From left: Some of this week’s top brokers are Joan Swift, Jessica Vertullo Maher, Yana Lysogorsky, Kristina Wallison, Robert McCain, Eva Mohr and Frank Arends

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Laurie Tisch and unit 9N at the Brentmore

Heiress Laurie Tisch had very nearly unloaded her $21.5 million duplex at the Brentmore earlier this year, when would-be buyer Sarah Jessica Parker pulled out of the deal and took her Manolos to Greenwich Village instead. But that’s old news, and now so is the duplex, because Tisch just sold off nine rooms of it to a mystery buyer. According to a rep for listing brokers Cindy Kurtin and Jessica Vertullo Maher, both of Stribling & Associates, unit 9N at 88 Central Park West closed for $15 million. TRD [more]

Sarah Jessica Parker, Matthew Broderick and 88 Central Park West (building photo: PropertyShark)

The rumors surrounding Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick’s real estate escapades can be laid to rest, according to the New York Observer, after word emerged that the couple — and its growing family — has nabbed an eight-bedroom, five-bathroom apartment in 88 Central Park West. The unit, once the home of Laurie Tisch, hit the market for $25 million in August, before dropping its asking price to $21.5 million recently. [more]

From left: Stribling’s Lori Huler Glick and Cindy Kurtin won REBNY’s Residential Deal of the Year Award for the sale of the Bailey Mansion

This year’s REBNY Residential Deal of the Year Awards event was enlivened by tales of biting fleas, wild dogs and cremated remains, with Stribling’s Lori Huler Glick and Cindy Kurtin winning first place for selling the Bailey Mansion in Harlem. The Real Estate Board of New York presented its top awards at the annual event, held this year at 230 Fifth Penthouse Lounge. Gala committee members regaled a (not particularly quiet, as usual) crowd of 500 with details of the seemingly insurmountable obstacles this year’s winners overcame to make deals. [more]