Jennifer Gould Keil chronicles the city's movers and shakers, keeping tabs on boldface New Yorkers' biggest real estate hits and misses in her Gimme Shelter column on Thursdays. She also pens Side Dish, which serves up restaurant scoop in the business section on Mondays. A graduate of Columbia University's school of journalism, she is the author of "Vodka, Tears and Lenin's Angel: A Journalist on the Road in the Former Soviet Union." Before breaking news on high end real estate deals -- like Madonna's purchase of a $32 million Upper East Side townhouse -- she reported from war torn regions like Chechnya and ex-Soviet Georgia as well as from places like the Balkans, Libya and Mongolia. From New York, she also broke stories about sexism and peacekeeping atrocities at the United Nations.
Matt Lauer closed on his $3 million, 30-acre horse farm on Deerfield Road in Water Mill and has begun to build an indoor riding facility, along with starting renovations to the existing barn and the building of a new... October 18, 2012
From ResidentialAfter scouting several New York City apartment buildings, Brooklyn Nets power forward Kris Humphries, who’s still tangled in divorce proceedings with Kim Kardashian, has settled on a rental at Liberty Luxe in Battery... October 11, 2012
From ResidentialThe Rangers were relieved this week when they learned that a shoulder injury suffered by star winger Rick Nash, whom the team acquired for three players and an exchange of draft picks during the summer, didn’t result in... October 04, 2012
From ResidentialAfter putting her nearly 200-acre Millbrook estate on the market for $17.5 million, socialite Blaine Trump, the ex-sister-in-law of Donald Trump, has parked herself on Central Park South. Trump and ex-husband Robert... September 27, 2012
From ResidentialSean “Diddy” Combs is looking for a way out of the high-profile Park Imperial building on West 56th Street. Diddy has put his sprawling 66th-floor digs on the market for $8.5 million. The three-bedroom, 2,300-square... September 20, 2012
From ResidentialThat’s a lot of salsa. Burrito baron Steve Ells, the founder of Chipotle, has put his landmarked West Village townhouse on the market for $16.5 million. The five-story, 24-foot-wide, red-brick home at 92 Jane St. was... September 13, 2012
From ResidentialFashion queen Norma Kamali’s passion for good design extends to real estate. Kamali, whose clothing designs include the popular “sleeping-bag coat,” has snapped up a glassy Richard Meier-designed rental at 165 Charles... September 06, 2012
From ResidentialGoldie Hawn likes West 57th Street. The actress already has a high-floor apartment on the street and she recently took a look at another one. Hawn paid a visit to a four-bedroom, four-bathroom, 54th-floor condo at the... August 30, 2012
From ResidentialAfter an exhaustive apartment hunt, new Yankees star Ichiro Suzuki — with his wife, Yumiko Fukushima, and their dog, a Shiba Inu named Ikkyu — moved into a high-floor residence at the Laurel on East 67th Street over... August 16, 2012
From ResidentialMusician John Legend has hit another high note with downtown real estate. Legend, who’s in contract to sell his condo on the Bowery, has landed a sweet one-bedroom, 2 1/2-bathroom condo loft at Nolita’s Brewster... August 09, 2012
From Residential"Law & Order” star Mariska Hargitay has just purchased a stunning Upper West Side townhouse for a whopping $10.7 million. The six-bedroom, nine-bathroom mansion in the West 80s near Central Park, which had an $11.495... August 02, 2012
From ResidentialThe Jets’ No. 1 draft pick, Quinton Coples, has launched his Big Apple house hunt with a foray into the Flatiron District. At 6-foot-6 and 284 pounds, the team’s new defensive end, from North Carolina, is looking for a... July 26, 2012
From ResidentialYankees center fielder Curtis Granderson should have no problem staying in shape at his new Upper East Side home. He’s leaving 515 E. 72nd St. to move into the luxurious, fitness-friendly Laurel building at 400 E. 67th... July 19, 2012
