Real Estate Wire: Real-Life Owners of Sex and the City House Are Ticked; Richard Meier Penthouse Now $40M

• Extell’s Gary Barnet shares how he scored the F.M. Ring’s prized Midtown South portfolio. Highlights include how he outmaneuvered the hostile sellers and competing offers. [TRD]
• The price tag on this Richard Meier penthouse has been upped to $40M from $35M. [Curbed]
• Sarah Jessica Parker has riled the owners of Carrie Bradshaw’s West Village townhouse after an unauthorized photo shoot for her new shoe line. Perry Street residents are fed up with all the foot traffic their property has gotten after being featured in the show. [NYP]
• And if you want to annoy more real-life owners of NYC homes, here’s a map of where TV’s most famous characters live. [TRD]

Images: The ‘Sex And The City’ brownstone on Perry Street (left); Meier penthouse (right)