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JUNE 17, 2014

Moby makes another smart real estate move; Frank Sinatra’s party pad gets a price chop; Mamie Gummer moves to Chelsea; the city’s most expensive co-op sets a new sales record.

Patrick Stewart’s former Upper West Side pied-a-terre at 118 West 79th Street is for sale. The British thespian and his ex, Wendy Neuss, bought the two-bedroom penthouse co-op with Central Park views and an 1,100 square-foot terrace in 2003 for $1.8 million. The apartment is currently listed at $3,795,000 (CurbedNY).

Mild-mannered electro-popper Moby recently sold his 262 Mott Street hideaway after 18 years. The popular recording artist bought the condo in the popular downtown shopping district in 1996 for only $215,750; the 950-square-foot one-bedroom-plus-office pad with a private roof deck sold for $1.95 million. Moby previously sold a co-op in the Eldorado at 300 Central Park West and a penthouse at 7 Bond Street (Curbed NY).

Frank Sinatra’s former penthouse at the Edgewater at 530 East 72nd Street, just got another price chop while awaiting a buyer. The current owner of the 3,200-square-foot co-op, who was hoping to get $7.7 million for the property in 2012, is now asking $4.99 million for the infamous Brat Packer party pad that offers a genuine Apple Store floating staircase, inlaid checkerboard flooring and the cachet of having hosted the crooner’s legendary terrace parties (TRD).

Meryl Streep’s daughter, Mamie Gummer, recently bought an apartment at the Broadmoor at 315 West 23rd Street in Chelsea. The two-bedroom unit was recently renovated and features beamed ceilings and lots of closets; the young actress paid $1.74 million for the co-op, slightly above the ask of $1.69 million (NYPost).

Tony-nominated actor (Cabaret) Danny Burstein and fellow Broadway vet Rebecca Luker have listed their apartment at Revere Hall at 622 West 114th Street for $1.55 million. The “classic six” offers three bedrooms and high ceilings. The co-op building has gained fame for having been home to a young Barack Obama in his Columbia University days as well as director/producer Cecil B. DeMille (NYPost).

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The city’s priciest co-op recently changed hands for a $70 million. Egyptian billionaire–he’s the nation’s richest man–Nassef Sawiris purchased the 16-room home with a wraparound terrace in the venerable co-op tower at 960 Fifth Avenue. The apartment had belonged to the late billionaire Edgar Bronfman, Sr., and sets a new record for the most expensive co-op ever sold in New York City. That record was previously held by David Geffen's 2012 $54 million co-op purchase at 785 Fifth Avenue in 2012 (CurbedNY).