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A ‘Twilight’ Producer Is Selling His Florida Beach House for $9 Million

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You won’t find the mysterious Cullen clan hanging around this sunny Florida retreat that has a Hollywood pedigree. It’s owned by veteran producer Bill Bannerman, whose credits include The Twilight Saga: New Moon, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, and Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters.

Nestled along one of the most exclusive stretches of the Panhandle’s Gulf Coast (also sometimes referred to as the Redneck Riviera), this nearly 6,000-square-foot custom-built estate offers the perfect balance of luxury, privacy, and coastal serenity. Located on a uniquely positioned lot in the coveted Watersound Beach community off Scenic Highway 30A, the five-bedroom, five-and-a-half-bath home is on the market for a speck under $9 million with Jonathan Spears, founder of Spears Group and Compass 30A. 

The living room has a marble-framed fireplace and a wine cellar behind a sheet of floor-to-ceiling glass.

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Tucked away on a private lot surrounded by lush greenery and a peaceful pond, the home offers total privacy and stunning Gulf views from the upper floors. The outdoor space is perfect for relaxing or entertaining, featuring a large swimming pool, a summer kitchen with a grill and pizza oven, and plenty of room to enjoy the outdoors. Plus, it’s just steps from the community boardwalk, so getting to the beach is a breeze.

RELATED: Dave & Buster’s Former CEO Has His Beachfront Florida Getaway on the Market for $10 Million

The three-story home has been thoughtfully designed with modern comforts like a private elevator, top-of-the-line kitchen appliances, and a garage with EV charging stations. There are also radiant heated floors, custom fixtures, and high-quality hardware throughout. The rooms are spacious, with extra-large closets and a separate game room and media room, making it easy to relax or have fun depending on mood and weather.

The spacious dining area and adjoining kitchen both overlook the pool.

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The median sales price for homes along Florida’s coveted 30A corridor is $1.7 million, attracting affluent buyers who are drawn to its pristine beaches and luxurious lifestyle. Notably, all-cash transactions account for 50 percent of sales. The area’s ultra-luxury sector is also seeing substantial growth, with properties priced at $5 million and above now comprising 11 percent of the market, up from 7 percent the previous year, according to Corcoran Reverie’s Q4 2024 Market Report. This surge highlights the increasing demand for exclusive, high-end residences, solidifying 30A’s status as a premier destination for luxury real estate. 

Click here to see more photos of the Florida home.

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Abigail Montanez is a staff writer at Robb Report. She has worked in both print and digital publishing for over half a decade, covering everything from real estate, entertainment, dining, travel to…

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    A ‘Twilight’ Producer Is Selling His Florida Beach House for $9 Million

    You won’t find the mysterious Cullen clan hanging around this sunny Florida retreat that has a Hollywood pedigree. It’s owned by veteran producer Bill Bannerman, whose credits include The Twilight Saga: New Moon, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, and Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters.

    Nestled along one of the most exclusive stretches of the Panhandle’s Gulf Coast (also sometimes referred to as the Redneck Riviera), this nearly 6,000-square-foot custom-built estate offers the perfect balance of luxury, privacy, and coastal serenity. Located on a uniquely positioned lot in the coveted Watersound Beach community off Scenic Highway 30A, the five-bedroom, five-and-a-half-bath home is on the market for a speck under $9 million with Jonathan Spears, founder of Spears Group and Compass 30A. 

    The living room has a marble-framed fireplace and a wine cellar behind a sheet of floor-to-ceiling glass.

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    Tucked away on a private lot surrounded by lush greenery and a peaceful pond, the home offers total privacy and stunning Gulf views from the upper floors. The outdoor space is perfect for relaxing or entertaining, featuring a large swimming pool, a summer kitchen with a grill and pizza oven, and plenty of room to enjoy the outdoors. Plus, it’s just steps from the community boardwalk, so getting to the beach is a breeze.

    RELATED: Dave & Buster’s Former CEO Has His Beachfront Florida Getaway on the Market for $10 Million

    The three-story home has been thoughtfully designed with modern comforts like a private elevator, top-of-the-line kitchen appliances, and a garage with EV charging stations. There are also radiant heated floors, custom fixtures, and high-quality hardware throughout. The rooms are spacious, with extra-large closets and a separate game room and media room, making it easy to relax or have fun depending on mood and weather.

