Sunday Real Estate Round-Up, 03/28/10

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed)
Mar 28th 2010 at 9:00AM

From the LA Times Hot Properties:
--A Connecticut farmhouse-style home in Brentwood designed by Roland Coate for Academy Award-winning director William A. Wellman is listed at $10 million. Wellman won a best original story Oscar for "A Star is Born" in 1937 and directed the silent film "Wings" which won the first best picture Oscar in 1927. The listing for the home is here.
--Actor Jerry Douglas, known for his long-running role on "The Young and the Restless" and his wife, Kymberly Bankier, have sold their Encino home for $2,075,000.
--A Beverly Hills house built in 1934 for "Gone With the Wind" producer David O. Selznick is on the market for $15.9 million. The listing is here.

From the NY Post:
--Billy Joel has bought a two-bedroom $3.3 million apartment in Nolita. It is believed that he is buying it for his daughter, Alexa Ray Joel.
--Diego Della Valle, chairman and CEO of footwear company Tod's paid $1.56 million for the three-bedroom, three-bath unit at the Caribbean in Miami Beach.
--Eduardo ~~Safra~~ Cohen, son of philanthropist Lily Safra, is in contract to buy two apartments that comprise the entire fourth floor of the 2 E. 67th St. co-op building for around $18 million.

From the Wall Street Journal's Private Properties:
--Track-and-field star Carl Lewis has listed his home in Pacific Palisades for $2.6 million. Lewis, who has won a total of nine Olympic gold medals, purchased the home for $1.75 million in 2002 and remodeled the kitchen, pool and backyard. The listing is here.
--DHL Worldwide Express delivery co-founder William Armsted Robinson has cut the prices on his two Idaho properties. He's asking asking $14.5 million for his 938-acre horse ranch and $12.5 million for a nearby 600-acre fishing property.
--Art collector John Traina's landmarked San Francisco property, a converted 1893 firehouse once owned by former California Gov. Jerry Brown has sold for $3.36 million. It was listed at $4.4 million when we checked it out as an estate of the day last year.

From the Huffington Post:
A Palm Beach Florida home owned by disgraced and jailed newspaper magnate Conrad Black is on the market. It was listed in 2004 at $36 million but is now for sale for an unlisted price.

From Newsday's Real LI:
--Five oceanfront properties in Amagansett are up for auction through April 20, with prices ranging from $3.999 million to $6.5 million. The auction website is here.

From the Real Estalker:
--via Gawker, former US Weekly editor in chief Janice Min has listed her New York City loft for $7.395 million. The listing is here.

From TC Palm:
--Celebrity dermatologist Nicholas Perricone, famous for his anti-aging skin products and television specials, has purchased a home in Vero Beach, Florida for $8.65 million.

From the NY Observer:
--Comcast CFO Michael Angelakis has purchased a $4.6 million two-bedroom at the Hampshire House.
--Leroy Schecter, chairman of American Strip Steel Company has quietly listed his apartment at 15 Central Park West for $55 million.
--Footwear designer Sam Edelman and his wife Libby purchased a $2.34 million penthouse at the Chelsea development 133 West 22nd Street.
--Former Park Avenue Bank CEO Charles J. Antonucci Sr. who could face up to 260 years in prison for self-dealing, bank bribery, embezzlement and fraud, has listed the 19-foot townhouse at 129 East 61st Street that he co-owns as part of Lexington Partners LLC for $8.5 million. It was bought in 2008 for $9.25 million.

From Move Trends:
--George Clooney's former home in Studio City, California is listed at $1,699,500.

Tags: billy joel, Carl Lewis, celebrity real estate, david o selznick, Diego Della Valle, eduardo safra, janice min, john traina, william armsted robisnon, william wellman