EXCLUSIVE PEEK: Samuelsson will be in Jan./Feb. Playboy. (Gavin Bond/Playboy)
NEW YORK, NY – DECEMBER 05: Derek Jeter attends Derek Jeter’s 2012 Turn 2 Holiday Express at Yankee Stadium on December 5, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images) (Getty Images)
Derek Jeter is looking for a massive bachelor pad, and he’s willing to pay a heavy rent after selling his gargantuan Trump World Tower home for $15.5 million in October.
The Yankee captain recently checked out a $25,000-a-month, 4,000-square-foot, five-bedroom, four-bathroom duplex rental at 129 W. 20th St. That’s less indoor space than the 5,425 square feet he had at Trump but more than enough room to stretch out. It also comes with 2,000 square feet of outdoor space. And Jeter still, of course, has his oversized 30,000-square-foot Tampa mansion, famously dubbed St. Jetersburg.
The Chelsea pad Jeter visited “is like a private home on top of a loft building,” our spy says. Jeter arrived at the listing looking sharp and well-rested in jeans and a blazer. Over the years, the unit has been eyed by other celebrities known for, um, playing the field — from Jude Law, who had an affair with his nanny, to Russell Brand, who was once married to Katy Perry.
Citi Habitats’ Jason Saft has the listing.
Marcus moving
Marcus Samuelsson, fresh off a (fully clothed) Playboy shoot for a feature about hot NYC chefs, has put his 2,250-square-foot, three-bedroom condo on West 118th Street on the market for $1.65 million.
The Harlem duplex, listed by Angela Holton of Brown Harris Stevens, includes a windowed chef’s kitchen and a terrace with a high-end barbecue grill.
We hear that Samuelsson, who added heat to the area with his Red Rooster restaurant, is upgrading his digs to a historic Harlem townhouse that he’s in the process of purchasing.
Model ‘shows’ all
Trish Goff, a former model who has appeared in Victoria’s Secret shows and international editions of Vogue, got her real estate license in July. The Douglas Elliman broker now has a hot property on the market — a 20-foot-wide Greek Revival townhouse owned by fashion stylist Alessandra Gambaccini, CEO of Sciascia Gambaccini. It is on the market for $5.495 million.
The four-story townhouse, in the Gold Coast of Greenwich Village at 45 W. 12th St., dates back to 1846 and has been renovated by Milan architect Roberto Gerosa. The home includes hand-painted walls by Italian decorator Marina Spinola.
Rollin’ in Greene
The Fugees’ resident real estate aficionado, Pras, has rented a stunning apartment at the 60 Greene St. condo building after a lengthy search.
The full-floor, 3,900-square-foot unit, with just one bedroom and two bathrooms, is designed for entertaining. It was listed for $30,000 a month.
An elevator opens into the apartment, which has cast-iron columns and 13-foot ceilings. It iss furnished in all white, with a dining area that seats 12 at a table cut from a single slab of white marble.
We also bet Pras loves the high-tech sound system and the bedroom area with a 72-inch drop-down TV screen separated by floor-to-ceiling translucent drapes.
Meier buys Meier pad
Good taste runs in the family.
Furniture designer Ana Meier has plunked down $6.5 million for an apartment at 165 Charles St. That’s one of the West Village buildings designed by her starchitect father, Richard Meier.
Ana Meier now has the condo, which was sold by gallery owner Barbara Gladstone, available for rent at $27,500 a month.
Town Residential listing broker Bill Kowalczuk declined to comment.
The glassy building suffered damage during Hurricane Sandy, but the lobby is restored and amenities will be back up and running by February, we’re told. Meier’s two nearby towers on Perry Street did not fare as well. Celebrity residents there, including Calvin Klein and Jean-Georges Vongerichten, won’t be able to move back in for several months.
Chalk up another One
One Fifth Avenue, the subject of a Candace Bushnell novel, is still going strong. A unit in the stately, 27-story landmarked building was snapped up for its full $1.39 million asking price shortly after it was put on the market. The seller, Weill Cornell Medical’s
Larry Schafer, is unloading the 930-square-foot co-op to insurance exec Richard
Press and his wife, Jeanne, who worked with broker Carol Staab of Douglas Elliman. The deal is expected to close next week.
The listing broker is the Corcoran Group’s Laurie Karpowich. Building residents have included Blythe Danner and Jessica Lange.
We hear . . .
That Elizabeth Ann Stribling-Kivlan is the new president of Stribling and Associates as her mom, Elizabeth Stribling, becomes chairman. Superbroker Kirk Henckels becomes vice chairman . . . That Joseph Sitt and Joseph Moinian hit Town Residential’s holiday party.