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This is pure rumor at this point, so take it with a grain of salt, but it’s coming in through credible enough sources that we’re gonna run with it. We’re hearing that the Queen of All Media herself, Oprah, is buying the penthouse in the Williamsburg Bank building, aka One Hanson Place. Everyone associated with the project is saying “no comment” but we hear that the word’s been buzzing around the brokerage community in recent weeks. Can any little birdies out there shed any light onto this one? Update: We just heard from the developer (who was unreachable yesterday) and he’s saying this rumor is news to him, so it looks like The Big O is staying put on Lake Shore Drive for the time being.
A Tweak and a Trim at One Hanson Place [Brownstoner] GMAP
One Hanson Breaks 50 Percent Barrier [Brownstoner]


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  1. so celebrities don’t need places to live 10:47?

    maggie gyllenhall doesn’t actually live in park slope. that was her ghost i saw on 5th avenue last week?

    i do realize that these are sometimes places that people will never reside, but that is the minority of cases. most celebrities do have places in new york where they actually stay when they are here. beyonce alreadly lives in tbe bloomberg building now. why is it so hard to believe she wanted a new home?

    don’t be such a downer on a good, fluffy piece of gossip.

  2. Celebrities get discounts for buying apartments in which they will never visit, let alone reside. The developers seek out the business managers to give them a good deal to flip and they both get publicity. I bet Magic Johnson’s people talked to her people…. and it may never have gone further than that.

  3. I know for a fact that 9:26 is one literal-minded, no-sense-of-humor dumbass. Chill, girlfriend, it was a joke. If you take THIS kinda crap so solemnly, you really should start reading the New york times once in a while. And take the pole out of your backside.

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