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Prostitution at the Sheffield?

By leigh Kamping-Carder The Sheffield condominium board has gone to court to force the eviction of an alleged male escort who serviced clients from his rental unit at the luxury Midtown West condo tower. Stephan Greving, who pleaded guilty to one prostitution-related count in October, was renting the apartment from an Italian couple. Despite the arrest, however, Greving has allegedly continued to bring clients to the Sheffield. The unit owners Bruno Cova, cochair of the Milan office of law firm Paul Hastings, and his wife, Bettina Beck have not moved to evict him, according to the suit, filed last month in New York Supreme Court. In response to a complaint from the condo board, the New York Police Department conducted a sting operation on Greving in October, the suit says. An undercover police officer posed as a prospective client and arranged for Greving The Sheffield to perform oral sex in exchange for money.

Top deals of the month

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Kyle Blackmon Martine Capdevielle Karesse Grenier Karen Heyman and Alan Heyman Lisa Fitzig, Thomas Wexler

Firm
Brown Harris Stevens

Price
$88 million

Address
15 Central Park West #Ph20

Sothebys

$13.25 million 18 East 69th Street $13.07 million 101 Central Park West #9E $12.5 million $11 million 70 Willow Street 59 East 77th Street

Brown Harris Stevens

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Corcoran Group

Source: StreetEasy and The Real Deal. Data is for closed deals filed with the city between March 1 and March 30, where both a broker and an address can be identified. Chart only includes sellers brokers.

New database reveals admitted license violations

By adam pinCus For years, when real estate brokers admitted to violating state licensing law, so-called consent orders were quietly negotiated between firms and the Department of State. Last month, for the first time, the department began publishing the negotiated settlements online, revealing violations by the heads of Citi Habitats and aptsandlofts.com, top executives at Prudential Douglas Elliman and associate brokers at the Corcoran Group. Citi Habitats President Gary Malin was fined $500 after admitting to improperly supervising a salesperson who advertised improperly in a newspaper. David Maundrell, president of aptsandlofts.com, was fined $1,500 for paying a commission to an unlicensed agent. Elliman executives Steven James and Kenneth Haber in 2009 were cited for permitting unlicensed services and split commissions with an unlicensed individual, and were fined a combined $3,000. Agent Wilber Gonzalez was fined $2,000 after he was charged and pleaded guilty in 2010 to Gary Malin misdemeanor tax evasion.

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1) Lutnicks big hedge 2) Power behind the throne: The lieutenants pulling the strings for NYCs top real estate chiefs 3) Ace Hotel owner, others buy Temple Court building in FiDi 4) Are renters ditching brokers? 5) Move over, PropertyShark. Actovias in town 6) Prostitution at the Sheffield? 7) Survival of the fittest: Brokers beat out agents in an evolving market 8) In traditionally weak month, Manhattan rents continue to approach record highs 9) Extell faces foreclosure at Antiques Garage site

Extell faces foreclosure at Antiques Garage site

By Katherine ClarKe Extell Development is facing foreclosure on the site of the longstanding Antiques Garage flea market. Extell purchased the property, at 112 West 25th Street, for $42.7 million in 2006 and filed plans to build a 233,544-square-foot, 29-story hotel there. But Extell has an outstanding loan of close to $39 million on the property, according to a lis pendens filed last month by mortgage holder Wells Fargo. Wells Fargo is now filing for permission from the Supreme Court to take control of the property and put it on the market. The flea market has been operating out of the parking garage at 112 West 25th Street since 1993. It has so far been allowed to continue its business despite the new ownership, but founder Alan Boss said if Wells Fargo sells the property, the market will likely cease operating in Antiques Garage that location.

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Reader comments
Shvos house-sitter sentenced to three years in prison for theft:

She tried to make a Shmo out of Shvo, But to jail she will go, It just goes to show, There is no easy come, easy go.
Bollas new LES condo appeals to Orthodox Jews:

Oy vey! Somethings not kosher here.

104 April 2012 www.TheRealDeal.com

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