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    Muse’s Matt Bellamy Asks $40,000 Per Month for L.A. Rental House

    On top of being a Grammy-winning musician, Matt Bellamy is also quite the real estate investor. The frontman for the British rock band Muse owns many homes in the Los Angeles area, including this sleek Pacific Palisades residence. And if you’ve got an extra $40,000 a month burning a proverbial hole in your pocket, you could have the honor of calling him your landlord.

    With six bedrooms and seven baths spread across a little more than 6,600 square feet of living space, the custom-designed home offers more than enough room to relax in style. Bellamy, who is married to actress and model Elle Evans, purchased the Cape Cod-style house in early May for $7.5 million. His L.A.-area holdings also include a 1950s home in Malibu that he picked up from comedian and radio personality Adam Corolla back in 2014, along with a Sierra Towers condo and primary residence in Brentwood; he sold another Malibu home in late January for a speck under $4.8 million—around $2 million more than he paid for the place in spring 2016.

    As for Bellamy’s newly listed rental, the tan wood-shingled structure was built in 2013 and is just minutes from Palisades Village. Highlights include a staircase-clad entry foyer, which flows to a fireside living room and an adjacent dining area. A spacious family room sporting a fireplace and built-in shelving connects to the gourmet kitchen, which is outfitted with bespoke cabinetry, an eat-in island, top-tier Wolf appliances, and an accompanying breakfast nook holding a workstation.

    An eat-in kitchen connects to a formal dining area and a fireside family room.

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    Elsewhere is a wood-paneled office, a screening room, a bonus space, and an inviting primary suite resting beneath a vaulted ceiling and boasting a fireplace, a sitting area, an ocean-view balcony, a walk-in closet, and a luxe marble bath with dual vanities, a dressing area, a soaking tub, and a glass-encased shower. Outdoors, the hedge-lined backyard hosts a waterfall-fed swimming pool and spa, a barbecue station, and a fire-pit conversation area. There’s also an attached three-car garage out front; and for an extra $5,000 per month, the deluxe digs come completely furnished.

    Lea Porter of The Beverly Hills Estates repped Bellamy in the sale, with Jamie Davis and Jonathan Nash of Carolwood Estates serving as the rental agents.

    Click here for more photos of Matt Bellamy’s rental house.

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    Martha Stewart Just Picked Up a $12.3 Million Condo at an Iconic N.Y.C. Building

    Was it the fact that the New York City building is the site of a popular Hulu mystery-comedy series starring the likes of Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez? Or maybe it’s because the place is within walking distance of the legendary Zabar’s deli and grocery store, where a certain well-known female entrepreneur has reportedly been visiting as of late for some very thinly sliced prosciutto? We might never know. But whatever the case, the attraction was more than sufficient for Martha Stewart and her daughter Alexis to dole out $12.3 million for a chic residence tucked away in The Belnord, aka The Arconia from Only Murders in the Building.

    Last priced at $13.2 million, the duplex unit at the former luxury apartment house went to the lifestyle maven and her media personality offspring at an impressive $6 million discount off the original $18 million ask way back in 2017. Crain’s New York Business, the first to report the transaction, revealed that the seller of the unit was The Belnord’s current developer, Westbrook Partners, which took over a lengthy condo-conversion project from HFZ Capital Group in 2021.

    Nestled within the 12-story, pre-war residential building, Stewart’s new home rests on the top two floors and overlooks the building’s landscaped interior courtyard as well as West 87th Street. Listings show there are six bedrooms and seven baths in 4,600 square feet of Robert A.M. Stern-designed living space boasting north and south exposures, 10-foot ceilings, and solid white oak floors with a mix of chevron and plank patterns.

    Steve Martin, Selena Gomez, and Martin Short on the set of “Only Murders in the Building” at The Belnord, which is used for all exterior and courtyard scenes involving The Arconia.

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    Highlights include a formal entry foyer that leads to a spacious living room sporting a wall of oversized windows. An adjacent dining area connects to a custom-designed Molteni kitchen equipped with custom cabinetry, Calacatta marble countertops, high-end Gaggenau appliances, a 45-bottle Sub-Zero wine refrigerator, and an integrated storage banquette.

