Real Estate Wire: Brooklyn Lyceum Sells at Auction; Kiefer Sutherland's Former Village Townhouse Lists Again for $20M

Real Estate Wire: Brooklyn Lyceum Sells at Auction; Kiefer Sutherland’s Former Village Townhouse Lists Again for $20M

October 24, 2014

A new type of post-recession real estate fraud is wreaking havoc on Brooklyn neighborhoods like Canarsie, East New York, and Cypress Hills. [Brooklyn Brief]
Landmarked Brooklyn Lyceum sells at auction for $7.6 million. [Brownstoner]
Appraiser Jonathan Miller looks at what would happen if we eliminated rent regulation. [Bloomberg]
Kiefer Sutherland’s former Steven Gambrel-designed Greenwich Village townhouse is back on the market for $20 million. [Curbed]
Certain prominent apartment buildings are dominated by pieds-à-terre. [NYT]

Images: Brooklyn Lyceum via Brooklyn Relics (L); Kiefer Sutherland’s former home at 763 Greenwich Street via Urban Compass (R)

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