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Kayak CEO picks up Walker Tower duplex for $24M
Condo was owned by a Property Markets Group exec
![Steven Hafner and Walker Tower unit 18A](https://static.therealdeal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Kayak-CEO.png)
A Property Markets Group executive finally shed his duplex at Walker Tower by selling it to Kayak.com CEO Steven Hafner for $24 million.
Hafner is the buyer of an 18th-floor condominium unit, which was owned by Elliot Joseph, a principal at PMG, documents filed with the city’s Department of Finance on Tuesday show. The apartment was one of a few in the building that was owned by a developer of Walker Tower. PMG co-developed 212 East 18th Street with JDS Development Group. Along with Joseph, JDS CEO Michael Stern and PMG principal Kevin Maloney own units in the building.
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PMG’s Elliot Joseph
Joseph said he initially planned to move into the duplex, but ultimately changed his mind. “I’m just a regular guy from Queens, and [the condo] doesn’t fit my lifestyle,” he said.
The PMG principal has been trying to sell this condo, 18A, for some time. He bought the duplex at the end of 2014 for $17.2 million, and then listed it for $34 million in August 2015, according to StreetEasy. The asking price fell to $30 million in September. He sold another condo in the building, 18C, in September for $10.4 million.
Last year Hafner, who co-founded the travel search engine Kayak in 2004, shelled out $9 million for a condo in South Beach. His new Walker Tower home spans 4,871 square feet and has two terraces that span a collective 689 square feet.