    The elegant primary suite holds an outdoor terrace, a large walk-in closet, and a luxe marble-clad bath with radiant heated floors, bespoke vanities, and Kohler, Dornbracht and Kallista fixtures; elsewhere is a powder room flaunting polished Nero Marquina marble and a Snow White marble-carved sink, plus a laundry room equipped with a Whirlpool washer and dryer.

    The Stewarts will be privy to plenty of building amenities and services courtesy of a hefty $4,493 monthly common charge fee, including a 24-hour doorman, an entertainment lounge with a catering kitchen, a plush game room, a double-height sport court, a fitness center, and a children’s playroom.

    In addition to the new home at The Belnord, Stewart’s primary residence is a 156-acre estate in Westchester County, N.Y., that she paid $15.2 million for in 2002. According to Crains, the Emmy Award-winning TV host, entrepreneur, and bestselling author sold the family’s West Village triplex apartment for $31 million early last year, shortly before she and her daughter both signed the deed at The Belnord in April 2023. More

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    Actor Nick Zano Is Selling His Secluded SoCal Retreat for $3.25 Million

    After almost six years of ownership, which included a couple of brief stints on the rental market, Nick Zano has decided to part ways with his home tucked deep into the unincorporated Monte Nido wilderness between Malibu and Calabasas. The veteran actor—probably best known for his role as Vince in the sitcom What I Like About You—is asking a smidge under $3.3 million for the secluded spread, which he and his long-term fellow acting partner Leah Renee originally acquired for nearly $1.6 million back in summer 2018.

    Resting beyond a remote cul-de-sac street and double wood gates, the private residence is sequestered amid park-like grounds dotted with mature oaks and a seasonal creek. Built in the early 1960s and completely remodeled in the years since, the rustic ranch-style house is painted an off-white color with green trim and includes three bedrooms and an equal number of bathrooms in a little more than 2,200 square feet of single-level living space rife with polished concrete floors, vaulted ceilings, casement windows, and designer finishes throughout.

    A raised-hearth fireplace serves as a focal point of the spacious living room.

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    A small covered porch leads to the front door, which opens into open-concept interiors highlighted by a living room accented with a white brick fireplace that stretches to the ceiling, plus a bank of French doors spilling out to a deck. An adjacent dining room abuts the skylight-topped kitchen, which is outfitted with teak cabinetry that was reportedly culled from a midcentury-modern Case Study House, marble countertops, a farmhouse sink, and a vintage Tecnogas range.

    Barn-style doors in the foyer slide open to reveal a cozy den, while the primary suite has walk-in closets and a bath spotlighted by an eye-catching clawfoot soaking tub. Outdoors, the woodsy lot spans nearly three-quarters of an acre and hosts several spots ideally suited to al fresco lounging and dining, as well as a detached garage that’s been converted into a gym.

    A detached garage on the property has been transformed into a fitness space.

    Jason Christopher for Sotheby’s International Realty

    A New Jersey native, the 46-year-old former MTV host first rose to popularity as Vince on The WB’s What I Like About You alongside Amanda Bynes and Jennie Garth in the 2000s. Zano went on to portray lovable historian-turned-superhero Nate Heywood (“Steel”) on Legends of Tomorrow, and most recently, Chad McKnight on Obliterated; and he’s also appeared in Happy Endings, Two Broke Girls, and The Final Destination.

    The listing is held by Tracy Lynn Testin of Sotheby’s International Realty Realty – Malibu Brokerage and Carrie Kasper of Pinnacle Estate Properties.

    Click here for more photos of Nick Zano’s Calabasas house.

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    Sean Hannity’s Long Island Estate Hits the Market for $13.75 Million

    Conservative political commentator Sean Hannity recently made a permanent move from New York to the so-called “free state of Florida.” So, it’s no surprise that the Fox News Channel star has decided to hoist his longtime New York residence in the Long Island enclave of Centre Island up for sale, as was first reported by The Wall Street Journal. He is already broadcasting the network’s Hannity program and The Sean Hannity Show on iHeartRadio from studios in the Sunshine State’s affluent Palm Beach community.

    Nestled amid a grassy parcel of land tucked alongside Oyster Bay, which feeds into the Long Island Sound, the waterfront estate just hit the market for a speck under $13.8 million—or about $5.2 million more than Hannity forked over for the place 16 years ago, back in spring 2008. The listing is held by Shawn Elliott of Nest Seekers International.