    The spacious dining area and adjoining kitchen both overlook the pool.

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    The median sales price for homes along Florida’s coveted 30A corridor is $1.7 million, attracting affluent buyers who are drawn to its pristine beaches and luxurious lifestyle. Notably, all-cash transactions account for 50 percent of sales. The area’s ultra-luxury sector is also seeing substantial growth, with properties priced at $5 million and above now comprising 11 percent of the market, up from 7 percent the previous year, according to Corcoran Reverie’s Q4 2024 Market Report. This surge highlights the increasing demand for exclusive, high-end residences, solidifying 30A’s status as a premier destination for luxury real estate. 

    Click here to see more photos of the Florida home.

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    Abby Montanez

    Abigail Montanez is a staff writer at Robb Report. She has worked in both print and digital publishing for over half a decade, covering everything from real estate, entertainment, dining, travel to…

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    Kobe Bryant Hooped It Up at This Over-the-Top Arizona Home. Now It Can Be Yours for $23.5 Million.

    Always wanted to own a mega-mansion primed for entertaining, especially one packed with glitzy sports amenities—an underground basketball court that’s hosted the late Los Angeles Lakers shooting guard Kobe Bryant and a museum-quality display of Michael Jordan sneakers, just for starters? Well, your wish could finally come true, as this tricked-out showpiece in Arizona just hit the market for a dribble under $24 million.

    Dubbed HardtSeasons, the estate was built over several years by Attitude is Free founder Brett Hardt Sr. and his wife Susie, who added an indoor basketball gym so their oldest son could put in some extra work on his game. Through the years, the setup went on to serve as a training facility for more than 60 pro athletes like Bryant, who visited with his daughter Gianna’s Lady Mambas basketball team before they both died in a California helicopter crash in 2020.

    A custom room displaying a collection of Michael Jordan sneakers cost around $300,000 to build.

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    “The most exciting day was the day that Kobe Bryant’s people contacted me,” Hardt said in a statement. “This was after Kobe retired and he was coaching his daughter’s team, and they wanted a place to get ready for the top tournament on the West Coast. I got to witness Kobe coach, and it was amazing.

    “The respect he had, his way with the young girls was fascinating,” he added. “After practice, we chopped it up for an hour and it was a conversation I cherish. Sadly, five weeks after that visit was the day that Kobe and Gianna perished. Broke my heart.”

    The soaring living room has a glam fireplace and wall of glass opening to the outdoors.

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    Resting in North Scottsdale’s exclusive Prado Estates neighborhood, amid a gated parcel of land spanning nearly five acres, the property was completed in 2017 and is centered around a fully furnished main home offering five bedrooms in a little more than 21,400 square feet of living space across two levels. A separate 1,500-square-foot guesthouse with its own entrance comes with two additional bedrooms, while there’s a combined total of 18 bathrooms.

    Among the highlights of the primary dwelling, which boasts tile floors and Costa Rica-inspired wood ceilings, is a double-height living room adorned with a glam fireplace and glass doors opening to the backyard. A gourmet kitchen is outfitted with an expansive eat-in island and a trio of Wolf ovens, and a curving staircase encased within brick walls heads upstairs to a primary retreat that has a luxe bath extending outdoors to a covered space hosting a fireplace, shower, cold plunge, and sauna.

    A resort-like backyard features two pools amid a vast, multi-level terrace.

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    An array of sports-related amenities includes the aforementioned basketball facility, which sits 15 feet below ground and has an 80-by-50-foot court that can be converted for pickleball play, as well as a professional scoreboard, lofty viewing area, locker room, fitness center, and even a private parking area for visitors. A high-tech golf simulator doubles as a movie theater, while a custom room that cost around $300,000 to create features floor-to-ceiling display cases that hold Hardt’s collection of almost 300 Michael Jordan sneakers.

