Rockets Owner LESLIE ALEXANDER "is putting his Manhattan penthouse on the market" for $49.75M, "just two years after he bought it" for $42M. The apartment "is located at 18 Gramercy Park, a prewar building recently converted to condos." His realtor, MELANIE LAZENBY, said that Alexander "bought it 'with the intention that he would be there a lot,' but he didn't spend as much time" in N.Y. as he hoped to, since he "often travels with the NBA team." The 6,300-square-foot duplex on the 17th and 18th floors "has four bedrooms plus staff quarters." Lazenby said that there are four terraces -- one "has a hot tub, and another has a swimming pool and sun deck with the view of the Chrysler Building" (WALL STREET JOURNAL, 5/1).
BUYING & SELLING: Golfer FRED COUPLES has purchased a home in Newport Beach, Calif., for $3.48M. The 3,800-square-foot house, located within the private Big Canyon Country Club, has "raised ceilings, large picture windows" and a kitchen with a wrap-around island (L.A. TIMES, 4/24)....Pro Football HOFer JOE MONTANA and his wife, JENNIFER, "have made a splash" in S.F.'s Marina District, "buying a full-floor flat" for $2.28M. The 1,900-square-foot home has a living room "with a wood-burning fireplace, a formal dining room and an updated, eat-in kitchen" (L.A. TIMES, 4/28)....Dolphins VP/Football Operations MIKE TANNENBAUM "bought a house in Boca Raton" for $3.74M. The 6,432-square-foot home in the Royal Palm Yacht & Country Club "has five bedrooms and six bathrooms" (BIZJOURNALS.com, 4/30)....Mavericks coach RICK CARLISLE "has his palacious University Park house up for sale," and the Dallas-area home is listed at $3.13M. Carlisle: "It's been a great place. But we're in the process of downsizing and moving downtown" (FT. WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM, 4/30)....Panthers RB MIKE TOLBERT "has bought a home in the Scripps Ranch area of San Diego" for $2.23M (L.A. TIMES, 5/1)....Former NBAer ANDRES NOCIONI "has sold his three-bedroom town house" in Northbrook, Ill., for $500,000 after paying $650,000 for it in '04 (CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 4/30)....Former NBAer JEREMY TYLER is leasing the L.A.-area home of "DANCING WITH THE STARS" alum KARINA SMIRNOFF for $8,000 a month (L.A. TIMES, 4/24).