    Spanning roughly 6 acres, the picturesque spread is showcased by a New England-style home featuring seven en-suite bedrooms and a total of nine bathrooms in almost 11,000 square feet of multi-level living space, all with access to 500 feet of shoreline and an 81-foot private dock.

    The New England-style home rests on a roughly 6-acre parcel next to Oyster Bay.

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    Completed in 2005, the stone and wood-shingled structure greets with a lengthy gated driveway that empties out at an attached three-car garage. Once inside, a marble-clad foyer flows to a living room with French doors spilling out to a covered terrace warmed by a fire-pit, a formal dining room, and a gourmet kitchen outfitted with custom cabinetry, an eat-in island, top-notch appliances, and an accompanying breakfast nook.

    Other highlights include a fireside family room and a snazzy blue-hued wet bar sporting granite countertops, as well as a sumptuous primary suite boasting a fireplace, a sitting area, a balcony, two walk-in closets, and a spa-inspired bath with dual vanities, a built-in soaking tub, and a glass-encased steam shower. According to Adweek, a fully equipped studio can be found elsewhere within the house.

    As for the lushly landscaped grounds, they’re laced with gardens, manicured lawns, and specimen trees and plantings, and host a swimming pool surrounded by a brick-clad sundeck. There’s also a tennis court, a par-3 golf course, and a separate putting green on the premises.

    In addition to his for-sale New York home, records show the 62-year-old N.Y.C. native owns an oceanfront townhouse in Florida’s South Palm Beach neighborhood that he paid $5.3 million for in early 2021. He also reportedly maintains several other residences in Georgia, Alabama, and North Carolina.

    Click here for more photos of Sean Hannity’s New York house.

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    A California Beach House With a Guitar-Shaped Pool Just Listed for $15 Million

    Good news, music fans! A beach house in Northern California with serious rock ‘n’ roll connections just hit the market. 

    Built in 1920, the storied property in the unincorporated township of Bolinas, a notoriously insular beach town about 30 miles north of San Francisco, is the former abode of Grace Slick, lead singer of Jefferson Airplane. In addition, the oceanfront hideaway has hosted fellow musical legends, including David Crosby and the Grateful Dead’s Jerry Garcia. The 4,074-square-foot spread sits on nearly an acre of land with roughly 400 feet of picturesque beachfrontage along the Pacific Ocean. Most oceanfront homes in Bolinas are perched on high bluffs. Slick’s former hideaway, however, is one of only two properties sited directly on the beach; the other is owned by Marc Pincus, founder of the social gaming powerhouse Zynga.

    On the market for just shy of $15 million, the home has been owned for over 25 years by Mark Talucci, chairman and co-founder of the Sak Group, one of the country’s largest lifestyle accessory companies. Along with its rock star past, the seafront spread was once used as a gathering place for affluent visitors who would arrive from San Francisco by boat, Mansion Global reported, and the dwelling also served at various times as a hotel, a tea house, a bathhouse, and a casino.

    The rock star retreat is one of only two properties in Bolinas with direct beachfrontage.

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    “I couldn’t find anything with this much beachfront property,” Talucci told the listing site. “It’s practically in the ocean and built on a seawall.” The area itself, which is made up of about 1,600 people, offers tons of privacy and has long been a sanctuary for artists and creatives, including actress Frances McDormand, chef Alice Waters, and Third Eye Blind’s Stephan Jenkins. 

    “Bolinas is known for being exclusive and reclusive in that it’s only accessible via unmarked roads, so before the days of GPS, locals would tear down signs on the state route to keep outsiders from finding it,” Kara Warrin of Golden Gate Sotheby’s International Realty told Mansion Global. 

    The kitchen and dining area have unimpeded ocean and coastline views.

    Tom Rohrer, Open Homes Photography

    Altogether, the home has four bedrooms and four bathrooms. Talucci and his wife have painstakingly restored the interiors while keeping the traditional and low-key Northern California beach house look. Think wood shingles, exposed beams, and lots of shiplap. In the kitchen, the couple even went as far as to preserve the home’s original Douglas fir floors. Additional highlights include a main-level primary suite with an outdoor shower and patio, a recreation room with a built-in wet bar, and a sauna. Out back, a nod to the home’s musical pedigree, there’s even a guitar-shaped swimming pool that Slick designed herself in the ‘70s. 

