• Hedge fund manager James Torrey and his wife Podie Lynch have closed on the sale of their duplex at 131 East 66th Street, albeit for substantially less the $14.5 million they were seeking last November. The 4,850-square-foot apartment, which went into contract in December, sold for $9 million to John Heimann, a…
• James Torrey and his wife, Podie Lynch, have gone into contract to sell their 23rd-floor apartment at 131 East 66th Street, which they originally listed for $14.5 million in October and dropped to $12.5 million a month later. Torrey is the founder of the hedge fund Torrey Associates and was one of Barack Obama's…
♦ Hedge fund mogul and Obama mega-fundraiser James Torrey has chopped $2 million off the price of the duplex at 131 E. 66th St. that he and his wife listed just over one month ago. The 4,850-square-foot spread is now on the market for $12.5 million. [Cityfile, Corcoran]
♦ UBS exec Ramesh Singh and his wife Farida…
♦ Hedge funder James Torrey and his wife Podie Lynch have put their duplex at 131 East 66th on the market for $14.5 million. The Obama fundraiser (and father of New York PR queen Serena Torrey) says the couple is now planning to downsize to a smaller apartment. [NYT, Corcoran]
♦ Exis Capital founder Adam Sender…
Looks like it was both a wonderful weekend and a terrible weekend for Serena Torrey, the PR princess of New York magazine and daughter of James Torrey, the prominent hedge fund manager and mega-fundraiser for Barack Obama. The good news: On Saturday, Serena tied the knot with Ted Roosevelt, the great-great grandson of…
The Obama and McCain campaigns have released lists of their biggest bundlers, the 98 people who have helped raise more than $500,000 for the two presidential candidates so far. There are nearly 20 residents of the tristate region on the list, although McCain has a significant local advantage—12 people versus Obama's…
