MANHATTAN — Two brokers who claimed in court they were bilked out of their commission on a $44 million Fifth Avenue mansion sold to Carlos Sims have reportedly received an undisclosed amount in a settlement agreement.
Paula Del Nunzio and Shirley Mueller, both of exclusive realty firm Brown Harris Stevens, said they were owed a 4 percent commission on the sale of the manse, to be shared with the broker that brought in the buyer, the New York Post reported.
But the owner of the Duke-Semons mansion, Tampir Sapir, allegedly waited until just after the exclusive agreement the brokers had on the property expired, and then sold it to the Mexican billionaire, Sims, the Post reported.
The mansion, at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 82nd Street, would have netted the brokers $880,000, the paper said.
The suit also named Venture Capital Properties, the firm that brought Sims to Sapir.
The matter was settled in New York Supreme Court, according to the Post.
The 19,500 square feet was designated a landmark in 1974, and reportedly has 12 bedrooms and 14 bathrooms and 11 marble fireplaces.