    But that’s not all! In addition to a bar-equipped game room and a children’s play space that flows out to an enclosed grassy area, the resort-inspired grounds are spotlighted by not one but two pools, a fire pit, and a nine-hole putting green. Per the listing held by David Newman and Pushpit Tandon of David Newman Partners, there’s also a two-mile jogging track encircling the property.

    Click here for more photos of the Arizona residence.

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    Wendy Bowman

    Wendy Bowman is a real estate writer at Robb Report. Before that, she was a freelancer for Modern Luxury and several other media outlets, where she primarily covered luxury properties for…

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    A 150-Acre Colorado Ranch Owned by a Celebrity Hairstylist Can Be Yours for $25 Million

    A sprawling Colorado ranch long owned by celebrity hairstylist and brand creator Charles Worthington has just hit the market. Nestled amid the picturesque Capitol Creek Valley surrounded by the Elk Mountains, about 30 minutes outside of Aspen, the 150-acre spread with a main home, several ancillary structures, and a wealth of recreational activities is being offered for sale at $25 million.

    “A ranch property that checks so many boxes on buyers’ wish lists is a rare find,” says Peter Grenney, who shares the listing with Leah Moriarty, Walker Moriarty, and Jamay Shook, all of Plus Real Estate. “What truly stands out is that the land is equally as stunning as the home.”

    The fireside great room connects to a formal dining room with seating for up to 10 guests.

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    RELATED: Billionaire Bill Koch’s 52-Acre Aspen Estate Just Hit the Market for $125 Million

    Records show that Worthington—widely known as the “Paul Mitchell of Europe”—and his longtime partner Allan Peters paid $3.8 million for the ranch in 2019. They then set out to create their dream home, which is described as a “sanctuary that merges heartfelt design with unmatched functionality.” Nestled adjacent to the 3,800-acre St. Benedict’s Monastery, which is currently on the market for $150 million, the compound was originally built in 2002 by the late Austrian financier Gerhard Andlinger.

    Six en suite bedrooms and seven baths can be found in the timber-clad main home, which has a little more than 6,000 square feet of owner-designed living space that can be sold fully furnished. In addition to a soaring great room topped by a rustic antler chandelier and warmed by a massive fireplace encased in boulders, other highlights include a dedicated office and a formal dining room that seats up to 10, as well as a rustic kitchen outfitted with a pressed-tin ceiling, a pricey Aga range, and a fireside breakfast nook. Elsewhere is a primary suite featuring an inviting bath spotlighted by a pedestal-style soaking tub.

    The rustic kitchen features a luxe Aga range that uses radiant heat for cooking.

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    RELATED: A Colorado Ranch Tied to Walmart’s Founding Family Seeks $48.5 Million

    Also on the completely off-grid estate is a lakeside cabin and a separate caretaker’s residence, with other amenities including a custom fitness center, a bar-equipped cinema room, a meditation tent, and a 5,200-square-foot stable with four stalls, equipment storage, and an unfinished upper level. Plentiful outdoor recreational pursuits are also yours for the taking, from pond hockey and cross-country skiing to horseback riding and fishing.

    A legendary hairstylist best known for creating bespoke tresses for famous clients such as Goldie Hawn, Sharon Stone, Lily James, Tracey Emin, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kim Cattrall, the England native sold his eponymous beauty company to British consumer goods giant PZ Cussons in 2004 for around $47 million. In addition to their Colorado estate, the couple renovated a villa on the Greek isle of Mykonos that was put up for sale in late 2023 at $53 million. That listing has since been removed, but it’s not clear if the property has been sold.

    Click here for more photos of the Rocky Mountain retreat.

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    An N.Y.C. Condo With Ties to ‘Babygirl’ and ‘Succession’ Just Sold for $20.1 Million 

    Ever wonder what it would cost to live like enfant terrible Roman Roy from Succession or Romy, Nicole Kidman’s high-flying tech CEO character from Babygirl? Well, now we know.

    An apartment in the real-life building prominently featured in both the acclaimed A24 film and HBO’s smash hit recently nabbed a buyer for $20.1 million. The unit itself occupies the entire 41st floor of 200 Amsterdam, a luxury residential tower on the Upper West Side. Not only did the deal set a 2025 record for the uptown neighborhood, but it also marked the fourth most expensive transaction to go down in Manhattan so far this year.  