    “The spacious family room was the home of the practice stage where members of Jefferson Airplane, the Grateful Dead, and other legendary musicians crafted songs and jammed late into the evening,” notes the listing. “Like those timeless classics, this home is indeed one for the ages.” 

    Click here to see more photos of 99 Brighton Avenue.

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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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    Russell Wilson and Ciara’s Lakefront Estate in Washington Will Net Them $31 Million

    High-end shopping and lush woodlands are just two of Bellevue, Washington‘s many attractions, alongside its sparkling views of Lake Washington. NFL star Russell Wilson bought a lavish estate in the area in 2015 for $6.7 million. That was three years after being drafted by the Seattle Seahawks, and things heated up with Grammy-nominated singer Ciara. The couple wed a year later, and soon they scooped up the lot next door for another $6.7 million. After 10 years with the Seahawks and two years with the Denver Broncos, Wilson is continuing the 2024 season with the Pittsburgh Steelers, and the family’s opulent digs in Bellevue are now slated to pocket them some big bucks—about $31 million, to be exact.

    The couple built a sports court on the estate and intended to make additional improvements, but instead placed both of the estate’s parcels on the market in April 2022. The parcels were offered separately. The less developed one was quickly sold for $9.75 million, while the lot with the main residence was initially priced at $28 million. The house, set on an acre of waterfront land, saw two price cuts before it landed at its final asking price of $21.25 million. It is currently in contract and expected to close this month, the couple confirmed, and is expected to close at or near the asking price a person familiar with the deal recently told Mansion Global.

    Inside the fireside living room, a curved wall of glass provides a sweeping view over Lake Washington.

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    The Mediterranean-inspired mansion spans over 11,000 square feet with six bedrooms and five en-suite baths, plus a powder room. All three floors are accessible via an elevator and offer 180-degree views of the Seattle skyline. The abode also comes with 164 feet of lakefrontage, which includes a private 60-foot yacht slip.

    A grand rotunda welcomes guests onto the grounds, where the stucco façade pops against lush landscaping. In the foyer, a spiral staircase alludes to the home’s sophisticated appeal beneath a chandelier and coffered ceiling. Swanky features like stone-encased fireplaces and windowed alcoves enhance the living room and formal dining room. The gourmet kitchen, meanwhile, offers access to high-end appliances such as a gas range and two Sub-Zero fridges, plus a massive breakfast bar island. Other upscale amenities featured in the home include a theater, a wine room, two fitness studios, a recording studio, two offices, a sunroom, and an au pair suite.

    The glamorous primary bedroom has a circular alcove seating area and a lake-view balcony.

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    The spacious primary suite is extraordinary, featuring a wood-burning fireplace and stunning lake views from a circular alcove lined with picture windows. Naturally, it includes a deluxe en-suite bath replete with a soaking tub, shower, and expansive sink space. The suite’s light-filled walk-in closet is another appealing feature, with an excess of drawers and hanging spaces. A glam room with a fireplace adjoins to the closet.

    Even compared to its glowing sunset views of the cityscape, the two-story treehouse, no doubt built for the couple’s four kids, is arguably the highlight of the grounds. A spiral staircase provides access to the whimsical structure that’s covered in a grassy material, like something out of a storybook.

    Elsewhere, the new owner can take in the open views from the patio with a firepit or head down to the dock to set sail for evening boat rides. Having the option is nice, right? Carmen Gayton of Windermere Real Estate holds the listing.

    Click here for more images Ciara and Russell Wilson’s Bellevue home.

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    Demetrius Simms is a digital staff writer at Robb Report. Following a brief stint in public relations, their work has now appeared in lifestyle and culture publications such as Men’s Health, Complex…

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    F1’s Charles Leclerc Snaps Up a Condo at One of South Florida’s Ritziest New Towers

    Though it’s not even set to make its debut for at least three more years, Two Roads Development’s glassy prism-shaped residential tower in Miami’s trendy Edgewater neighborhood has already snagged a hot new resident. According to Miami Real Investment, 26-year-old Formula 1 racer Charles Leclerc has officially picked up a waterfront “Signature Residence” at Edition Residences, Miami Edgewater, adding to a property portfolio that includes a lavish apartment in his birthplace of Monaco.

