Yankees phenom Anthony Volpe might not be moving to the Upper West Side after all.
A Compass agent’s story of selling an Upper West Side co-op to the rookie shortstop in May for $2 million is being disputed by the Corcoran agent who represented the buyers.
Ariel Mahgerefteh, who recently moved to Compass from rival brokerage Serhant, had told The Real Deal he sold the modest, two-bedroom apartment on Central Park West to the emerging Yankees star. The deed was signed by Volpe’s parents, but Mahgerefteh said the apartment was for the ballplayer.
“He’s incredibly grounded,” Mahgerefteh told TRD earlier this month. “I really thought he was just a normal guy.”
But the buyer’s agent, Doug McCullough, has maintained from the outset that the unit really was for the player’s parents, Michael and Isabella Volpe, who have a home in New Jersey.
McCullough complained vehemently enough that Corcoran and Compass’ public relations teams looked into the matter. A Compass spokesperson said that Mahgerefteh admitted in an internal interview that he never met the player, but that the agent maintained the sellers made clear the unit was for the shortstop.
Mahgerefteh, who is out of the country, did not respond to requests for comment.
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A co-op board document McCullough provided to TRD shows that on the board application, Isabella and Michael Volpe and their daughter Olivia Volpe were listed as expected occupants.
“At times Anthony will be visiting on occasion,” it states. “He is a professional baseball player.”
The Volpes’ dog, a Labradoodle named Jedi, was also listed on the document.
The building, which is 21 minutes by subway from Yankee Stadium, doesn’t appear to attract many high-profile residents. Former T-Mobile CEO John Legere sold his apartment there for $22 million in 2018. That unit reportedly once belonged to publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst, who used it as a rendezvous point to meet his mistress Marion Davies.