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Serena BoardmanSotheby’s International RealtyShe grew up in the upper echelons of Manhattan society and is the sister-in-law of developer Aby Rosen. But connections alone don’t account for Boardman’s success. The highest pro-ducer at Sotheby’s, she has broken the record for priciest sale in Manhattan several times over. She was one of the seller’s agents on the Vanderbilt Mansion and is now showing the $70 million duplex at the Pierre Hotel.

Raphael De NiroDouglas EllimanWith his team averaging more than $250 million in annual sales, De Niro (son of Robert) has worked with stars including Renee Zellweger and Jon Bon Jovi, listing the rocker’s 150 Charles St. duplex for $17.25 mil-lion in June (it sold in February for $15 million). For clients who are duck-ing the paparazzi, he recommends the recently restored 108 Leonard in Tribeca, designed by renowned

turn-of-the-century architecture firm McKim, Mead & White: Its private drive-up reception area with valet is a Manhattan rarity — not to mention its turn-of-the-century Italian and Sicilian stonework. “To build a building like this today would be outrageously expensive,” he says. “It’s irreplaceable.” Fredrik EklundDouglas EllimanEklund, who recently applied for his California real estate license, moved to New York 14 years ago with a pair of sneakers (“Literally, that’s all I had”) and no plan. Now the Stockholm native has more than $5 billion in career sales and is a Bravo star, appearing on Million Dollar Listing New York and the spi-noff Bethenny & Fredrik with Bethenny Frankel. Current projects include 75 Kenmare, with interiors by Lenny Kravitz Design, and 1 Seaport, the luxury tower in which Eklund also owns an apartment.

Alexa LambertStribling & AssociatesLambert, whose clients have included Disney chief Bob Iger and Julia Roberts, is selling Robert A.M. Stern’s Two Fifty West 81st Street, one of that neighborhood’s few new developments in years, as well as the West Village’s Shephard, where she recently sold a $34 million penthouse by combining two apartments.

Lisa Lippman Brown Harris Stevens Clients don’t want to see her on TV, says Lippman. “They want discretion, which is great, because that’s how I do things.” That attitude has made her the highest-grossing broker at Brown Harris Stevens for 2016 and 2017, with more than $250 million in sales for 2017 alone. She was a listing agent on the Riverside Drive penthouse Amy Schumer purchased for $12.2 mil-lion in 2016, and her current listings include a $13.95 million seven-bed-room in the Aldyn in Lincoln Square.

$36.5MBoisson Aries shares the listing on this 551 W 21 seven-bedroom

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A flurry of $30 million-plus transactions — including the $39 million February sale of the Vanderbilt Mansion, which was owned by late Johnson & Johnson heiress Elizabeth Ross Johnson, to game developer Tianqiao Chen — can’t mask a hard New York real

estate truth: Total sales across Manhattan are down nearly 25 percent in the first quarter of 2018, the steepest decline since 2009, and prices in the luxury sector dipped 15 percent in that same period, according to a Douglas Elliman report. Inventory, meanwhile, is up more than 4 percent. It’s still New York — which boasts three of the U.S.’ top 20 priciest ZIP codes (10013, 10007, 10282), according to a recent ranking by Property Shark — but “buyers aren’t just going to write a check for any amount,” says Compass’ Leonard Steinberg. Insiders attribute the slowdown partly to “legacy contracts,” which were set into motion at the height of the superluxury development boom in 2014-15 but didn’t close until 2016 and ’17, spiking stats for those years. Another factor: Today’s product is not quite as high-end, says Jonathan Miller, president of consulting company Miller Samuel and author of the Elliman report, who adds that a new cap on state and local tax deductions also has given buyers pause. “It’s not that New York has a weak market,” he notes. “But we’re transitioning from an unusually robust period to a not-so-robust period driven largely by uncertainty.” To help buyers navigate the shifting sands, THR has identified 10 real estate stars — the agents who scored the biggest sales of 2017 and boast 2018’s hottest listings.

Erin Boisson AriesChristie’s International Real EstateWhile still at Brown Harris Stevens, Aries and her team were respon-sible for the $450 million sellout of 551W21, a 44-unit luxury tower. At the beginning of 2018, she joined Christie’s recently launched bro-kerage, where she’s now advising “some of the most affluent buyers and sellers in the world,” she says. And she brought some business with her: She has the listing for a $36.5 million apartment at 551W21, reportedly being sold by Karen Lo, the Hong Kong billionaire (heir-ess to the Vitasoy beverage empire) and philanthropist.

‘Buyers Aren’t Just Going to Write a Check for Any Amount’

Sales are down 25 percent in Manhattan in a superluxury boom hangover, but these 10 real estate stars are still scoring eight-figure deals

By V. L. Hendrickson

$20K/monthIn February, Pashby

leased a two-bedroom with “partial park”

views at One57.

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full-floor penthouse at 1 Seaport, listed by

Eklund, is in contract.

