Art dealer trades Greenwich Village townhouse for $18M

Art dealer Gordon VeneKlasen sold his townhouse in Greenwich Village for $18 million.  VeneKlasen, who owns the Michael Werner Gallery, sold his home at 7 MacDougal Alley to a buyer whose identity is shielded by a shell company, according to public records. The deal, which appears to be off-market, works out to roughly $4,500 per square foot.  VeneKlasen sought to offload the two-bedroom, two-bathroom abode last March for just under $20 million, though he pulled it off the market in December, according to a StreetEasy listing. VeneKlasen bought the home from billionaire hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb for $5.5 million […] This article originally appeared on The Real Deal. Click here to read the full story.