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    Derek Jeter Lists Florida Home For $29 Million (PHOTOS)

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    Former professional baseball player Derek Jeter has just listed his Florida waterfront home for $29 million. Located at 58 Bahama Circle in Tampa, the massive home was built in 2011 and is situated on 1.2 acres of land. It features approximately 22,000 square feet of living space with 7 bedrooms, 16 bathrooms, floating staircase, elevator, 2-story great room, formal dining room, gourmet kitchen with double islands, breakfast/family room, office, lounge with wet bar, home theater, gym, 6-car garage and more. Outdoor features include 2 gated entrances, motor court, porte-cochere, terraces, kitchen/BBQ, swimming pool with spa and a dock. More

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    $65 Million Townhouse In NYC (FLOOR PLANS)

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    LOCATION: 8 E 62nd Street, New York, New York
    SQUARE FOOTAGE: 14,825
    BEDROOMS & BATHROOMS: 6 bedrooms & 8 bathrooms
    PRICE: $65,000,000
    This 6-story limestone townhouse is located at 8 E 62nd Street in New York, New York.

    It features approximately 14,825 square feet of living space with 6 bedrooms, 8 bathrooms, foyer with staircase, elevator, 2-story formal living room, formal dining room, gourmet kitchen, library, wet bar and more.
    Outdoor features include a rooftop terrace.
    It is listed at $65,000,000. More

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    Home of the Week: Inside Chrissy Teigen and John Legend’s $24 Million Beverly Hills Home

    Power couple Chrissy Teigen and John Legend have listed their 8,250-square-foot Beverly Hills mansion for $23.95 million. The 41-year-old Oscar-winning singer and his 34-year-old model-turned-cookbook-author wife, bought the home—formerly owned by singer Rihanna and originally built in the mid-1960s—in 2016, paying a reported $14.1 million.

    They called in their long-time interiors guru Don Stewart, of LA-based Desiderata Design to transform the stark-white interior to a warmer look, better-suited to their growing family. The couple will welcome their third child next spring.

    Top of the list for the makeover was a state-of-the-art, professional-grade kitchen to help with Teigen’s cooking videos and culinary creations. It includes no fewer than three ovens, two stovetops, twin refrigerators and miles of Italian quartz countertops. Fans of the former Sports Illustrated model’s Instagram posts will likely recognize the kitchen from its appearance in her cooking videos.
    The other major upgrade? Closets. Huge, Rodeo-Drive-worthy closets for both Teigen’s and Legend’s high-fashion duds. Teigen’s closet—she calls it the “glam room”—features walls of glass-fronted wardrobes and plentiful shelving for her handbag and shoe collections.
    The house’s special finishes include some dramatic ceiling, wall and floor treatments. In the living room mandala-patterned designs from Thailand decorate the ceiling, the floor is made of ebonized cerused oak and a clay-and-steel-rolled effect highlights the walls.
    Steps away in the formal dining room, the ceilings are adorned with delicate plaster moldings with rich, coppery, hand-rubbed finishes on the massive sliding partition doors.
    Chrissy Teigen and John Legend’s Beverly Hills home.  Photo: Anthony Barcelo/Douglas Elliman

    Naturally the main living area features a grand piano, set alongside shelves showcasing Legend’s numerous awards—he’s the youngest entertainer to have achieved the elusive EGOT, short for Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony, for his remarkable catalog of music that ranges from his songs “Ordinary People,” “All of Me” and “Green Light” to “Glory” from the film Selma.
    All seven bedrooms are ensuite and have glass-edged balconies, with the sprawling master featuring high ceilings, along with a striking fireplace and jaw-dropping, distressed-gold-finished chimney front. In the master bath there’s a free-standing stone tub in front of a large picture window.

    The living room with its baby grand piano.  Photo: Anthony Barcelo/Douglas Elliman

    The home also includes a well-equipped gym and cozy movie theater with a popcorn machine and impressive stock of candy jars. The Legend kids are Luna 2, and Miles, 1.
    Outside there’s an expansive deck with stunning canyon views. Here you’ll find a heated saltwater pool, jacuzzi, chef’s kitchen and wood-fired pizza oven. Close by is a grapevine-wrapped, shaded pergola for al fresco dining.
    Less than 25 days after listing the estate, the couple has an offer.
    The remodeled kitchen that starred in Teigen’s cooking demos.  Photo: Anthony Barcelo/Douglas Elliman

