Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban buy $10m sky garage penthouse

August 17, 2010 - New York

Nicole Kidman and husband Keith Urban have splashed out $10million on a luxurious Manhattan penthouse apartment, into which they can drive their car.

Kidman and Urban's new pad in Chelsea comes with an 'en suite Sky Garage', a car elevator that will let them take their limo all the way up to the 6th floor

World's Richest Man Buys Last Mansion on Fifth Avenue

July 30, 2010 - New York

Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim is extending his reach in New York with purchase of a century-old Beaux Arts townhouse on Fifth Avenue for $44 million - one of the most expensive townhouse sales ever in the city.

Last month, Slim paid $140 million for an 11-story office building at 417 Fifth Avenue in Midtown. Slim is a major investor in the New York Times.

Slim built a telecommunications empire in Mexico and now tops Forbes magazine's list of the richest people in the world.

Clintons looking to buy $11 million Westchester County mansion

July 12, 2010 - New York

Bill and Hillary Clinton are reportedly closing in on an $11 million, 20-acre estate near New York as they prepare for the daughter Chelsea's wedding at the end of the month.

The former president and the current Secretary of State are set to become neighbours to the likes of Richard Gere, Martha Stewart and Glenn Close in Bedford Hills, 40 miles north of New York.

Clover Hill Farm has high fences, two guesthouses and six bathrooms in the main 7,000 sq ft mansion, ample room for future grandchildren and the Secret Service agents.

Madonna to splash $1.7 mn on renovation

June 23, 2010 - New York

After dropping $32 million on her townhouse at 152 East 81st Street last April, Madonna is making some major changes to her 12,000-square-foot pad, according to the New York Post.

The celeb singer is adding a new, 1,614-square-foot floor to her home, which will be used as a gym, according to city records

Financial District Sees Luxury Demand

June 17, 2010 - New York

Demand for luxury apartments in the Financial District, once considered just a place to work and not live, is picking up—and so are rent levels.

During the first half of 2010, rental rates on luxury apartments in the Financial District rose 2.6% compared with Dec. 31, according to Platinum Properties, a real-estate services firm that specializes in the Wall Street area.

$72 Million In The Hamptons, Estate of the Day

June 14, 2010 - New York

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$1.3 billion new skyscraper to be the tallest residential building in New York City

May 28, 2010 - New York

Extell Development is set to break ground on a $1.3 billion skyscraper, according to the New York Times.

The 1,005-foot-tall building on 57th Street near Seventh Avenue will become the tallest residential building in the city, surpassing the 861-foot-tall Trump World Tower.

Soho Mews Residential Launch - Manhattan's Hippest Luxury Building

May 25, 2010 - New York

Manhattan's Soho district which is home to one of the world's most thriving cultural and creative scenes, has been the beneficiary of a new Luxury Residential Building - Soho Mews.

Manhattan's Soho district is at the heart of New York's cultural, shopping, dinning and hip night life scene. This full service building offers generous living space and all of the luxury services found in more traditional neighborhoods like the Upper East Side.

Soho Mews now offers classic chic living in Manhattan's cultural center delivered by the esteemed architectual firm Gwathmey Siegel & Associates.

Guccis Offer Apartment For $60,000 a Month

April 23, 2010 - New York

Fashion's Gucci family is offering a midtown-Manhattan apartment to rent for $60,000 a month.

The recently gut-renovated seven-bedroom penthouse, on the 50th and 51st floors of the Olympic Tower, has floor-to-ceiling views of New York Harbor and the Empire State Building. It has two private elevators.

Maurizio Gucci, the former head of the fashion house and the grandson of the company's founder, Guccio Gucci, bought the apartment in the 1970s.

World's richest man buys Fifth Avenue office building

April 23, 2010 - New York

Mexico's Carlos Slim Helu, AKA the world's richest man, is in contract to buy 417 Fifth Avenue. for $140 million, or $343 a square foot. The 11- story tower is at the corner of East 38th Street

He's purchasing the building from Joseph Moinian and Goldman Sachs, which purchased the building for $250 million during the height of the real estate boom.

Carlos Slim is the first non-American in 16 years to top Forbes magazine's annual ranking of the world's billionaires.