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    Trevor Noah Buys Bel Air Home For $27.5 Million

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    LOCATION: 833 Stradella Road, Los Angeles, California
    SQUARE FOOTAGE: 11,000
    BEDROOMS & BATHROOMS: 6 bedrooms & 11 bathrooms
    SELLING PRICE: $27,500,000
    The Daily Show host Trevor Noah has just purchased this modern home for $27.5 million. It is located at 833 Stradella Road in the Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles, California and is situated on an acre of land. Trevor previously owned THIS other Bel Air home which he recently sold for $21.7 million

    The home was built in 2014 and features approximately 11,000 square feet of living space with 6 bedrooms, 8 full and 3 half bathrooms, foyer with staircase & elevator, open concept living & dining rooms, gourmet kitchen, family room, office, library, lounge with wet bar, home theater, gym, garage and more.
    Outdoor features include a gated entrance, motor court, terraces, infinity pool and a cabana with kitchen/bar. More

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    Michelle Pfeiffer’s Historic Former LA Estate Hits the Market for $20 Million

    Michelle Pfeiffer’s Former LA Digs List for $20 MillionWill Rogers might have been the ultimate one-man media machine. Born in the Cherokee Nation, the cowboy made his way from Oklahoma to Hollywood, starring in more than 70 films—both silent and “talkies”—and had a syndicated column with The New York Times and a radio show. During the 1920s and ’30s, he was a household name across the US.

    In LA’s Pacific Palisades, Rogers has an eponymous state park to commemorate his big personality and presence as well as his love of the outdoors. He died in a plane crash in Alaska in 1935 at age 57. But just before he died, he finished the final details on a sprawling new home just minutes from the Will Rogers State Park.

    The starry legacy continued when actor Michelle Pfeiffer, along with her producer and TV writer husband, David E. Kelley, purchased the spread, which included a pool, pool house and horse stables, plus a spacious 6,250-square-foot main house. In 2001, the compound changed hands again, this time to a local venture capitalist and his family. Now they’re selling the expanded estate for $19.99 million.
    The living room.  Photo: Marc Angeles/Compass

    The current owners brought in one of interior design’s stars, Michael S. Smith (who famously decorated the White House while the Obamas were in residence), to completely renovate the inside of the main house. While looking a bit humble on the outside, the home is decidedly elegant past the front steps with crown molding, fireplaces in several rooms and high ceilings. The wide-plank hardwood floors throughout are original, as is the two-story library with its spiral staircase leading to a second-floor loft or flex space.
    The main house includes a vast country-style kitchen and pantry along with four bedrooms and four-and-a-half baths, a formal living and dining room, a windowed sitting room just off the dining area and a family room. All bedrooms are en suite and have a New England/Hamptons-cottage feel with beadboard peaked ceilings.
    The dining room.  Photo: Marc Angeles/Compass

    The current owners also built an additional guest house on the compound with two separate one-bedroom units. A staff house contains yet another bed and bath. Renovations also reached the stable, which has been converted into a spacious family fitness center. The pool house includes a full kitchen, a sauna and a spa and bath. Finally, the two-story garage has more space for a home office, with a living room and balcony. In total, the property offers five kitchens and eight bedrooms.

    Gardens connected by flagstone pathways dot the estate, connecting the vast pool area to the guest quarters on the far end of the three-acre parcel.
    The listing is held jointly by Aaron Kirman, Jeeb O’Reilly and Liz Gottainer of Aaron Kirman group at Compass. Check out more photos of the property below:
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    The kitchen.  Photo: Marc Angeles/Compass

    The library.  Photo: Marc Angeles/Compass

    The primary suite.  Photo: Marc Angeles/Compass

    Another of the main house’s four bedrooms.  Photo: Marc Angeles/Compass

    One of four baths in the home.  Photo: Marc Angeles/Compass

    The stables-turned-fitness center.  Photo: Marc Angeles/Compass

    The pool and poolhouse.  Photo: Marc Angeles/Compass

    One of the units in the guest house.  Photo: Marc Angeles/Compass

    The newly built guest house.  Photo: Marc Angeles/Compass

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    $17.5 Million Condo In Miami Beach, Florida

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    LOCATION: 7081 Fisher Island Drive, Miami Beach, Florida
    SQUARE FOOTAGE: 8,430
    BEDROOMS & BATHROOMS: 5 bedrooms & 6 bathrooms
    PRICE: $17,500,000
    This luxury condo is located at 7081 Fisher Island Drive on Fisher Island in Miami Beach, Florida.

