Daniel Fischel, the interior of his pied-a-terre at One Beacon Court, and the building's exterior
Prominent legal scholar Daniel Fischel put his One Beacon Court pied-a-terre on the market for $15.9 million this past Sunday, seeking almost double what he paid for it almost two and a half years ago. [more]
Convicted Ponzi schemer and disgraced South Florida attorney Scott Rothstein’s two-bedroom condominium at One Beacon Court sold yesterday, according to the listing, although details on who picked up the pad were not immediately available.
Rothstein and his wife, Kim, purchased the unit at 151 East 58th Street between Third and Lexington avenues for $5.95 million in 2008. But in late 2009, federal prosecutors indicted the Fort Lauderdale lawyer for bilking investors of $1.2 billion. He ultimately pleaded guilty to fraud charges and is currently serving a 50-year prison term. [more]
Fashion designer Tina Knowles, the mother of pop singer Beyonce, is moving into her daughter’s apartment at One Beacon Court, an inside source told The Real Deal. Knowles, known for designing outfits for her daughter’s former pop group, Destiny’s Child, now heads up Miss Tina by Tina Knowles, a women’s clothing line sold at Walmart. As the New York Post recently reported, Knowles recently signed a contract to sell her Beacon Court condominium unit, at 151 East 58th Street between Third and Lexington avenues, for $5.6 million.
Beyonce owns an apartment on an upper floor of the 105-unit building, developed by Vornado Realty Trust and designed by architect Cesar Pelli, but does not live there, the source said. [more]
Shamed South Florida attorney Scott Rothstein has listed his luxury Manhattan condominium unit at One Beacon Court for $5.4 million, according to Curbed.
The ponzi scheme fraudster pleaded guilty to racketeering, money laundering and fraud in his $1.2 billion scheme January 2010. The listing, at 151 East 58th Street, bears no trace of criminal proceedings with no mention of restitution, bankruptcy or federal approval, Curbed reported [more]
Berkshire Hathaway executive Ajit Jain, who is seen as one of the front-runners to succeed Warren Buffett at the company’s helm, has purchased a four-bedroom apartment at One Beacon Court for $14.65 million, sources told the Wall Street Journal. It’s the second unit in the 151 East 58th Street condominium for Jain, who bought Ponzi schemer Marc Dreier’s neighboring unit at auction for $8.3 million in 2009. Comments
Giancarlo Giammetti and the One Beacon Court penthouse at 151 East 58th StreetGiancarlo Giammetti, Valentino’s business partner and longtime companion, has purchased a pe [more]
The
two top-producing brokers at Nest Seekers International are splitting
to join the Bracha Group at Prudential Douglas Elliman, the group’s
president, Ilan Bracha, announced yesterday. The pair, Alon Chadad and
Moshe Balalo, closed more than $50 million in sales last year alone,
including deals at high-profile developments like the Rushmore
condominium at 80 Riverside Boulevard and One Beacon Court at 151 East
58th Street. They were ranked 48th on The Real Deal’s
June list of the top 75 New York City residential agents with the most
exclusives by dollar value: 16 listings worth a combined $51.39
million. Chadad and Balalo, who spent four years at Nest Seekers, will
each become senior vice presidents at Elliman. Their addition comes on
the heels of the departure of Ali Jafri, formerly one of Bracha’s top-producing brokers, who split from the group in May to start his own team within Elliman. TRD
Movie producer Joe Roth’s penthouse apartment at One Beacon Court has gone into contract, according to the New York Times. Although it’s not immediately clear what the contract price is, the four-bedroom unit at 151 East 58th Street had an asking price of $21.7 million. [more]
A penthouse on the 54th floor of the celebrity-stacked One Beacon Court tower at 151 East 58th Street has just hit the market for $22.7 million — nearly three times what it sold for when it first traded in 2005. That year, Vornado Realty Trust, which developed the 105-unit condo atop the offices of Bloomberg LP, sold the 3,779-square-foot spread, #54E, for $8.5 million. [more]
