments at 200 East 65th Street on the market for $13.25 million. [NYO, BHS]
• Embattled real estate investor Aharon Vaknin has put his brownstone at 9 West 70th Street on the market. The six-story home, which is divided into a triplex and five rental units, is listed for $12 million. [NYO, Vandenberg]