• It's not all bad news for the Plaza. An unidentified buyer just closed on a three-bedroom apartment in the building for $5.01 million. Originally listed at $6 million in April, the apartment was reduced by $500,000 in July. The buyer is listed in property records as Perla Properties LLC. [Cityfile, previously]
• Claudia Blum, the Colombian ambassador to the United Nations, and her husband Francisco Barberi have paid $3.35 million for a third-floor apartment at 936 Fifth Avenue. [Cityfile]
• Bill Royall, president of the college recruiting firm Royall & Co., paid $5.5 million for a duplex penthouse at 4 Sutton Place. [Cityfile]