Sunday Real Estate Round-Up, 09/19/10
From the LA Times Hot Property:
--A walled and gated Encino estate that has been home to actors Al Jolson, Kirstie Alley, Katey Sagal and Charlie Sheen at various times has come back on the market at $6.95 million. It was listed at $8.995 million earlier this year. The listing is here.
--Designer Waldo Fernandez has sold a house he remodeled in Beverly Hills for $8.3 million.
Celebrity photographer Mark Liddell has listed a gorgeous compound in the Hollywood Hills area at $3.25 million. The woodsy retreat includes a main house, guest house, saltwater pool and a meditation garden. The listing is here.
A gated Corona del Mar home with eight fireplaces and a 60-foot waterfall has come on the market for $19 million. The listing is here.
Retired pro basketball player Kiki Vandeweghe has bought an estate in Encino for $2.25 million.
From the NY Observer:
-- Architect Jill Brunstad, who's designed retail spaces for Dolce & Gabbana and Eileen Fisher, has sold her penthouse at 145 East 84th Street for $2.1 million.
--Senior MTV exec Joey Molko has sold his Upper East Side apartment for $1.385 million to Jean Vitau, a French jewelry designer.
--Edwin Muelensteen, a Dutch art dealer who recently purchased one of the city's most exclusive art galleries, has also grabbed a home at 122 Chambers Street, in the Seaman Company Building, for $1.8 million.
--Another apartment at Chelsea Enclave, on the grounds of the theological seminary, has sold for a $5.3 million,a nearly 12 percent cut.
--Aby Rosen's 11,700-square-foot, single-family townhouse at 3 East 94th Street is off the market because it has been rented. Estimates have it renting for between $50,000 to $100,000 a month. It was listed at $29.5 million when it was our estate of the day.
--Jane Holzer has sold a five-story townhouse at 109 East 69th Street for $13.15 million. The former Warhol muse purchased the brownstone in March of 2008 for $10.5 million and later listed it for $17 million. The home is currently listed for rent for $48,000 per month.
--Senior MTV exec Joey Molko has sold his Upper East Side apartment for $1.385 million to Jean Vitau, a French jewelry designer.
--Edwin Muelensteen, a Dutch art dealer who recently purchased one of the city's most exclusive art galleries, has also grabbed a home at 122 Chambers Street, in the Seaman Company Building, for $1.8 million.
--Hip-hop clothing mogul Joseph Betesh, the man behind Dr. Jay clothing, has sold his home at 15 Central Park West for $11.39 million. He bought the 28th-floor condo in 2008 for $5.6 million.
The home of the late William F. Buckley Jr. has had another price cut. It was listed at $24.9 million when we first checked it out in 2008. It is now listed with Brown Harris Stevens for $10 million.
--Judge Judy (Judith Sheindlin) and her husband Jerry, have sold their penthouse at 60 Sutton Place for $2.25 million.
--Actress Francie Swift has bought an apartment at 2 East End Avenue for $1.6 million.
--Mexico's former finance secretary, Pedro Aspe, has snatched up a spot in Lenox Hill for $1.475 million.
--L'Oreal CEO Laurent Attal has purchased a Carnegie Hill home for $1.3 million.
--1024 Lexington Avenue the building, which was once the offices of Dr. Ruth Westheimer, sex counselor to the nation, has sold for $24.5 million.
From the Wall Street Journal's Private Properties:
--A waterfront home in Corona del Mar, California owned by a trust linked to actress Diane Keaton and her sister, and an adjacent lot for which Ms. Keaton's sister is a trustee under a different trust have sold for a total of $6.5 million, that price is 28 percent less than the original $9.5 million asking price.
--Fashion designer Leon Max of Max Studio is the new owner of Castillo del Lago, the Los Angeles home once owned by Madonna. He bought the home for $7 million. It was listed at $15 million when we checked it out as an estate of the day in April 2009.
--A property in Miami Beach, Florida, has listed for $29 million. The seller is Mark Gainor, a health-care entrepreneur who purchased the home for $13.9 million in 2005 from the singer/actress Jennifer Lopez.
From Newsday's Real LI:
--The Windmill House is still on the market for $14.995 million but now has a new selling feature, it was where Bill and Hillary Clinton spent the summer. The listing is here.
-- The East Hampton home belonging to a retired Lehman Brothers executive has finally sold. Jack L. Rivkin's 1.86-acre property went for $22.875 million.
--Banker Douglas A. Warner III has listed his Matinecock estate for $5.45 million. The listing is here.
From the Real Estalker:
--Actor Jeffrey Tambor has sold a four-bedroom home in Topanga California for $1.525 million. He bought the home for $1.675 million in 2008.
--Financier Leonard Ross has declared bankruptcy. His Beverly Hills home was once the most expensive home in the U.S., listed at $165 million.