    According to Peter Zaitzeff, the sales director of new development at Serhant, the mystery buyers were a local family who had previously been renting in the area but wanted to settle into their “forever home,” he told Mansion Global. Once asking $23.5 million, the city-view spread was most recently on the market for $22.5 million, records show.  

    A terrace runs along the living room, offering knee-buckling city and park views.

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    Residence 41 measures 4,670 square feet and features four bedrooms and four-and-a-half baths. Plus, it offers sweeping Central Park and skyline views from a 626-square-foot terrace. The open-plan living area sports soaring ceilings, French white oak floors, and a striking fireplace, while the chef’s kitchen is equipped with state-of-the-art appliances and Calacatta marble finishes. Elsewhere, the king-size primary suite offers northern and eastern exposures, a couple of walk-in closets, a morning/evening bar, and a marble-clad bath complete with radiant heated floors. Additional highlights include spacious secondary bedrooms with private baths and a versatile bonus room that can be configured as an office, media lounge, or study. 

    The kitchen has both an island snack bar and a casual dining area set against floor-to-ceiling windows.

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    The good news is that while Residence 41 is now off the market, you can still snap up the duplex digs where Kidman and Kieran Culkin’s fictional characters once lived. That place, however, will dig deeper into your bank accounts: the spectacular penthouse pad, which takes up the tower’s 49th and 50th floors and comes with a 116-foot terrace and a private elevator, has been up for grabs since May 2023, listed for a whopping $38 million. 

    Click here to see more photos of the high-floor condo at 200 Amsterdam.

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    Abigail Montanez is a staff writer at Robb Report. She has worked in both print and digital publishing for over half a decade, covering everything from real estate, entertainment, dining, travel to…

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    The Seattle Penthouse That Inspired Christian Grey’s ‘Fifty Shades’ Home Just Hit the Market

    Fans of Fifty Shades of Grey can now channel Christian Grey in all his glory, as the ritzy penthouse that inspired the billionaire businessman’s fictional home in the erotic romance film trilogy has just popped up for sale at the Escala residential tower in downtown Seattle, just minutes from Pike Place Market, for $11.5 million.

    Though the property from the movies starring Jamie Dornan isn’t actually available—that residence with its infamous red room was an elaborate set constructed at North Shore Studios in Vancouver—it’s loosely based on this high-floor aerie that British author E.L. James found online while doing research for her series of books that were later adapted for the big screen. However, the exterior of the building and its rooftop, sans the helipad, were used for establishing shots.

    A copper-topped wet bar boasting a back-lit agate stone backsplash serves as a focal point of the great room.

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    RELATED: Joan Rivers Called This Opulent Manhattan Penthouse Home. Now It Can Be Yours for $28 Million.

    Records show this particular residence was acquired by Oracle senior vice president Clay Magouyrk and his then-wife Seniha Koksal in 2019 for $9 million. Subsequently remodeled in collaboration with NB Design Group, the three-bedroom, four-bath unit is spread across half of the 30th floor of the 31-story building and offers almost 5,200 square feet overlooking sweeping views of the Space Needle and Puget Sound. There are also two covered terraces warmed by gas fire pits that are ideal for alfresco lounging and entertaining.

    A private elevator opens into an entry vestibule, which flows to an open-plan great room holding a combined living and dining area anchored by a seated wet bar that can be shut off from an adjacent office via pocketing glass-paneled doors. A sleek walnut-clad kitchen is outfitted with a Moroccan tile backsplash, an eat-in island, and Wolf and Sub-Zero appliances, while a teal-hued butler’s pantry tucked around the corner is accessible to a utility room equipped with another wet bar, dual washers and dryers, and a service entrance. And secluded off by itself is a spacious primary suite, which features a separate lounge area, a showroom-style closet, and an elevated bath spotlighted by a glass-enclosed wet room sporting a soaking tub and shower.

    The formal living area has two terraces and a drop-down projector for watching movies.