    As to the identity of the buyer: “Wild horses couldn’t pull that out of me,” says listing agent Marshall Peck, of Douglas Elliman Beverly Hills, who brokered the deal.
    And no, he wasn’t at all surprised the seven-bedroom, eight bathroom property close to Laurel Canyon and just south of Mulholland Drive, went to contract so quickly.
    “It’s a truly spectacular property. We were having showings almost every day. It has the most exquisite, high-end finishes of any home I’ve ever seen. Add to that the location, the views, the 33-foot high ceilings. It’s all just spectacular,” adds Peck.
    The formal dining room has dramatic finishes.  Photo: Anthony Barcelo/Douglas Elliman

    According to TopTenRealEstateDeals.com which showcases the home, the family is now on the hunt for a bigger property in the LA area.
    In the meantime, there’s plenty of room at the couple’s $9 million, 2,600-square-foot duplex penthouse in the landmark Brewster Carriage House in New York’s NoLIta neighborhood. They bought it in 2018.
    With maybe an eye to the future, in April this year they splashed another $7.7 million for the 3,500-square-foot, three-floor penthouse right next door in the same building. Expect the sound of jack hammers soon.
    Scroll down for more views of the couple’s Beverly Hills home, before they move out.
    The master bedroom.  Photo: Anthony Barcelo/Douglas Elliman

    Teigen’s display shelves in the walk-in closet.  Photo: Anthony Barcelo/Douglas Elliman

    The massive walk-in closet.  Photo: Anthony Barcelo/Douglas Elliman

    The master bath.  Photo: Anthony Barcelo/Douglas Elliman

    Walls of windows open to the outdoors.  Photo: Anthony Barcelo/Douglas Elliman

    The TV room.  Photo: Anthony Barcelo/Douglas Elliman

    The kids’ playroom.  Photo: Anthony Barcelo/Douglas Elliman

    The personal fitness studio.  Photo: Anthony Barcelo/Douglas Elliman

    The screening room.  Photo: Anthony Barcelo/Douglas Elliman

    The outdoor terrace.  Photo: Anthony Barcelo/Douglas Elliman

    The pool.  Photo: Anthony Barcelo/Douglas Elliman More

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    Superman Moves On: Shaq Lists His 31,000-Square-Foot Florida Mansion for $19.5 Million

    Outsized NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal has put his gargantuan mega-mansion just outside Orlando, Fla., along the reedy shore of Lake Butler inside the guarded gates of the prestigious Isleworth Golf & Country Club, on the market at $19.5 million, an elephantine number by any standard but a fortune less than the Panglossian $28 million asking price the four-acre estate was saddled with when he first attempted to sell it a couple years ago.

    Now a sports analyst for TNT’s “Inside the NBA,” the retired 7’1” Hall of Fame center bought the property in 1993 for $4 million and transformed what was a Neocolonial villa of around 23,000 square feet into an epic, ultra-custom extravaganza of 31,000 square feet. In addition to the 12 bedrooms and 11 bathrooms plus four powder rooms, the supersized home offers all the usual high-end touches and amenities, plus a cigar bar with walk-in humidor, a soundproofed theater and an Egyptian-themed room with a triangular saltwater fish tank at its center. There’s garage parking for 17 or more cars and, natch, a 6,000-square-foot indoor basketball court. One of the several family rooms features the front section of a big rig truck with the word “Diesel,” one of the basketballer’s many nicknames, painted across the bumper. The oversize circular bed in the nearly 1,000-square-foot master suite is emblazoned with the Superman logo. Outside, there’s a 15-foot-deep and 95-foot-long swimming pool along with a tiki cabana, an outdoor kitchen—and 700 feet of lake frontage with a private, two-slip boat dock.
    As you’d expect, the home comes complete with a basketball court.  Courtesy of Atlas Team/Compass

    Listing agents for the property are Tiffany Pantozzi, Jared Ringel and Chris Franciosa of The Atlas Team at Compass.
    Shaq’s other residential holdings include a not quite 15-acre semirural suburban estate about 30 miles outside of downtown Atlanta that he scooped up in 2017 for $1.15 million. And, in 2018, he dropped just over $1.8 million for a 5,200-square-foot home in suburban L.A.’s guard-gated Bell Canyon community—a residence that’s on the market at close to $2.3 million after it initially came for sale late last year at $2.5 million. See more photos of the home below:

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    Kathy Griffin Lists Beverly Hills Home For $16 Million

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    LOCATION: 11782 Southampton Court, Beverly Hills, California
    SQUARE FOOTAGE: 13,377
    BEDROOMS & BATHROOMS: 8 bedrooms & 12 bathrooms
    PRICE: $15,995,000

