A photo of the living room, featured in the listing, showcases the library Leibovitz built into the apartment after buying it in 2014.
Photo: Corcoran Group
Annie Leibovitz has sold her sprawling Central Park West duplex for $10.625 million, which is $2 million over the asking price, according to city records.
The celebrity photographer bought the four-bedroom, three-and-a-half-bath apartment in 2014 to be closer to her daughters’ school, according to a story in the New York Times from last October, when the property went on the market. It was listed with top Corcoran broker Deborah Kern, who said at the time that the co-op — located at 88 Central Park West in the prewar known as the Brentmore, where Sting, Paul Simon, and Lorne Michaels have all lived — was “priced to sell.” The closing price likely reflects a bidding war, but the sale was still a loss for the photographer: Leibovitz paid $11.3 million for the apartment. Still, she’s likely relieved to have it settled. “I live and work downtown,” she told the Times, “and our house upstate is now our family home.”
Located on the fifth floor, the apartment has Central Park views, which you can see slightly in this photo of the kitchen that was featured in the listing.
Photo: Corcoran Group
Kern declined to comment on the sale. Leibovitz renovated the apartment’s kitchen and several other spaces in 2014 but wisely left all the pretty prewar details intact. It has Central Park West views and, as you might expect for a photographer, great light.
Leibovitz is something of a local property maven. In addition to owning a 228-acre spread in Rhinebeck, she bought and sold several Manhattan properties, including a three-building complex in the West Village. Earlier this month, she also listed her West Village loft for $8.5 million.
The buyers of the Central Park West apartment are Gregg E. Zehr and Kim M. Cooper, according to records. Cooper appears to be a longtime general counsel at Apple. Zehr, who recently retired from Amazon as the head of its hardware-development division, is credited with creating the Kindle. If he still has any physical books left, Leibovitz built a personal library out of a corner of the massive living room.
This photo of the office that was used in the listing shows a workspace that Leibovitz built out for herself after buying the four-bedroom in 2014.
Photo: Corcoran Group
Despite several price cuts and years on the market, Las Vegas casino mogul Steve Wynn is having trouble selling his Beverly Hills and New York City properties.
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Las Vegas casino mogul Steve Wynn is having a tough time selling his multimillion-dollar homes across the United States.
Wynn’s New York City pied-à-terre, a lavish Central Park South penthouse spanning nearly 11,000 square feet, for instance, has hit a stumbling block.
Despite a price slash from an initial $90 million to $65 million last year, the casino czar has withdrawn the property from the market.
Notably, this final price was $5 million less than what Wynn paid for the opulent duplex in 2012.
The residence, located on the 30th and 31st floors of the Ritz-Carlton New York, Central Park, boasts three bedrooms, and stunning views of the park and the Manhattan skyline.
Originally aimed to fetch $90 million in 2022, the sale at that price would have set a record as the most expensive ever seen in the building.
The duplex includes a dining room opening to a 28-foot-long terrace, a media room, a library and a wet bar.
Past residents of the building include billionaires Larry Ellison and Sidney Kimmel.
Wynn’s struggles most recently extend to the West Coast, where his expansive Beverly Hills estate faces challenges in the luxury property market.
The 11-bedroom, 16-bathroom mansion at 1210 Benedict Canyon Drive has been on and off the market for a few years.
As of Jan. 17, its price dropped by about 12%, currently listed for $75 million.
Last year, it asked $85 million, significantly down from its initial off-market asking price of $135 million in 2020.
This follows a tough year for LA’s luxury home market, where sellers have been advised to reduce prices.
Wynn’s Beverly Hills estate, situated on 2.7 acres, offers amenities such as a championship tennis court and a resort-style gym.
Despite the hurdles in offloading his New York City and Beverly Hills residences, Wynn successfully sold his Las Vegas mansion for $17.5 million in 2022.
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