From Berg Properties Big Time Listings:
--Grammy-winning rapper and actor Common has listed a 12th-floor two-bedroom condo unit that he owns in Museum Park on the South Side for rent for $2,500 a month. The listing is here.
----Northwestern University women's tennis head coach Claire Pollard and Northwestern volunteer assistant tennis coach Jennifer Lutgert have paid $775,000 for a four-bedroom house in Evanston and have sold a bungalow-style house in Evanston for $485,000.
--Former Chicago White Sox baseball player Dan Pasqua, now a team community relations representative, has listed his five-bedroom mansion in Orland Park, Illinois for $1.595 million. The listing is here.
From the NY Post:
--Joan Jett has been spotted apartment shopping at SoHo Mews at 311 West Broadway. --Former Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino and his wife, Claire, were spotted taking a look at a $4.6 million penthouse at 300 E. 79th St., an 18-story "boutique" condo building with 35 residences.
--Kelsey Grammer continues his apartment hunt. He was most recently spotted at 200 11th Ave. checking out a $5.95 million fifth-floor duplex condo. This hot building, famous for its "sky garages" is already home to Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban. --British house-music producer Danny Kojo Poku, also known as D Mob or Dancin' Danny D, has picked up a three-bedroom unit at 520 W. 19th St. for $2.3 million.
From Homes and Property UK:
--Socialite Davinia Taylor is selling her six-bedroom St John's Wood house for £6.5 million following her recent divorce from sports agent Dave Gardner.
--Peter Hill-Wood is selling his three/four-bedroom Victorian home off the King's Road for £2.75 million through John D Wood.
--Isle of Wight agents Christopher Scott are hoping there isn't a curse on The Chantry near Yarmouth, for sale at £695,000. It was the holiday home of the fifth Earl of Carnarvon, who discovered King Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings.
From the NY Times:
One of our former estate of the day properties, Wisteria Hill, recently sold for $7 million. It was listed at $11.2 million when it was our estate of the day in 2008. It belonged to Walter A. Forbes, the former chairman of the Cendant Corporation, who was convicted of orchestrating the largest securities fraud scheme of the 1990s.
--The Windmill House is still on the market for $14.995 million but now has a new selling feature, it was where Bill and Hillary Clinton spent the summer. The listing is here.
-- The East Hampton home belonging to a retired Lehman Brothers executive has finally sold. Jack L. Rivkin's 1.86-acre property went for $22.875 million.
--Banker Douglas A. Warner III has listed his Matinecock estate for $5.45 million. The listing is here.
From the Real Estalker:
--Actor Jeffrey Tambor has sold a four-bedroom home in Topanga California for $1.525 million. He bought the home for $1.675 million in 2008.
--Financier Leonard Ross has declared bankruptcy. His Beverly Hills home was once the most expensive home in the U.S., listed at $165 million.
From Berg Properties Big Time Listings:
--Grammy-winning rapper and actor Common has listed a 12th-floor two-bedroom condo unit that he owns in Museum Park on the South Side for rent for $2,500 a month. The listing is here.
----Northwestern University women's tennis head coach Claire Pollard and Northwestern volunteer assistant tennis coach Jennifer Lutgert have paid $775,000 for a four-bedroom house in Evanston and have sold a bungalow-style house in Evanston for $485,000.
--Former Chicago White Sox baseball player Dan Pasqua, now a team community relations representative, has listed his five-bedroom mansion in Orland Park, Illinois for $1.595 million. The listing is here.
From the NY Post:
--Joan Jett has been spotted apartment shopping at SoHo Mews at 311 West Broadway. --Former Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino and his wife, Claire, were spotted taking a look at a $4.6 million penthouse at 300 E. 79th St., an 18-story "boutique" condo building with 35 residences.
--Kelsey Grammer continues his apartment hunt. He was most recently spotted at 200 11th Ave. checking out a $5.95 million fifth-floor duplex condo. This hot building, famous for its "sky garages" is already home to Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban. --British house-music producer Danny Kojo Poku, also known as D Mob or Dancin' Danny D, has picked up a three-bedroom unit at 520 W. 19th St. for $2.3 million.
From Homes and Property UK:
--Socialite Davinia Taylor is selling her six-bedroom St John's Wood house for £6.5 million following her recent divorce from sports agent Dave Gardner.
--Peter Hill-Wood is selling his three/four-bedroom Victorian home off the King's Road for £2.75 million through John D Wood.
--Isle of Wight agents Christopher Scott are hoping there isn't a curse on The Chantry near Yarmouth, for sale at £695,000. It was the holiday home of the fifth Earl of Carnarvon, who discovered King Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings.
From the NY Times:
One of our former estate of the day properties, Wisteria Hill, recently sold for $7 million. It was listed at $11.2 million when it was our estate of the day in 2008. It belonged to Walter A. Forbes, the former chairman of the Cendant Corporation, who was convicted of orchestrating the largest securities fraud scheme of the 1990s.
