1) After months of rumor and speculation, Braden Keil reports that Las Ramblas?the 11-building George Clooney/Rande Gerber/Related Las Vegas development shown at right?is most likely being scrapped. The 25 acres might get sold off to a W Hotel partnership. [Braden Keil/Gimme Shelter]
2) Howard Stern sold his Amagansett estate for $15 million, and now the only property the poor guy owns in the Hamptons is a vacant four-acre beachfront lot. Somebody get this guy a house before Memorial Day! [Page 6]
3) Young Russian socialite and von Furstenberg purchaser Anna Anisimova has paid $635,000 for a Hamptons summer rental. The 1.7-acre estate, with a six-bedroom mansion and two-bedroom guesthouse, wasn't even available for rent until the crazy offer was made. [Braden Keil/Gimme Shelter]
4) Brace yourself. It may not be Brad Pitt posting on Archinect. [The Real Estate]
5) We already know about record exec (and Mariah Carey ex) Tommy Mottola's big purchase at 110 Central Park South, formerly the Ritz-Carlton and Intercontinental hotels, but now he's forking over another $6 million for a three-bedroom duplex at 170 East End Avenue. Is there a baby on the way? This is where our coverage stops and Us Weekly's begins. [Braden Keil/Gimme Shelter]
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