Former Model and current real estate investor Christie Brinkley has put
her 18th century five-bedroom beachfront house in Sag Harbor on the
market for $15.75 million, the Wall Street Journal reported. The
5,500-square-foot house sits on a 4.5-acre lot and features massive
white columns, four fireplaces, and 327 feet of beachfront with views
of the harbor and surrounding bay. The property — whose address is
undisclosed — is one of several homes that Brinkley owns in the
Hamptons. Brinkley, 56, has been a serious investor in Hamptons real
estate, picking up homes and lots on the East End that she has then put
back on the market. Property records show that she paid $7.15 million
for the Sag Harbor house in 2004 through the Sunset trust. In 2007, she
also bought a second house she still owns across the street in North
Haven for $9.9 million, under the name Sunset Trust #2. She has also
had a 12-bedroom house in Bridgehampton,
known as Tower Hill because of its 50-foot observation tower, listed in
the past. Brinkley also bought a beachfront house in Water Mill in
2005, which she has periodically had on the market, brokers told the
Journal. [WSJ]

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Images from Brinkley’s Bridgehampton home

Christie Brinkley has flung open her doors at her Bridgehampton mansion, which has been on and off the market, according to Curbed, with an asking price of $30 million, for an exclusive spread with InStyle magazine. The iconic supermodel and former wife of architect Peter Cook tells readers of her love for the Eiffel Tower, whose visage graces numerous corners of her home. Her 11-bedroom, nine-bathroom home, named Majestic Tower Hill, is currently listed with the Corcoran Group.
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From left: Mandy Stein, daughter of the late broker Linda Stein (middle), and defendant Natavia Lowery

A lawyer for Natavia Lowery, the woman charged with killing Linda Stein, a former celebrity real estate broker and punk rock manager, said yesterday his client falsely admitted to the murder to give the detectives who questioned her “what they wanted to hear.”
The lawyer, John Christie, said the detectives who investigated Stein’s murder invited his client, Lowery, 28, to meet with them in a diner in November 2007. She was then taken to the 7th police precinct and questioned for 10 hours. Lowery had gotten through life by telling people “what they wanted to hear,” Christie said, and she did the same that day, wishing to end the interrogation.
Stein, 62, was found bludgeoned on the floor of her Fifth Avenue apartment Oct. 30, 2007. Stein’s family sold 18C, Stein’s one-bedroom, one-bathroom penthouse apartment at 965 Fifth Avenue, for $1.045 million in August 2008.
Yesterday, the 13th floor courtroom of Manhattan’s State Supreme Court was packed for the opening statements. The case has attracted wide attention due to Stein’s celebrity status — her clients included Sting, Elton John, Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley, and Angelina Jolie. She co-managed the band the Ramones prior to becoming a broker.
Christie admitted Lowery was guilty of stealing money from Stein, but said she was not someone able to carefully plan Stein’s murder and hide all the traces. She could not have prevented the blood, which splattered up to three feet high, to get on her clothes, Christie said. DNA evidence found on the scene did not link Lowery to the crime.
“Natavia is not a savvy criminal,” Christie said. “She is not capable of doing what happened to Linda Stein.” [more]

Last week, Steven Gaines, best-selling author of “The Sky’s the Limit:
Passion and Property in Manhattan,” answered readers’ questions about
covering high-end real estate in Manhattan, the Hamptons and South
Beach, on Twitter. Gaines has interviewed some of the most high-profile brokers selling
real estate in New York City, the Hamptons and South Beach. He is also
author of New York Times bestseller “Philistines at the Hedgerow:
Passion and Property in the Hamptons,” and “Fool’s Paradise: Players,
Poseurs, and the Culture of Excess in South Beach.” He lives in Long
Island. Today, The Real Deal is sharing some of Gaines’ best responses. TRD [more]

A 14,000-square-foot home in Bridgehampton has seen its price reduced to $15.4 million from $16.9 million, according to Streeteasy.com. The home, at 141 Highland Terrace, first hit the market for $24.5 million three years ago, making today’s price cut 37 percent, before going into foreclosure. Now the eight-bedroom home is owned by a holding company that is hoping to sell the property, Newsday reported. The home, which has a tennis court, pool and wine room, was designed by architect Peter Cook, ex-husband of Christie Brinkley. The Corcoran Group’s Mary Slattery has the listing. TRD [more]

Peter Cook (left) and the East Hampton home for sale

A 7,206-square-foot East Hampton mansion designed by architect Peter
Cook, who used to be married to model Christie Brinkley, is now on the
market for $19.95 million. The six-bedroom, seven-and-a-half-bath house
has a pool, hot tub, pool house, screened porch, indoor and outdoor
fireplaces, a gym, and it overlooks a 17-acre nature conservancy. The
Corcoran Group’s Evan Kulman and Gene Stilwell, who work in the
Bridgehampton office, have the listing.
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