    It features approximately 8,430 square feet of living space with 5 bedrooms, 5 full and 1 half bathrooms, private elevator, great room, formal dining room, gourmet kitchen, family room and more.
    Outdoor features include 2,400 square feet of wrap-around terraces.
    It is listed at $17,500,000. More

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    $34.5 Million Penthouse In New York, New York (FLOOR PLANS)

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    LOCATION: 56 Leonard Street, New York, New York
    SQUARE FOOTAGE: 5,489
    BEDROOMS & BATHROOMS: 5 bedrooms & 6 bathrooms
    PRICE: $34,500,000
    This luxurious full-floor penthouse occupies the entire 58th floor of 56 Leonard Street in New York, New York.

    It features approximately 5,489 square feet of living space with 5 bedrooms, 6 bathrooms, great room, gourmet eat-in kitchen and a library.
    Outdoor features include 2 terraces.
    It is listed at $34,500,000. More

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    ‘Wonder Woman’ Star Gal Gadot Snaps Up a $5 Million Malibu Penthouse

    The dead of winter makes for a somewhat unusual time to be buying a beach house, but Gal Gadot is clearly planning ahead. Records reveal the Wonder Woman superstar has added to her already healthy Los Angeles real estate portfolio with the $5 million purchase of a seaside condo looming directly over the sand, just a quick jog from Larry Ellison’s ever-trendy Nobu Malibu restaurant.
    Gadot purchased the penthouse from Bui Simon, the Thai philanthropist who was crowned Miss Universe 1988 and is currently married to billionaire real estate developer Herbert Simon, owner of the Indiana Pacers NBA team. Bui bought the property way back in 1994, when she was just 25 and many years prior to her marriage, for only $850,000 — meaning she more than quintupled her money before any renovations and 26 years of carrying costs are factored into the equation.
    Of course, $5 million is a big number to pay for a condo, even by 2020 standards, but this isn’t just another ordinary condo. The Gadot penthouse is part of a blocky gated complex located in what is arguably one of the best sections of Malibu, and the place transferred with two deeded off-street parking spots. There are three other similar units in the complex, none of which are currently owned by celebrities.
    The view from the home’s terrace.  Redfin

    Inside, the nearly 2,000-square-foot unit is sensationally private, far above and out of sight from the beachgoer public. Neutral decor includes wheat-colored hardwood floors and white walls, plus there’s a dramatic skylight that further warms the interiors with natural light. A step-down living room offers a large fireplace and a thrilling floor-to-ceiling wall of glass that folds away to a large, tiled balcony with unstoppable ocean views.
    Other spaces include a formal dining area that adjoins the kitchen, which is petite but features quality stainless appliances, thick slabs of granite countertops, and custom cabinetry, and there’s also a family room with plush beige carpeting. The two bedrooms are both dated with wall-to-wall beige carpeting, but they offer roomy ensuite baths, and the master has two bathrooms of its own, one with a built-in soaking tub and a bidet.
    For those amenities, and more, Gadot will shell out a steep $1,240 per month in HOA dues, though that balcony and its spectacular whitewater views, plus those famous Malibu sunsets, likely make it all worth it.
    The home’s airy penthouse.  Redfin

    Gadot and her husband, Tel Aviv real estate developer Yaron Varsano, continue to maintain an Israel home and their $5.6 million residence in the Hollywood Hills. The couple purchased that contemporary mansion about four years ago; like their new Malibu vacation home, that place is blessed with long and wide views from its clifftop perch.
    As for Simon, she still has a much larger home on Malibu’s exclusive Carbon Beach, plus a massive compound in Montecito. And back in 2018, she paid a record $38 million for an East Coast traditional-style estate on one of the best streets in Pacific Palisades.
    Chris Cortazzo at Compass handled both sides of the transaction. See more photos of the home below:
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    Sylvester Stallone Snaps Up a $35 Million Palm Beach Estate

    It’s definitely no foxhole in the Vietnamese jungle! The evergreen, ever-buff movie star that is Sylvester Stallone appears to have joined the growing bandwagon of ungodly rich celebs heading to high-nosed and insanely wealthy Palm Beach, Fla., seeking a sun-soaked, tax-friendly lifestyle. Like Palm Beachers before them Sly and his wife Jennifer Flavin opened the floodgates of their bank accounts with the hefty $35.4 million purchase of a waterfront estate, as was initially reported by the Palm Beach Daily News.
    The gated Bermuda-style compound was built in 2014 and sprawls across roughly 1.5 landscaped acres with an attractive cross-hatch patterned motor court lined with tropical plantings. Just walking the palm-tree-clustered grounds of the more-than 13,200-square-foot, seven-bedroom, 12-bathroom property is likely to be a good calorie burn for the gym obsessed septuagenarian action flick superstar. In addition to the main house, the estate includes two guest houses, one of them a stand-alone waterside pavilion, plus an open-air cabana that faces a keyhole-shaped pool surrounded by manicured lawns and swaying palms. A separate semi-circular spa is sited just a few feet away from the sandy water’s edge.
    One of the home’s spacious bathrooms.  Realtor.com

