Unit #4E at 340 E. 51st St., pictured above, is now available for rent. Soon A-Rod will be the landlord. (Alex Rodriguez photo from Getty Images)

Celebrity sightings are commonplace in NYC, but how many people can say they have a celebrity landlord? Baseball superstar Alex Rodriguez — who is almost as famous these days for being engaged to J-Lo as he is for being a Yankees legend — is trying to make that a real-estate reality.

A-Rod’s investment firm, appropriately called A-Rod Corp, has just gone into contract on a 14-story Manhattan rental building in Turtle Bay. Known as The Allen House, the 115-unit doorman building at 340 E. 51^st St. was built in 1965 and has been undergoing renovations, which A-Rod and his partner investors intend to continue: According to the New York Post, units will be upgraded as they become vacant, and there are plans to add a gym. The building already has a brand-new laundry room.

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This isn’t A-Rod’s first foray into NYC real estate, actually: He previously invested in a smaller building in the East Village — 133 Avenue D, which has just 22 units — with Corcoran Group’s Barbara Corcoran, whom he met while appearing on the TV show “Shark Tank.”

A-Rod’s new building, the Allen House, at 340 E. 51st St. in Turtle Bay. (Google Street View)

A-Rod Corp is partnered in the latest venture with Modlin Group, a boutique real-estate agency, and Stonehenge NYC, a real-estate and property-management firm.

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And of course, the baseball legend and his megastar fiancée, who was just announced as this year’s Super Bowl halftime performer (along with Shakira), are already experts at the high-end apartment game. The couple bought a stellar 4,000-square-foot condo together at 432 Park Avenue in 2018, only to turn around and put it back on the market a year later. They are now in contract on that place, unit 36A, for $15.75M — 10% less than the asking price of $17.5M.

J-Lo also owns another NYC apartment that’s currently on the market: the palatial penthouse in NoMad’s 21 E. 26th St. building known as The Whitman. And you’ll never guess who has the listing: Adam Modlin of The Modlin Group. Looks like Jenny From the Block is keeping it in the (future) family!

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