Conan O’Brien and the Majestic

Conan O’Brien has found a buyer for his seven-bedroom, eight-and-a-half-bathroom duplex in the Majestic building on the Upper West Side, according to the Wall Street Journal. The luxury co-op sits across from the Dakota on the corner of 72nd Street and Central Park West. Although it’s not immediately clear what the buyer’s offer on the unit was, the asking price had been $29.5 million. If the unit does close for around that amount, it would rank as one of the biggest residential sales of the year so far in Manhattan. [WSJ]

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From left: Matt Damon, the Apthorp, 271 Central Park West (Source: PropertyShark), 535 West End Avenue

(Updated 5:34 p.m.): Matt Damon may play ultra-stealth Jason Bourne on the silver screen, but when it comes to his New York City apartment search, he couldn’t be more on-the-radar. The actor, who currently resides in a rental unit at the Belnord, at 225 West 86th Street, and has been reportedly looking up and down Central Park West and Fifth Avenue in recent months, was spotted apartment-hunting all over the neighborhood again this weekend. Broker sources confirmed to The Real Deal that he is looking for a permanent abode in the $12 million range. This weekend’s tour included veteran broker Agnes Nolan’s penthouse duplex at 271 Central Park West, currently on the market for $13.9 million, and apartments at both the Apthorp and, as recently as today, at Extell Development’s 535 West End Avenue, according to the sources. He was seen taking a second look at the 535 West End Avenue unit today. Damon, who also owns a loft on Lafayette Street, has been working with a number of brokers on his well-documented search. Previously reports have pegged him at the Beresford, the Majestic, 1010 and 1030 Fifth Avenue, as well as at Adam Gordon’s 26 West 76th Street townhouse, which the Post reported today has since sold to Avis rent-a-car billionaire Henry Silverman for $19.3 million.
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Conan O’Brien and the Majestic at 115 Central Park West

While Conan O’Brien’s short-lived “Tonight Show” career may be over, the rusty-tressed comedian doesn’t appear to be making a return to New York City any time soon. O’Brien’s penthouse apartment at the Majestic co-op at 115 Central Park West on the corner of 72nd Street is reportedly being placed on the market, quietly, for $35 million. The south-facing 17th- and 18th-floor duplex includes three separate terraces and park views.
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