From left: Aby Rosen, his mansion at 22 East 71st Street, a $1.3 million home in Southington, Conn. and a $9 million Tulsa, Okla. abode

While New York City’s 56.1 inches of snow so far this season has almost certainly kept many five-borough buyers indoors and away from open houses, the same can be said for high-end shoppers in Connecticut and the Midwest, according to Curbed. As previously reported, Aby Rosen’s 21,000-square-foot townhouse saw its price slashed to $50 million in November 2010, a far cry from the $75 million asking price the mansion at 22 East 71st Street originally had. Elsewhere, a Southington, Conn. home is hoping buyers will slog through the snow for its $1.3 million spread, which includes a billiards room and numerous fireplaces. [more]

Aby Rosen

Aby Rosen’s 22,000-square-foot mansion at 22 East 71st Street — back on the market after a brief, and unexplained, disappearing act over the summer — has been price-chopped again, this time to $50 million.

It’s a far cry from the $75 million Rosen was asking for it in April 2008, when he put it on the market following the collapse of the resident Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, which were crushed in the wake of art dealer Lawrence Salander’s $88 million Ponzi scheme. [more]

Developer Aby Rosen’s 22,000-square-foot mega-mansion at 22 East 71st Street on the corner of Madison Avenue has just slashed its price to $59 million, from $72 million, its original asking price when it hit the market in April 2008, according to Curbed. Rosen, who bought the property in 2004 for $15.65 million, has made extensive renovations on the building. The 21 percent price drop is tinged with irony, since Rosen reportedly turned down two offers above $60 million in the past. The building is currently being used for offices. [Curbed]

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A $65 million townhouse at 1016 Madison Avenue has returned to the market after a year hiatus and with a new $72 million price tag, according to listing agent Michael Pellegrino of Sotheby’s International Realty.

The 10-bedroom, 12,000-square-foot turn-of-the-century home, which is next door to Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s home, between 78th and 79th streets, underwent several renovations since it exited the market last year, according to Pellegrino, and was “restored to its original grandeur.”

The home — which is asking $6,000 per square foot — may have a certain draw for art enthusiasts because it was once owned by noted German art dealer Klaus Perls. The seller of the single-family property is noted antique, book and maps dealer W. Graham Arader. It is currently being used as a gallery, Pellegrino said.

“It’s rare,” Pellegrino said, “[and] it’s a little pricey, but it is what it is.” [more]

Serena Boardman, a senior vice president at Sotheby’s, and Carrie Chiang, a senior vice president at the Corcoran Group

Serena Boardman and Carrie Chiang made the most appearances on The Real Deal’s weekly top agent list during the second half of 2009. The Real Deal’s list tracks the top five real estate agents with the highest priced residential sales each week, based on residential deals filed with the city. The feature began about halfway through the year.

Boardman, a senior vice president at Sotheby’s International Realty, ranked number one, making the list six times, followed by Carrie Chiang, a senior vice president at the Corcoran Group, who made the list five times. Boardman’s top sale in the last half of the year, as recorded by The Real Deal was the sale of a $9.75 million townhouse at 12 East 78th Street. Deals recorded during each week do not necessarily reflect current market conditions due to the lag time between when a contract is signed, closes and is recorded with the city. Boardman’s current listings include a massive $75 million mansion at 22 East 71st Street and the high-profile Bernard Madoff penthouse apartment. TRD
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Serena Boardman (Photo credit: Patrick McMullan)

From the December issue: It’s 2005, and golden-haired socialite
Serena Boardman is sunning herself on a yacht near the coast of
Sardinia in Italy. Nearby, her friend Dori Cooperman — now best known
for befriending actress Lindsay Lohan in rehab — is on the phone with
a reporter from W Magazine, chronicling the addictive qualities of
photo Web site PatrickMcMullan.com. Boardman interjects with her
opinion of the site, which documents the social lives of New York
City’s glitterati. “Tell him it captures a moment,” she shouts. Until
recently, the scene was typical for the 39-year-old Boardman, the
jet-setting heiress to a banking fortune whose stepmother is a European
princess. Along with society pals like Alexandra von Fürstenberg and Blaine Trump, Boardman spent her 20s being photographed in couture gowns at galas and benefits all over New York and Palm Beach, often with her equally glamorous sister, Samantha. Magazines chronicled her taste in clothes (Roberto Cavalli ruffled cocktail dresses) and jewelry (Verdura). She held jobs at the Web site Luxuryfinder.com and in the jewelry department at Sotheby’s. But to the media they were a postscript to Boardman’s glamorous social life. So it comes as a surprise to those who know Boardman that only a few years later, she’s morphed into one of the most successful real estate brokers in the business. [more]

From the October issue: The ranks of Manhattan’s super-high-end listings may have shrunk over
the past year, but the city still boasts a number of properties with
sales prices north of $30 million. It’s no surprise that few of these mega-listings have traded in the
last year, with the global financial crisis paralyzing potential
buyers. But now, very high-end listings are beginning to generate
interest again, albeit at smaller price tags. (Case in point: Madonna’s
new $32.5 million Upper East Side townhouse, originally listed for $42
million in October of 2008). This month, The Real Deal looked at five of the city’s
priciest listings — some new, others market fixtures — along with
other noteworthy properties generating buzz this fall.

The New York Observer looks at the current status of 2008′s most
expensive apartment listings. Of the 10 properties listed for over $45
million in late 2008, half have been taken off the market without
selling. The one property that sold, a penthouse in the Time Warner
Center, saw its price reduced to $37.5 million from $65 million before
selling. Two of the 10, a $60 million penthouse at the Mark and Aby
Rosen’s $75 million 22 East 71st Street home, have not seen price cuts. [more]