New York Real Estate Highlights: Madonna, Michael Hirtenstein, Natalie Portman and more…

New York real estate is the playground of the stars, and there is plenty going on right now. Here’s a quick look at the recent highlights in the celebrity real estate world, with thanks to Jennifer Gould Keil’s article in the New York Post where the original dish came from.

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Celebrity plays in the Manhattan and New York Real Estate Market

• Manhattan real estate sees its share of star power, but apartment 3K at 416 Washington St. and 92 Laight St. soundss immune to the allure of celebrity when it comes to business. Natalie Portman reportedly tried to rent a condo at The River Lofts in TriBeCa for 3 months but was turned down as the owner only wants to sell. MSNBC anchor Rachel Maddow and other prospective tenants for the $1.495 million property would also be sharing the property with actress Meryl Streep, model Karolina Kurkova, Niche Media publisher Jason Binn and actress Gwyneth Paltrow.

• Prudential Douglas Elliman brokered a deal by Miracle NY Properties LLC for an anonymous Internet/ computer superstar who bought a 10,000-square-foot unit on the 17th and 18th floors of Jean Nouvel’s 100 11th Ave. 23-story building for a high tech $22 million. The building is hot, with at least 25 units in contract.

• Michael Hirtenstein is putting his 25 Bond St. property on the market for $50,000 a month after selling his 23 Gramercy Park South townhouse this year, both plays in preparation to move into his new $13.5 million townhouse at 92 Charles St.

• And finally, Madonna is reportedly buying Kelly Klein’s horse farm in Bridgehampton for under than $10 million, possibly in conjunction with another nearby horse farm at 10 Mitchells Lane. Because no home can be built on the property, she may also be corralling a house at 549 Mitchells Lane for the hired hands, owned by Michael Minkoff and listed at $4.4 million. The broker reportedly denied the deal at first and then changed step to say no comment! Now that is the way to gallop into the new year!

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