    Comedian Kathy Griffin has just listed her Beverly Hills home for just under $16 million. Located at 11782 Southampton Court, the contemporary style home features approximately 13,377 square feet of living space with 8 bedrooms, 12 bathrooms, foyer with staircase, elevator, formal living & dining rooms, gourmet kitchen, breakfast room, family room with wet bar, office, lounge with wet bar & wine cellar, home theater, subterranean garage and more.
    Outdoor features include a gated entrance, balcony, patios, kitchen/BBQ, fire pit and an infinity pool with spa. More

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    Tommy Hilfiger Lists Connecticut Estate For $47.5 Million

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    LOCATION: 30 John Street, Greenwich, Connecticut
    SQUARE FOOTAGE: 13,344
    BEDROOMS & BATHROOMS: 6 bedrooms & 11 bathrooms
    PRICE: $47,500,000

    Fashion mogul Tommy Hilfiger has just listed his 22 acre Connecticut estate for $47.5 million. Located at 30 John Street in Greenwich, Connecticut, the historic English style home was built in 1939 and features approximately 13,344 square feet of living space with 6 bedrooms, 11 bathrooms, foyer with staircase, formal living & dining rooms, gourmet kitchen, breakfast room, family room with wet bar, home theater, gym and more.
    There is also a 2 bedroom guesthouse.
    Outdoor features include a gated entrance, patios, gardens, swimming pool and a tennis court. More

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    Teresa Giudice Lists New Jersey Home For $2.5 Million

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    Real Housewives of New Jersey star Teresa Giudice has listed her New Jersey home for just under $2.5 million. Located in Towaco, the home sits on over 3.5 acres of land and features over 9,000 square feet of living space with 6 bedrooms, 6 bathrooms, 2-story foyer with double staircase, 2-story great room, formal dining room, gourmet kitchen, 3-car attached garage, 2-car detached garage and more. Outdoor features include a gated entrance, porte-cochere, pond, patio and a swimming pool. More

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    Priscilla Presley’s Beverly Hills Villa Hits the Market for $16 Million

    When Priscilla Presley’s posh Beverly Hills mansion was last officially listed on the market 45 years ago, her mega-famous ex-husband Elvis Presley was still alive and Gerald Ford had taken over the US presidency from Richard Nixon. Time changes all things, however, and even the good times eventually stop rolling. The storybook seven-bedroom, eight-and-a-half-bathroom villa, spanning just over 8,500 square feet, is now on the market for not quite $16 million. Property records do not show exactly when the now 75-year-old pop culture icon bought the property or how much she paid, but it was not anytime within this millennium.
    Built in 1951 and nestled securely behind imposing gates on just over an acre in a plum part of the 90210, the sprawling, vine-covered villa enjoys a cozy serenity thanks to intricately landscaped gardens and lush vegetation that ensures privacy. The opulent old-world decor is replete with dark, wood beams and archways, ornate stone fireplaces, rich brocades and patterned fabrics-a-plenty. In one of the formal sitting rooms a baby grand piano sits in a corner alcove below a crystal chandelier, a leaded-glass window filling the space with dewy natural light. Velvet curtains hung from an ornate wrought iron valance provide privacy for a dining table while the plushly appointed den is wrapped in dark wood paneling with French doors to the gardens and a fireplace surround that evokes a baronial formal aesthetic. Bedrooms are dispersed throughout the meandering, multi-level home and include a staff bedroom, a separate guest suite atop the garage with private entrance and a secluded master suite that comprises a bedroom with fireplace, dual bathrooms and a private loggia enshrouded in the canopies of mature trees.
    The bedroom, like much of the home, has exposed wood beams across the ceiling.  Courtesy of Redfin

    Wide stairs lead down from intimate terraces that surround the house to a sparkling, tile-accented swimming pool set in a sunny clearing and surrounded by brick terracing. An outdoor fireplace has the estate’s name, Cosa Nostra, carved into it and there’s even an all-but-hidden grass tennis court that is in keeping with the home’s European ambiance.
    Jonah Wilson of Hilton & Hyland has the listing.
    Presley has been involved in numerous Elvis related business endeavors over the years, most recently opening the doors to their former Nashville residence for Hallmark Channel to film various movies including “Wedding At Graceland,” and an animated adult series with Netflix and Sony Pictures, entitled “Agent King,” which will focus on her former husband’s work for the U.S. government.
    Last year Presley sold a ranch style home  in L.A.’s Brentwood for $3.8 million, earning an exponential profit on the $170,000 paid for the property way back in 1976, three years after she and Elvis were divorced. The home had been purchased for her mother, and at the time it was sold, was in need of considerable updating and repairs. See more photos of the home below: More