Celebrity Real Estate: Marv Albert, Ron Howard

By Laura Vecsey

Nothing But Net for This Sweet Penthouse

Marv Albert has hoisted his $16.5 million apartment on the white-hot Manhattan real estate market.

The longtime sports broadcaster has been dubbed the Voice of the Knicks, Nets and the NBA, but the 72-year-old New York native is now looking for a swish of a sale on his penthouse situated right near Lincoln Center and Central Park.

According to records, Albert bought the 3,500-square-foot condo for $2.93 way back in 1996. In addition to a generous indoor floor plan, which includes two master suites, the perk of this place is the expansive, 1,500-square-foot terrace, giving the residence a huge outdoor entertainment space.

It's a long way from Mayberry, Opie!

Ron Howard, the former child star-turned-Academy-Award-winning-director, saw his road to stardom and economic glory lead him, his wife and family to an amazing estate in Armonk, N.Y., about an hour north of New York City and close to tony Greenwich, Conn.

But with the kids grown, and now 60 years old, Howard says it's time to sell the family spread. The man known as Opie (The Andy Griffith Show) and Richie Cunningham (Happy Days) has listed the home at a staggering $27.5 million.

Howard and his wife, Cheryl, raised their family on this lakefront, country estate set on Converse Lake. The home has 6 bedrooms, 4.5 baths, a two-story library and office, a 14-seat movie theater, a gym, yoga studio and an indoor pool modeled after the pool in Howard's hit movie, "Cocoon."

The estate also includes a two-bedroom guest cottage, an indoor tennis and basketball complex, an observatory silo, barns, paddocks, a pond and waterfall, greenhouses and formal gardens.