Saturday, July 3, 2010

Keys and Beatz Close on Kravitz Penthouse

Back in late January and early February of 2010 it was widely rumored and much reported in all the celebrity real estate gossip columns that preggers Grammy winning singer/songwriter Alicia Keys and her babydaddy/fiancée, the ridiculously named music producer Swizz Beatz, were in the process of purchasing the downtown New York City penthouse apartment that musician Lenny Kravitz had been trying to unload since the dawn of time. And buy Mister Kravitz real estate albatross they did.

The StreetEasy folks show the 5,818 square foot doo-plex digs were last listed at $14,995,000 and the peeps at Property Shark show that in late February of 2010 preggers Miss Keys and Mister Beatz negotiated a substantial price reduction paying $12,750,000 for their new downtown digs located in the same boo-teek condo building in SoHo where Courtney Love once lived and irritated at least one of her neighbors with her I'm a rock star so I can act like a damn fool antics.

If the children recall, Mister Kravitz first listed the 5 bedroom, 7 pooper, and multi-terraced spread way back in 2002 and over the years the asking price soared to as high as $19,500,000 and dipped to as low as $12,000,000. Mister Kravitz's glammy crib was taken off and put back on the market more times than Your Mama cares to count, underwent at least one million dollar renovation courtesy of Mister Kravitz's eponymous design firm, and was reportedly leased out to a couple of high profile individuals including Academy Award winning Aussie actress Nicole Kidman and Oscar winning actor Denzel Washington.

In the early naughts when the Crosby Street building was being converted to condos, it was both touted and mocked in the press as a kind of celebrity dormitory with dee-luxe amenities such as an aromatherapy system in the lobby 24-hour concierge, a "smart" recycling system that automatically separates paper from plastic, and private wine cellars in the basement. Nowadays instead of famous folks it's filled with a bunch of Wall Street and big bizness types such as credit default swap swami Greg Lippmann, former Bear Stearns banker Mark Van Lith, private equity pasha Nathan Kornfeld, new media mogul Dan Pelson, and porcine homosexual bon vivant and restaurateur Laurence Isaacson whose published, Benjamin Noriega-Ortiz designed basement maisonette has been on and off the market for more then 4 years and is currently listed at $7,000,000. (Don't be fooled by previous reports that call his unit a penthouse, it's located on the ground floor and basement levels no matter how many times large livin' Mister Isaacson calls it a penthouse.)

In mid-June 2010, having closed and perhaps moved into her new SoHo spread, it was revealed that Soon to Be Missus Beatz listed her long time mansion in the leafy and upscale Long Island enclave of Syosset, NY with an asking price of $3,850,000. Although some reports show Soon to Be Missus Beatz paid $3,950,000 for her 15-room residence situated on 2.02 gated acres, property records pYour Mama accessed show she bought the 9,000+ square foot suburban sprawler in December of 2005 for $2,933,380.

Listing information shows Soon to Be Missus Beatz's two-story, vaguely chateau-esque style manse encompasses more than 9,000 square feet and includes bedrooms and 6.5 poopers, an old-school gallery with black and white checked marble floors, a curving staircase, 3 fireplaces, a pine paneled family room with built in wet bar, eat in kitchen, office, full basement, attic, 2 large motor courts, and a 3 car garage. The fully landscaped grounds are ringed with mature evergreens and include large lawns, a vast 2,000 square foot terrace off the back of the house, and a 50-foot long swimming pool, spa, and adjacent pool house.

14 comments:

Anonymous said...

Doesn't Kelly Ripa-Consuelos & Co. live in the same building? I know she lives in a condo on Crosby Street, where Nicole Kidman once leased a floor to two above Ms. Ripa-Consuelos.

Anonymous said...

That house is in Syosset?? Really?

Anonymous said...

I would do anything to live in that penthouse

omgggg

Village said...

Ripa lives at 76 Crosby. At one time, she owned the fourth and half of the fifth floor while Kidman rented half the fifth floor and the sixth floor. Since that time, Ripa has sold the fourth floor, and now owns the fifth and sixth floors, with 10,200 sq feet of interior space, and 3000 of exterior space.

Madam Pince said...

Is this the unit with the famously leaking toilet? Or was that the Hole woman's unit?

Mama, you made my day with the info about Laurence Isaacson. I knew there was a reason I never liked George Harrison!

Anonymous said...

Houses with bars and pool tables tell me a lot about the quality and class of the inhabitants and I can't say it is good.

lil' gay boy said...

Anon 10:48,
No, it's not really in Syosset, although about a million years ago Syosset used to be on the fashionable edge of the Gold Coast ––– it's actually in Muttontown, which is an old Indian word for "Syosset-adjacent" (the listing is on realtor.com).

Oooo Mama, I sure hope Miz Soon-To-Be-Beatz don't come at you with a fistful of keys laced between her fingers for that faux pas...

Ben said...

The house is in Muttontown, not Syosset

Anonymous said...

I don't know much about the geographic nuances of Long Island, but according to the tax man, this house is in Syosset.

Baroness Cotilde Van Asperg-Angelli-Cates said...

all the wrong people have money these days....

Michael (LUXGetaway.com) said...

I want those stairs in my house!

Mama'sBoy said...

"Fistful of keys" haha takes me back to my NYC days, fumbling to get into my building while watchin my back ya'll

lilkunta said...

seeing as swizz owes alot of $ in taxes, has to pay palimony & child support, I wonder is AK bought this house alone or did he contribute?


i hope she gets a prenup. swizz has cheated 2x and i think he will hceat on ak too.

lilkunta said...

@ village: how does that work? Did the Consuelos buy the apt from the owners then rip open the floor and ad a staircase to connect the 2 floors?