(Source: CB Richard Ellis)

From the March issue: Last month brought some high-profile lease signings in Manhattan — including by the Weinstein Company, headed by movie mogul brothers Harvey and Bob, OppenheimerFunds and Bloomberg LP. But landlords in many buildings are still solidifying their competitive market edge. Coming off its success with the Oscar-nominated “The King’s Speech,” the film company took an eight-year lease for the entire second floor of 99 Hudson Street in Hudson Square, which is part of the Midtown South submarket. Meanwhile, financial giant OppenheimerFunds brokered a direct deal with its landlord on a 235,342-square-foot lease at 2 World Financial Center in Lower Manhattan, which will replace its current sublease. And growing Bloomberg LP took a massive 400,000 square feet at 120 Park Avenue in Midtown. [more]

Robert Weinstein, who runs Weinstein Company
with his brother, Harvey Weinstein, has put his 6,500-square-foot
duplex at the Beresford on the market for about $34 million, according to the Observer. Weinstein
bought the home, at 211 Central Park West between 81st and 82nd
streets, for $20 million in September 2004. The $34 million price tag
is more than any unit has ever sold for in the building. Investor Bill
Ackman spent $26 million on a duplex one floor above Weinstein’s unit,
and Jerry Seinfeld bought a duplex in the building for $4.35 million 10
years ago. Brown Harris Stevens’ Ileen Schoenfeld, who listed the home
five years ago when Weinstein bought it, is reportedly representing the
unit. [more]