Jeremy Piven is buying a TriBeCa penthouse located in New York. Sources say the “Entourage” star has closed a deal on a 6,000-square-foot Hudson Street penthouse that once belonged to former Mets slugger Mike Piazza. The duplex, housed in the same building as Jon Stewart’s palatial pad, was listed by Prudential Douglas Elliman for $6.2 million.

Four of the ten priciest streets in America are in Manhattan: Times Square, East 57th Street and Madison Avenue follow Fifth Avenue, in that order.

“It’s an iconic brand with a ton of history, but in the last few years I think it lost touch with the next generation,” said Mr. Walk. “It felt kind of stagnant — you respected the croc but you weren’t really sure who it was touching, how it was connecting with you.”

The Sun House is anything but a simple residence. Its imposing structure and fascinating sun-filled interiors only enhance each carefully planned design element. Located in Singapore, the L-shaped Sun House makes the most of its location: a corner lot surrounded by bungalows. The architects who managed to create a safe heaven – Guz Architects – saw the importance of natural sunlight so they fabricated a stunning design that captures light and spreads it in all directions.

The streets are lined with swanky Fifth Avenue stores, and real estate agents playfully call a $5 million house a “cottage”.

It is glossy world where the real America of high joblessness and housing despair is all but invisible.

The economic story of the last decade has only served to make the divide between these worlds more stark.

A new Italian restaurant known for excellent pizza is slated to open in the spot vacated last year by The West Branch, the restaurant that was once run by noted chef Tom Valenti.

Serafina, an Italian restaurant chain, is seeking a liquor license to operate a new restaurant called Serafina 77 on the corner of 77th Street and Broadway, although it’s not expected to open immediately. Word has it that the opening is likely still months away.

Golf pro Tiger Woods’ decision to move his business operations to Jupiter undoubtedly bolsters Palm Beach County’s position as a hub in the golf world — and it comes without any formal effort by economic developers to woo the world’s highest-paid athlete with tax breaks or other incentives.

When he leased 10,000 square feet of office space at 501 N. A1A, Woods joined Jack Nicklaus and Greg Norman among big-name golfers whose business empires operate from Palm Beach County.

The U.S. Open, which runs August 29 through September 11, is the world’s highest-attended sporting event — attracting a whopping 700,000 fans over the course of the two-week tournament.  In this food-obsessed day in age where crummy stadium food just won’t do, an essential element to the success of the event, is that the Open […]

Even as the value of residential real estate around the developed world continued its multi-year plunge in the second quarter, some countries bucked the trend. In seven national markets, housing values rose by more than 5% in the second quarter compared to the second quarter of 2010. In two countries, prices rose nearly 20%. 24/7 Wall St. has identified the countries where real estate values are soaring.