    A spacious living room sports vast expanses of floor-to-ceiling windows and lustrous wood cladding on the ceiling, while the seller’s Basquiat painting adds arty sophistication to the formal dining room that easily seats fourteen. With sleek, premium-quality designer appliances and striated wood cabinets polished to a light-reflecting sheen, the kitchen is plenty roomy enough to float a table in the center of the room for casual family meals.
    Upstairs, the spacious master bedroom takes in shimmering water views and incorporates a bedroom-sized walk-in closet and dressing room, and an en-suite master bath that showcases two walls of windows around a soaking tub and glass enclosed shower area. A nearby fitness room is a long way from the sweaty Philly boxing rings where Rocky cut his teeth.
    Wood-clad cathedral ceilings add grandeur to the detached guest pavilion that comprises an airy lounge with lacquered wet bar and fireplace. French doors dramatically open to estate’s 250 feet of private water frontage.
    The home’s in-ground pool.  Realtor.com

    According to the Palm Beach Daily News, Sly purchased the property from Ronald and Cindy McMackin — owners of Pan-Pacific Mechanical, an obviously very successful pipe design and manufacturing concern — who paid $26.65 million for the posh spread in September 2018. The 24-month mark-up of almost $10 million is indicative of the stratospheric price increases in South Florida’s luxury market. Broker Lawrence Moens of Lawrence A. Moens Associates represented the McMackins in the sale of the property, which was listed at $37.85 million. Interestingly enough, Moens was once the owner of the poperty, expanding its construction when he took it on from original developer in 2012 with the intent of completing it for his own use. Christian Angle of Christian Angle Real Estate represented Stallone and Flavin.
    Stallone, who has a long history with the south Florida area and sold a grand estate near Coconut Grove in 1999 for $16.2 million, has long made his primary home in the over-the-top gated community of Beverly Park in Beverly Hills, Calif., where his nearby neighbors include Paul Reiser and the longtime home of late media and entertainment tycoon Sumner Redstone. Until last summer, he and Flavin also maintained an almost 4,900-square-foot getaway in an elite and guard-gated golf club the upscale California desert community of La Quinta that was acquired a decade ago for $4.5 million and, after several failed attempts, finally sold for $3.15 million, a nearly $1.5 million loss. See more photos of the home below:
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    Elisium – A $32 Million Oceanfront Estate In The Bahamas

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    LOCATION: Islands End, Ocean Club Estates, Paradise Island, Bahamas
    SQUARE FOOTAGE: 23,000
    BEDROOMS & BATHROOMS: 9 bedrooms & 14 bathrooms
    PRICE: $32,000,000
    This oceanfront estate, dubbed “Elisium”, is located on Islands End in the Ocean Club Estates on Paradise Island in the Bahamas.

    It boasts a main house and guest house. There is a total of 23,000 square feet of living space with 9 bedrooms and 11 full & 3 half bathrooms. The main house features approximately 20,000 square feet of living space with 7 bedrooms, 2-story foyer with double staircase, hallway with 2 aquariums, 2-story great room, formal dining room, gourmet kitchen, separate prep kitchen, garage and more. The guest house features approximately 3,000 square feet of living space with 2 bedrooms, living room, dining room and kitchen.
    Outdoor features include two gated entrances, saltwater pond, balconies & patios, kitchen/BBQ, 2 showers, infinity pool, private beach, boat dock and a zero-entry pool grotto with caves, waterfalls and a spa.
    The estate comes partially furnished and also comes with a Range Rover Vogue, a Porsche Panamera, a Commander 1000 ATV, a golf cart and two brand-new 350 jet skis.
    It is listed at $32,000,000. More

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    Contemporary Oceanfront Home In Victoria, Australia (FLOOR PLANS)

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    LOCATION: 90 King Street, Flinders, Victoria, Australia
    SQUARE FOOTAGE: 10,000+
    BEDROOMS & BATHROOMS: 6 bedrooms & 7 bathrooms
    PRICE: Available Upon Request

    This contemporary style oceanfront home is located at 90 King Street in Flinders, Victoria, Australia.
    It features over 10,000 square feet of living space with 6 bedrooms, 7 bathrooms, foyer with staircase, elevator, open concept living & dining rooms, 2 kitchens, home theater, gym, wine cellar, garage and more.
    Outdoor features include a gated entrance, car port, courtyard, balconies & patios, deck, swimming pool and a spa. More