Perhaps you caught Michael Strahan’s 25 Murray Street condo on HGTV’s “Selling New York” last night. It hit the market in November at $1.85 million and recently endured a $100,000 price cut. But what you might not know is that before the former Giants star purchased his 1,911-square-foot apartment at the building known as Tribeca Space in 2008, he had tons of incentive offers from developers who wanted him in their building. Ultimately, he settled on the $1.64 million pad, which, according to the New York Times, went to him for below that year’s median price per square foot for the building. Brokers say discounts for famous athletes like Strahan are the norm in New York City. [more]

HGTV’s new realty reality show, “Selling New York,” premiers tonight at 9 p.m., promising to showcase the “top of the real estate food chain.” The show follows Gumley Haft Kleier’s Michele Kleier and her broker daughters, Samantha Kleier Forbes and Sabrina Kleier Morgenstern, as well as Core’s Shaun Osher, among other brokers from each firm as they maneuver their way through some of the city’s most high-end real estate transactions. In honor of the debut, The Real Deal did some digging to find out which of the city’s prized properties are slated to be featured this season. Among them: a four-bedroom loft at the Chelsea Mercantile listed for $22.45 million, the 25 Murray Street loft for which former Giants star Michael Strahan is asking $1.85 million, a $17 million landmarked townhouse at 109 East 69th Street, and a 2,295-square-foot spread at highly-anticipated One Brooklyn Bridge Park (see slide show of many of the homes above). Click here for more information about the residences expected to appear in the upcoming season.
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