Journalist Soledad O'Brien buys $5M Harlem penthouse

August 2024 · 2 minute read

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Veteran journalist Soledad O’Brien once anchored the news for CNN.

Now, the Soledad O’Brien Productions boss critiques it on her political magazine show, Hearst TV’s “Matter of Fact,” focusing on social justice issues and calling out wrongdoing by public officials as well as how it’s reported by the media.

She also just bought a Harlem penthouse with her husband, investment banker Bradley Raymond, for $4.95 million — down from its 2018 asking price of $8.97 million.

The seller is developer Joseph Tahl, co-founder of Tahl Propp Equities, which has been doing Harlem condo conversions since 2001.

The gut-renovated penthouse is a sprawling 5,810 square feet and comes with six bedrooms and 6½ baths.

It features a custom glass and stainless steel stairway off the main foyer that leads up to the 4,000-square-foot roof terrace that is ideal for entertaining.

The space is 5,810 square feet. Tim Waltman/ Evan Joseph
One of six bedrooms in the Harlem home. Tim Waltman/ Evan Joseph

Along with a high-end outdoor kitchen, there’s also two cabanas, a 12-person dining table, basketball half court, a trampoline and views from Central Park and St. John the Divine to the city skyline.

Inside, there’s also an open-windowed chef’s kitchen and an 800-square-foot main bedroom suite that comes with a woodburning fireplace, a windowed dressing room and walk-in closet and a Carrera marble spa bath with a Jacuzzi.

A dining area inside the journalist’s new home. Tim Waltman/ Evan Joseph

The smart-wired home also features a play- and screening room, gym, laundry room, soundproof windows and a climate-controlled 1,000-bottle wine cellar. Propp Equities bought the buildings in 2003 and converted them to condos by 2008. Tahl has lived there with his family since 2005.

Don’t sleep on O’Brien’s hoops prowess. Tim Waltman/ Evan Joseph

Back then, Tahl said, existing rental tenants didn’t have to pay rent increases as a result of the condo conversion.

Cheers to the couple’s new 1,000-bottle wine cellar. Tim Waltman/ Evan Joseph

However, in 2019, the New York State Legislature “pretty much made occupied non-eviction condo conversions illegal,” Tahl told The Post. “We think this will drive up prices of apartments all over the city, because there may not be enough supply to meet demand.” 

The listing broker was Douglas Elliman’s Tal Alexander; broker Chris Lipman, of R New York, repped the buyers. 

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