♦ Coldplay guitarist Jonny Buckland (left) has paid $3.4 million for a condo at 21 Astor Place. The pad features 2,107 square feet, two bedrooms, and two-and-a-half baths. [NYO]
♦ Leslie Spira Lopez has closed on a four-bedroom, four-bath apartment on the 18th floor of 15 Madison Square Park for $5.5 million. Lopez is the president of Kew Management, the real estate firm her grandfather founded. [Cityfile]