Brad Pitt (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Bob Vila (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Arianna Huffington is still on the hunt for a downtown apartment.
She recently checked out Harrison Ford’s $16 million, 5,664-square-foot penthouse in a former 1860s warehouse at 206 W. 17th St., which is now in contract with a different buyer.
Huffington has also looked at a similarly sized, seventh-floor, $10 million condo in the same building. That unit, on the market with Brown Harris Stevens’ Maria Elena Scotto and Edward Johnston, was once featured in Architectural Digest.
It has five bedrooms, four bathrooms, 11-foot ceilings and a chef’s kitchen with an adjacent butler’s pantry/serving room that is ideal for entertaining. The building has just one unit per floor and keyed elevators.
King of the PromGirl
David Wilkenfeld, president of online retailer PromGirl.com, is in contract to buy a penthouse apartment at 200 Chambers St. that was listed for $16.5 million.
The four-bedroom, 4 1/2-bathroom unit in the Costas Kondylis-designed building is 4,700 square feet.
At the same time, Wilkenfeld has listed his seventh-floor, 2,800-square-foot unit in the same building for $6 million. The listing brokers are Julie Weintraub and Laura Matiz of Douglas Elliman.
That loft-like unit is currently set up as a two-bedroom plus a media room/study and comes with 3 1/2 bathrooms, 11-foot ceilings, floor-to-ceiling windows, a chef’s kitchen and a master-bedroom suite with a walk-in closet and a “spa-like” master bathroom.
Imperial combo
Miami lawyer Jim Ferraro, who has just bought a $7.75 million, 1,886-square-foot penthouse condo at the Park Imperial on West 56th Street, tells us he is going to combine it with his existing 2,587-square-foot home in the building for more top-floor space, 270-degree views and 12-foot ceilings.
“The penthouses are adjacent. All I have to do to connect them, essentially, is take out a bath and closet to double my space,” says Ferraro, who also owns the Cleveland Gladiators Arena Football team.
“It’s great value for the money,” adds his broker, Douglas Elliman’s Oren Alexander.
Ferraro purchased his original five-bedroom penthouse at the Park Imperial for $8.175 million in 2010.
NYC is Pitt’s burgh
Brad Pitt had a notably public evening Monday night, attending his glamorous New York premiere and after-party for “Killing Them Softly,” in which he plays a contract killer — let’s hope for Angelina Jolie’s sake that he didn’t meet another pretty contract-killing babe on that set, a la “Mr. & Mrs. Smith.” But in between the premiere at SVA Theatre and the after-party, Pitt snuck off, undetected, to attend a private dinner for the board of his Make It Right Foundation, which was hosted by Town Residential’s Wendy Maitland at 45 E. 74th St.
That’s a stunning townhouse currently listed for $33 million with — you guessed it — Town. The landmarked, five-story mansion, between Park and Madison avenues, was originally constructed in 1879 and is currently owned by producer Valerio Morabito. It has been redone Italian Renaissance-style, paired with a modern twist, and includes hand-crafted bronze and leather banisters, plus an Italian marble façade.
The exterior includes “neo-Roman” columns and cream-colored limestone. Inside, there’s a pool and a spa, along with a wine cellar and a chef’s kitchen.
Outside, there’s landscaped space in the front and the back, with the back garden connected to the kitchen by a winding staircase. The home also features four terraces along with a roof area.
Vila’s move
Home-improvement guru Bob Vila has bought a three-bedroom, four-bathroom co-op at 115 E. 67th St. for $2.4625 million.
The plush prewar residence includes a 30-foot-long living room, a woodburning fireplace and a formal dining room. The apartment is accessed by a private elevator landing that leads into a central gallery.
Vila sold his 15 Madison Square North penthouse condo last year for $5 million. He took a loss on that deal after buying the apartment for $6 million.
We hear . . .
That real estate mogul Billy
Macklowe and his wife, Julie, are no longer buying a trophy residence at 950 Fifth Ave. The couple were in contract for a duplex there, sources say, but that four-bedroom, 5 1/2-bathroom unit is now back on the market at $27.5 million . . . That Vornado is converting the 7 W. 34th St. residential building into offices . . . That Barbara Corcoran is editing Bruce Littlefield’s latest book, “Moving In: Tales of an Unlicensed Marriage,” about his 20-year romantic relationship with the Corcoran Group’s Scott Stewart . . . That designer Dee Ocleppo is hosted a trunk show for her holiday collection at the home she shares with husband Tommy Hilfiger at the Plaza.