From ResidentialMets slugger David Wright’s former “ultimate bachelor pad” wasn’t sold to a bachelor. The buyer of the 4,100-square-foot penthouse condo at the Infinity Flats building, at 24 E. 21st St., is a married woman, Karen... July 12, 2012
From ResidentialReal estate legend Barbara Corcoran looks ready to sell her Pawling, NY, house for less than her broker thinks it’s worth. She’s mulling over an offer, for her full asking price of $545,000, that she got at an open... June 28, 2012
From ResidentialKnicks guard Iman Shumpert just rented a three-bedroom, three-bathroom unit at the Mantena at 431 W. 37th St. that was asking $9,200 a month. Shumpert, who tore the ACL in his left knee during the Knicks’ playoff series... June 21, 2012
From ResidentialModel-turned-DJ Sky Nellor has sold her tricked-out, 2,000-square-foot penthouse duplex at 121 W. 20th St. for its $2.75 million asking price. Artist Judy Blotnick and her children, Emily and Greg, snapped up the two... June 14, 2012
From ResidentialMo money might mean mo problems — but for Sean “Diddy” Combs, it can also mean a lot of trophy real estate. Diddy, who already owns a condo at the ultra-fancy Park Imperial at 230 W. 56th St., is on the prowl for a new... June 07, 2012
From ResidentialMusic mogul Roger Faxon, CEO of EMI Group, and his wife, Amy, have put their prewar four-bedroom, four-bathroom co-op at 53 E. 66th St. on the market for $9.25 million. “The kids have flown the coop, and they are... May 31, 2012
From ResidentialPeter Buffett has inherited father Warren Buffett’s Midas touch. Buffett, an Emmy winner, composer and philanthropist, just sold his three-bedroom, three-bathroom condo at the formerly troubled One Madison Park for $4... May 24, 2012
From Residential"Californication” has hit the Upper West Side. David Duchovny is on an apartment hunt, and our spies spotted the actor in the Eldorado at 300 Central Park West, the coveted co-op building where Alec Baldwin once lived.... May 17, 2012
From ResidentialAmerica’s sweetheart is sweet on downtown Manhattan. Meg Ryan is on an apartment search again, with her rocker boyfriend John Mellencamp. But Ryan, who as we previously reported has rented at 40 Mercer St., is now... May 10, 2012
From ResidentialJimmy Choo co-founder Tamara Mellon will have plenty of storage space for designer stilettos and biker boots in her sprawling new beach mansion. Mellon has purchased a 6,500-square-foot home on Highland Terrace in... May 03, 2012
From ResidentialSopranos” star Michael Imperioli and wife Victoria got an offer they couldn’t refuse on their TriBeCa townhouse. A mystery buyer has closed on a deal to purchase the mixed-used, 4,720-square-foot structure at 138 West... April 26, 2012
From ResidentialYankees pitcher Hiroki Kuroda just found a new place to hang his baseball cap. Kuroda, 37, who has a $10 million, one-year contract with the Bombers, signed a lease to rent a Midtown penthouse on West 52nd Street for... April 19, 2012
From ResidentialIt pays to be the “Queen of Mean.” Insult comedienne Lisa Lampanelli is apartment-hunting again on the Upper West Side. As we previously reported, she bought a two-bedroom, two-bathroom condo at 2250 Broadway in 2009.... April 12, 2012
From ResidentialTommy Hilfiger has grand taste when it comes to real estate. Spies spotted the fashion designer at the sales office of One57, which — as we were the first to report — put preconstruction penthouses on the market at... April 05, 2012
From ResidentialGreat Scott! Jude Law is on the hunt for a downtown rental in the $10,000-plus range. One apartment that the actor, who plays Dr. Watson in the new “Sherlock Holmes” films, saw was a stunning triplex in an 1853... March 29, 2012
From ResidentialEven celebrities lose out on apartments they make an offer on. Matt Damon recently made a bid on a 7,000-square-foot unit at tony condo building 535 West End Ave. But, sources say, the actor didn’t bid high enough and... March 15, 2012
From ResidentialThe fabulous apartments of late copper heiress Huguette Clark will soon officially be on the market with Brown Harris Stevens broker Mary Rutherfurd, Gimme Shelter has learned. When Clark died last year at 104, real... March 08, 2012
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