A top Blackstone executive purchased a tricked-out home in New York’s Greenwich Village for $37.2 million. The off-market deal set a record for the priciest townhouse sale in downtown Manhattan, real estate veterans said. Neil Simpkins, a 52-year-old senior managing director in the firm’s private equity group who led acquisitions of TRW Automotive and Vanguard Health Systems, is identified as the buyer on a mortgage document. He and his wife Miyoung Lee also own a penthouse in the nearby Flatiron District, which they purchased...

Source: Wall Street Journal September 13, 2018 15:11 UTC