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Jefferson in Tribeca
Swoosh! Nets forward scores a $4 million loft.
Nets forward Richard Jefferson had been living in Edgewater, New Jersey, close to work, when he realized he was spending so much off-court time in the city (he’s six foot seven, and thus highly visible at Suede and Tao) that he ought to move here. But even people with $78 million contracts have a hard time scoring the right place; it took him a year and a half, the last six months of which he spent living in the Chelsea Mercantile building. This winter, the 24-year-old finally sunk a $4 million, 4,200-square-foot loft on Hudson Street. He cut it down from four bedrooms to two and installed a home theater (part of an entertainment arsenal that includes four 50-inch plasma screens). The view is pretty much of the Holland Tunnel, but that’s one reason he’s there: easy commute to Continental Airlines Arena, and just a hop across the bridge to the Brooklyn one—if it ever gets built.