1. The penthouse that Jimmy Choo built just dropped $7 million—Tamara Mellon, co-founder of the Jimmy Choo footwear empire, has relisted her opulent Upper East Side penthouse for a cool $27 million—$7 million less than when the residence first appeared on the market in July 2014. The five-bedroom duplex is one of four homes located in the Carhart Mansion—a magnificent Neoclassical building designed by Horace Trumbauer in 1916.