movers and shakers Feb. 6, 2011

Johnny Weir Is Moving to Manhattan

By Mike Vilensky

Figure skater, author, and all-around personality Johnny Weir closed Friday on a $1.1 million one-bedroom condo near Madison Square Park. Weir will move from his home in New Jersey later this month, with reality-show cameras documenting it. We’re sort of shocked he didn’t already live here. Welcome! [Page Six/NYP]

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