Actress Rachel Weisz (WireImage)
Yankees pitcher Hiroki Kuroda just found a new place to hang his baseball cap. Kuroda, 37, who has a $10 million, one-year contract with the Bombers, signed a lease to rent a Midtown penthouse on West 52nd Street for $19,750 a month.
The 2,022-square-foot duplex condo is three bedrooms and 3 1/2 bathrooms. It comes with a fireplace, a terrace with an electric BBQ grill, floor-to-ceiling windows and a chef’s kitchen.
Building amenities include a concierge, “meditation garden” and a gym.
Listing broker Adam Taylor of Town declined to comment.
Weisz back on the hunt
Actress Rachel Weisz was spotted checking out a gorgeous $8.5 million East Village townhouse condo at 238 E. Fourth St.
The stylish and modern home has its own garage and was built from scratch. The unit Weisz saw, about to officially hit the market with Town, is a 6,500-square-foot residence with four bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms and a great room with 18-foot ceilings. In addition to two indoor fireplaces, there’s 900 square feet of outdoor space with another fireplace and a grill.
The owners are Sue Hostetler, editor of Art Basel Miami Beach magazine, and her husband, Jon Diamond, a technology entrepreneur.
We had previously reported that Weisz and hubby Daniel Craig were close to buying a condo on Greene Street, but that deal fell through.
Talk of the townhouses
Developer William Rainero is about to list his renovated, landmarked townhouse at 80 Washington Place for $28 million. It’s the former Village home of American composer John Philip Sousa.
Lisa Simonsen of Prudential Douglas Elliman has the listing. Simonsen just hosted a lunch at the Metropolitan Club to welcome broker Sheila O’Brien to her group.
Elsewhere in the Village, developer Michael Fuchs just paid $14.2 million for 26 Downing St., a new-construction townhouse that was listed for $16.95 million. Listing broker Leonard Steinberg of Prudential Douglas Elliman did not return calls.
Mack packin’ up
Real estate mogul Richard Mack, the North America CEO of AREA Property Partners, is putting his 12-room co-op at 730 Park Ave. on the market for $15 million.
The 4,300-square-foot co-op, in a building where the late “60 Minutes” correspondent Mike Wallace lived, comes with two French balconies. Listing broker Lauren Muss of the Corcoran Group declined to comment.
Mack and wife Christine, who co-launched the Creel-Mack upscale accessories company that is expanding into shoe and clothing lines, will soon be moving into their new home in Carnegie Hill — a sprawling, 18,000-square-foot space comprised of two 19th century row houses and a third, 1970s-era building. The residence comes with an indoor/outdoor basketball court. The architecture firm working on the dream home is Leroy Street Studios, and the interior decorator is Aman & Carson.
We hear . . .
That Antonio Ballatore, a winner of HGTV’s “Design Star,” will have his own booth at the Affordable Art Fair, which runs through Sunday at 7 W. 34th St. . . . That on Saturday, Capo Auction will offer some rare Donald Deskey furniture from 1932 that was part of the original Radio City Music Hall interiors. . . . That Christopher Meloni is offering an incentive to potential buyers of his $12 million condo on the 60th floor of the Park Imperial: The buyer will get a new, fully loaded $111,000 2013 Porsche Panamera S Hybrid if the condo goes to contract by June 1.