NEW YORK—The film director M. Night Shyamalan has found a buyer for the penthouse he's been trying to unload in the ritzy NYC neighborhood of Tribeca. The duplex, which was sold by Robert DeNiro's mega-broker son Raphael, had previously been listed for as much as $18.5M, but sold for just $9.5M. [The Real Deal]
LOS ANGELES—The prolific architecture firm of Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill has just announced the addition of a Los Angeles Design Studio to their expansive empire. This is the second California office for the 75-year-old firm, whose previous West Coast foothold was in San Francisco. [CurbedWire Inbox]
FLORIDA—Unable to recoup more, the government has settled on $10 as a sale price for Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein’s Fort Lauderdale mansion. No, that's not a typo. The home, which had previously been appraised at $5M, was transferred to the mortgage holder for a single Hamilton. [The Real Deal]