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    RELATED: Matt Damon Can Be Your Neighbor at This Swanky $27.5 Million Penthouse in West Hollywood

    Per the listing held by Phil Greely of The Agency Seattle, the new owner will pay a hefty $5,322 monthly HOA fee for the privilege of living in the building, where its many premium amenities include a 24-hour concierge, a fitness center with two pools and a spa, a wine room, a rooftop terrace warmed by a fireplace, and four parking stalls.

    The Escala building was completed in 2009, and this penthouse first traded hands in 2010 for $5.9 million, according to Mansion Global, which first reported the listing. In 2016, a year after Fifty Shades of Grey was first released, the unit sold for $8 million. Shortly after the third movie in the trilogy came out in 2018, it returned to the market for $11.5 million. Magouyrk, who bought it a year later, has since relocated to Nashville, where Oracle is building a 65-acre campus to house its world headquarters.

    Click here for more photos of the Seattle residence.

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    Wendy Bowman

    Wendy Bowman is a real estate writer at Robb Report. Before that, she was a freelancer for Modern Luxury and several other media outlets, where she primarily covered luxury properties for…

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    A Beverly Hills Home Once Owned by Britney Spears Is Up for Grabs at $8 Million

    Back in early 2007, shortly after she filed for divorce from Kevin Federline after three years of marriage, Britney Spears doled out nearly $6.8 million for a Mediterranean-style villa high in the mountains above Beverly Hills. For the next few weeks or so, the residence served as ground zero for many headline-making moments in the pop superstar’s life, from shaving her head to attacking a paparazzo’s car with an umbrella. Though she owned it for a number of years, she reportedly only lived there a short time before flipping it back on the market and permanently decamping to the San Fernando Valley in 2009.

    The 2001-built estate has since changed hands a few times, first in 2012 when Australian venture capitalist Jeff Friedmann picked it up for just under $4.3 million, a nearly $2.5 million loss for Spears, and most recently in spring 2022 for roughly $6.6 million. Now the 90210 spread in the exclusive guard-gated enclave of The Summit has just popped up for sale again, this time for a speck under $8 million. The listing is held by Ben Salem of Compass.

    A double-height foyer passes beneath a bridge on its way to the fireside living room.

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    RELATED: Steve Wynn Brings His Palatial Beverly Hills Home Back to Market at $75 Million

    Featuring almost 7,500 square feet of recently renovated living space, with six bedrooms and seven baths filtered across two levels, the creamy stucco and terracotta-roof structure is tucked away behind hedges and trees on a cul-de-sac, where a driveway opens to a motor court and an attached three-car garage.

    Once inside, a double-height, dance-worthy foyer topped with a chandelier flows via patterned stone floors to a soaring living room boasting an oversized fireplace flanked by bookshelves. A wide archway leads to a formal dining room with French doors spilling out to a patio, while a fireside family room with a wet bar connects to a kitchen outfitted with granite countertops, dual islands, Wolf and Sub-Zero appliances, and a windowed breakfast nook.

    The tree-shaded backyard is entertainment-ready with a pool and spa, plus a built-in barbecue.

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    RELATED: Drake’s Sprawling Beverly Hills Estate Is up for Rent at $250,000 per Month

    In addition to a primary suite flaunting a covered balcony, there’s also a library/office and a soundproof music studio that doubles as a screening room. Topping it all off is the bougainvillea- and palm-laced backyard, which hosts a built-in barbecue, a fire pit, and a saltwater pool with a Baja shelf and a raised spa.

    The Toxic crooner, who sold a Calabasas estate in 2023 for around $10 million, still maintains her longtime Italianate-inspired mansion in the unincorporated Hidden Valley region near Thousand Oaks that she bought back in late 2015 for $7.4 million.

    Click here for more photos of the Beverly Hills residence.

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    Wendy Bowman is a real estate writer at Robb Report. Before that, she was a freelancer for Modern Luxury and several other media outlets, where she primarily covered luxury properties for…

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    Renée Zellweger’s Former SoCal Home Hits the Market for $8 Million

    Soon after she began dating reality TV star Ant Anstead in 2021, Renée Zellweger sold her secluded, hacienda-style retreat in Southern California for $6.4 million. The two-time Oscar-winning actress went on to rent a waterfront compound directly across the street from her beau’s bungalow in the seaside enclave of Laguna Beach; and while she and […] More