Aries

Boardman

$10.25M De Niro sold this

Village three-bedroom with private terrace in February.

$3.75M1,988-square-

foot loft on West Street, listed

by Boisson Aries.

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Hollywood is vacating once-prime Central Park pads By V. L. Hendrickson

N othing says “you’ve arrived” quite like owning on Central Park. It’s long been considered a singular achieve-

ment in the world’s most aspirational city. Just ask Madonna, Bono, Steven Spielberg or Yoko Ono — a few of the boldface names who have places there.

But in recent years, Manhattan’s star real estate matrix has shifted, and Central Park’s once unassailable supremacy is being chal-lenged. “It used to be the high-end homes were all on Central Park West, Fifth Avenue and Park Avenue,” says Corcoran’s Deborah Grubman. “Now the high end is everywhere.”

Central Park isn’t necessarily the first stop for a young star house-hunting in Manhattan. Harry Styles, Jennifer Lawrence, Rebel Wilson, and Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel all have looked to the south instead, opting for homes in Tribeca and Chelsea. Chalk the trend up in part to demand for modern amenities, say experts. The emergence of new green space and large-scale luxury projects like Hudson Yards have expanded high-end options.

But even established A-listers are parting with the park. Bob Iger, Bruce Willis and Demi Moore all have recently unloaded Central Park pads. And on April 3, it was reported that Sting and Trudie Styler were moving to (gasp!) West Chelsea after selling on CPW. Here THR maps the stalwarts and the sellers.

Still a Trophy, Just Slightly Less Glittery

• Bono • Moore• Martin

145-146 Central Park WestLast year, Moore sold her triplex penthouse at the San Remo for $45 million, a hefty cut

from the $75 million asking price. But Bono and Steve Martin still call the 1930s Beaux Arts landmarked building home.

• De Niro • Washington• Styler

15 Central Park WestDenzel Washington and Robert De Niro

still reside in the decade-old Robert A.M. Stern-designed tower. But they bid

farewell to Sting and Styler, who sold their penthouse for $50.6 million last year.

• Sting

520 W. 28th St.Directly adjacent to the High

Line, the Zaha Hadid-designed building has 39 residences for

rent and for sale. Sting and Styler reportedly are renting the

top floor. Equinox CEO Harvey Spevak bought there in July.

• Bezos

25 Central Park WestAmazon’s Jeff Bezos bought and

combined several units at The Century. But Tribeca Film

Festival director Geoffrey Gilmore sold his three-bedroom

pad in the 32-story art deco building for $3.8 million last year. • Gilmore

• Lively and Reynolds

• Lawrence • Gyllenhaal

443 Greenwich St.The amenity-rich

Tribeca building (24-hour concierge, valet, 71-foot

indoor pool and roof terrace) has become the go-to

for such stars as Lawrence, Jake Gyllenhaal, Meg

Ryan, and Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively.

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Maria Pashby Corcoran GroupPashby, whose past clients include Annie Liebovitz, has been working on Fifteen Hudson Yards, the first resi-dential tower (opening this year) in the Far West Side’s long-awaited city-within-a-city. She also has a $29.5 million penthouse listing at Herzog & de Meuron’s 56 Leonard.

Ryan Serhant Nest SeekersAnother Million Dollar Listing star, Serhant says 2017 was his biggest year, with $840 million in sales and star clients like Leonardo DiCaprio. But 2018 could be another banner year, with the April 11 premiere of his Bravo spinoff Sell It Like Serhant and a book by the same name out in September. He has $1.2 billion in active listings at towers like One57 and the Austin Nichols House, a warehouse in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg that’s being converted by Kushner Cos. Yes, that Kushner.

Leonard Steinberg CompassThe “irrational lux-uberancy” at the ultra high end of the market is finally over, says Steinberg, the president of Compass’ New York brokerage who is showing Mike Myers’ SoHo pent-house, listed for $13.95 million. He sees a much more balanced market in 2018, though that still includes a $65 million penthouse he’s showing at 100 E. 53rd St. Steinberg also is han-dling sales at One Beekman, the first U.S. residential building designed by London’s Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners. The 25-story tower is across from City Hall.

Cathy Taub Sotheby’s International RealtyThe Dakota, the Majestic, the Eldorado: Taub has sales in some of New York’s most iconic buildings (with a total of more than $1.8 billion to her credit). Although she doesn’t like to “kiss and tell,” she’s reportedly worked with the likes of David Byrne and Nate Ruess. For star buyers, she says, it’s either downtown or Central Park West — where she holds the listing on a $16.5 million four-bedroom with “killer views” at 101 CPW.

• Iger

1125 Fifth Ave. Iger sold his co-op in January

for $18.8 million. But Bette Midler still lives in the building; the unit

below hers is listed at $20 million. Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ stepmom

sold her full-floor pad in 2017 after buying a smaller one.

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