A sampling of last week’s press coverage of CORE and CORE properties.

$1 million worth of staging at Joan Collins's Dorchester apartment

“Joan Collins’ midtown east apartment gets a makeover”
New York Daily News
Legendary actress (and diva) Joan Collins put her three-bedroom, three-bath apartment in the Dorchester at 110 East 57th Street on the market with CORE’s Tom Postilio and Mickey Conlon, and the Daily News got a tour of the “Dynasty” star’s abode: “Postilio and Conlon, partners in work and life, saw an opportunity to restore Hollywood glamour that was diminished when Collins shipped many of her belongings to her homes around the world. They worked with interior designer John Lyle to put more than $1 million worth of rugs, chairs, art and other items to help the home show better.”

“On the Market”
New York Times
The Times‘ weekly look at new properties on the market includes a slideshow on 141 Fifth Avenue #22, listed by Emily Beare and Elizabeth Beare, and a previous CORE Blog featured property. The Times writes: “This condo offers a mix of classic and contemporary styles; bathrooms have mosaic floors and Waterworks fixtures. The English-style custom kitchen has a marble counter, a six-burner Wolf range, a glass door Sub-Zero refrigerator and a Miele coffee system.”

“Beyond Walker Tower”
The Real Deal
The August issue of The Real Deal includes a profile on Walker Tower co-developer Michael Stern of JDS Development, and the magazine provides an update on Walker Tower’s strong sales to date: “Stern, now 33, is working with residential brokerage Core to sell the building’s 50 units, some of which have already traded for up to $3,400 per square foot, he said. Despite having just hit the market in June, the building is already more than 25 percent sold.”

Actors spend their days pretending to be other people, so if you want to get a sense of what they’re truly like, start at home. A person’s home is the ultimate expression of their personality, and in the case of acting icon Joan Collins, we are not disappointed. As the Daily News reports, CORE’s Tom Postilio and Mickey Conlon have been tapped by the British-born legend (best known for her diva-licious role as Alexis on the wildly popular “Dynasty” soap throughout the ’80s) to sell her apartment in the white-glove co-op building the Dorchester, located at 110 East 57th Street at Park Avenue. The impressive layout boasts 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, a formal entrance gallery and grand living and dining rooms that can entertain all your friends… or foes. And it’s all just so Joan. As the Daily News writes:

Full of mirrors, paintings of Collins and photographs of actors such as Cary Grant and Laurence Olivier, the apartment is a 1980s time capsule, with a zebra-covered settee, parquet floors and a toile bedspread that matches the walls.

“The first thing Joan said when we walked in was, ‘I bet you’ll want me to take down all the pictures of me, ’” said Postilio. “Absolutely not. We’re going to glam it up even more.”

The $2.2 million listing has just gone live on the CORE website, along with the first batch of photos. See more below:

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A sampling of last week’s press coverage of CORE and CORE properties.

‘Dynasty’ star Joan Collins’ E. 57th St. three-bedroom home priced at $2.2 million
New York Daily News
Acting legend Joan Collins is listing her 2,200-square-foot apartment in the Dorchester at 110 East 57th Street though CORE’s Tom Postilio and Mickey Conlon. The $2.2 million apartment is “full of mirrors, paintings of Collins and photographs of actors such as Cary Grant and Laurence Olivier.”

“Just sold!”
New York Post
The above-asking sale of the colorful Flatiron loft (top right) at 15 West 20th Street listed by CORE’s Adrian Noriega was featured by the Post.

“Spend a Day Looking Out the Windows of the Blue Penthouse”
Curbed
A cool time-lapse look at a day in the life of the Blue penthouse, the Lower East Side trophy apartment listed by CORE’s Elizabeth Kee for $14,000 per month.

“$90M midtown penthouse tops mark for priciest New York City apartment”
New York Daily News
CORE’s Jarrod Guy Randolph talks about a week of record real estate sales in New York City.