Lindemann Downsizes to $10.5 M. `Bachelorette'
Socialite Elizabeth Graham Lindemann, the ex-wife of art collector Adam Lindemann, has bought a bachelorette pad at
The apartment is one floor below the home she once shared with her husband; Ms. Lindemann sold that apartment in June for $21.5 million to hedge-fund manager Ottavio Frank Biondi Jr. (no relation to the ex-Viacom C.E.O.), whose new 5,600-square-foot apartment has full views of Park Avenue.
Ms. Lindemann will have to settle for north, south and west exposures—plus a wood-paneled library with a wood-burning fireplace, a drawing room (ditto the fireplace), a formal dining room and three staff rooms
Then there’s the master bedroom with something called a loggia. We turn now to Corcoran superbroker and senior vice president Sharon Baum, who said she wouldn’t confirm the identities of the buyer or seller, which are listed in city records, but would tell us what a loggia is.
“Depending on how large they are, you might call it a sun room or a conservatory. Or a greenhouse,” Ms. Baum said. “All glass, floor to ceiling, and it’s open.”
Ms. Lindemann bought her apartment from the estate of telecommunications magnate Charles Wohlstetter, which was represented by Ms. Baum. Wohlstetter formed Contel in 1961, which grew into a $6 billion company by the time it was acquired by GTE in 1991. He passed away in 1995; Rose Wohlstetter, his widow, died this May.
“I hate the word ‘volume,’” said Ms. Baum. “But the volume was so great—just a very gracious apartment.”
Ms. Lindemann has reportedly been dating financier Todd Meister, the ex-husband of hotel heiress Nicky Hilton, whom he married in 2004 before getting an annulment weeks later.
Sotheby’s International Realty broker Serena Boardman, who represented Ms. Lindemann, would not comment.
The building is famous for at least one reason: Along with 985 Park, 730 was a haven for Jewish New Yorkers when anti-Semitism was the norm for “good”
As for Adam Lindemann: This June, he married former model Amalia Dayan, the granddaughter of the Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Dayan. They are reportedly living in the
At 77 East 77th, a few blocks up from his old