Chowing condos
RESTAURANT mogul Jeffrey Chodorow will be able to keep track of his expanding culinary empire from above, now that he’s buying three contiguous condos on an upper floor of Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue.
The former co-star of “The Restaurant” reality series – which, in reality, ended last month when a judge barred Rocco DiSpirito from Rocco’s on 22nd Street – has paid more than $10 million for a 5,000-square-foot space that he will transform into one big loft-style residence.
Located just a few floors below fellow reality star Donald Trump, Chodorow’s place, which will be designed by noted architect Jeffrey Beers, will face north, west and south.
According to sources, one of the apartments will become a 1,600-square-foot master bedroom. Another larger condo will be converted into the public rooms – including a media room, dining room, a gym and an industrial-size professional kitchen. The third property will become bedrooms and maid’s quarters.
Chodorow, his wife, Linda, and his two teenage sons, Zach and Max, have been living in a large rental apartment at Trump Tower, after selling their apartment at the San Remo on Central Park West to Steven Spielberg more than eight years ago.
Chodorow sold the 6,000-square-foot co-op to the famed director for $7.5 million, which at the time was an all-time-high price paid for the West Side.
Chodorow had no comment. Nor did brokers at the Trump Organization, which brokered the deal.
Ready to deal
IS Meryl Streep becoming the deal hunter?
The Oscar-winning actress is looking to bag a potential buyer, after lowering the asking price of her West 12th Street townhouse to $10.8 million from the original $12 million price.
The five-story, eight-bedroom, 8 1/2-bath mansion on West 12th Street has a formal dining room and double-height studio. It also features several fireplaces, original details from its 1840s construction and a large planted garden. Streep bought the stately Greek Revival home in 1995 for just $2.175 million.
Brokers say the new listing price may spur some action, after Streep’s nearby neighbor, former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne sold his like-sized place -listed for about half Streep’s original price – last month.
Martin’s bicoastal
LATIN LOTHARIO Ricky Martin has a new California location. The pop star, who recently moved into his $7 million condo at the Time Warner Center, has just shelled out for a six-bedroom mansion in West Los Angeles for close to its $11.9-million asking price.
According to reports, Martin, 32, purchased the brand-new 11,000-square-foot Mediterranean-style hillside home – and just like his place in the Time Warner Center, with views from the city to the sea – featuring a gym, guesthouse, pool and tennis court on a gated 2 1/2-acre knoll.
Stone unturned
FURTHER up the Left Coast, Sharon Stonehas put her sprawling San Francisco manse on the market for $15 million. The 46-year-old actress, who was divorced earlier this year from San Francisco Chronicle Editor Phil Bronstein, is reportedly spending more time in the L.A. area – where she was living before marrying Bronstein in 1998.
Up for grabs is a 10,000-square-foot seaside abode, featuring views of the Golden Gate bridge, on a double-wide oceanfront lot, with seven bedrooms, 10 bathrooms and meditation room with a fireplace.
Real news
WESTCHESTER-BASED Holmes & Kennedy, has joined The Prudential Real Estate Affiliates, Inc. as its newest franchisee. The newly affiliated firm will be known as Prudential Holmes & Kennedy Real Estate.
“This affiliation will provide our sellers with the widest exposure possible and our buyers with a new depth and breadth of options,” Holmes & Kennedy President William B. Holmes said in a release. “The firm will remain privately owned and operated.”
Holmes & Kennedy has also expanded its local base, with the acquisition of two established Prudential real estate agencies, in Katonah and Somers.
Meanwhile, Halstead Property has bought Heron Residential, according to an announcement made by Halstead parent company Terra Holdings.
The 20-broker Midtown firm, at 820 Second Ave. at 44th Street, will be known as The Heron Group at Halstead Property.
Diane Ramirez, president of Halstead Property, LLC, announced that Heron Residential Senior Vice President and Director of Sales Richard J. Grossman will be joining Halstead Property in the same capacity.
Finally, on a sadder note, we send our heartfelt condolences to the friends and family of broker Elizabeth Mottram, a senior vice president of the Corcoran Group, who passed away this week after a long illness.
Mottram, who began working at Corcoran in 1988, became one of the firm’s most successful brokers after teaming with business partner Sharon Baum in 1991.
“Elizabeth stood out as one of our most cherished and special members; not because she was a top performer, but because of her generosity of spirit, her warmth, and her incredible capacity to be there for others,” said Corcoran CEO Pamela Liebman.
Donations in Elizabeth’s name can be sent to the Jacob Perlow Hospice.
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