    Hans Baumgartner, the real estate broker who repped Leclerc in the recently inked deal, declined to identify exactly which of the building’s 185 units the successful Ferrari driver purchased or how much he spent. But these particular condos span the 10th to 40th floors of the 55-story Bayshore Drive tower and start at $3.1 million.

    Charles Leclerc relaxes in the $10 million sales gallery at Edition Residences, Miami Edgewater (right).

    Charles Leclerc; Two Roads Development

    Per marketing materials, open-concept floor plans for the two- to three-bedroom Signature Residences range from 2,315 square feet to 2,709 square feet and feature Studio Munge-designed living space adorned throughout, with high ceilings, floor-to-ceiling walls of glass, and expansive terraces framing picturesque Miami Beach skyline, Biscayne Bay and Atlantic Ocean vistas.

    Additional highlights include private elevator lobbies and spacious great rooms holding combination living and dining areas. They’re nestled alongside bespoke Italkraft kitchens outfitted with eat-in islands and top-tier Wolfe and Sub-Zero appliances. There are also grand primary suites with walk-in closets, as well as spa-inspired baths equipped with dual vanities, stone countertops, freestanding soaking tubs and showers.

    Floor plans include open-concept great rooms sporting living and dining areas flanked by a gourmet kitchen.

    Two Roads Development

    Leclerc will be privy to 45,000 square feet of indoor/outdoor amenities, including lush waterfront gardens designed by landscape architecture firm ESDA, a cabana-lined swimming pool and cinema, a poolside garden lounge and bar, a fitness center and yoga studio, pickleball courts, a full-service spa operated by Edition, a boardroom, a library lounge, six guest suites and an on-site restaurant.

    Perhaps sparking Leclerc’s attention the most? A high-tech racing simulator, which promises to offer residents “an extraordinary and adrenaline-pumping experience.”

    The property’s swimming pool is lined with cabanas.

    Two Roads Development

    “We are continuing to see increased interest from international, high-profile and celebrity buyers who are attracted to the tower’s heightened level of security and privacy,” Taylor Collins, managing partner of Two Roads Development, said in a press statement. “With our development deeply rooted in hospitality, buyers feel a deep connection to the curated lifestyle the Edition brand offers.”

    Construction on the global hotel brand’s first standalone residences in Miami is set to begin later this year, with an estimated delivery timeframe of 36 months. Sales and marketing duties are being exclusively handled by Douglas Elliman Development Marketing, a division of Douglas Elliman Realty. More

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    A Late Guitar Legend’s Former Beverly Hills House Can Be Yours for $3 Million

    With the recent passing of Duane Eddy at age 86, there’s no better time to showcase this striking midcentury modern once called home by the electric guitar virtuoso widely known for his signature “twang” sound. The man who influenced rock strummers ranging from Jimi Hendrix to Bruce Springsteen occupied the residence for around six years, beginning in 1963, and the place just popped up for sale in a canyon high above Beverly Hills, asking a smidge under $3 million.

    Last sold in the spring of 2021 for $1.8 million to local real estate agents Derek Devore and Marisa San Antonio, and then transferred last year to Zen Estates LLC, the home was completed in the early ’60s. Featured inside the creamy stucco and terracotta-roof structure are three bedrooms and a matching number of baths filtered across a little more than 2,400 square feet of single-level living space, all of it adorned throughout with a mix of tile and light hardwood floors, high vaulted ceilings, and walls of glass framing picturesque canyon views.

    The formal dining area overlooks a living room that opens to an al fresco lounging deck.

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    A staircase nestled alongside a gated driveway and an attached two-car garage leads up to the ebony-hued front door, which opens to a formal dining area overlooking a spacious living room sporting a massive white brick fireplace with a floating hearth and built-in firewood storage, plus sliding glass doors spilling out to one of several decks. An adjacent kitchen displays a skylight, sleek white cabinetry, newer stainless appliances, and an accompanying breakfast nook with access to the outdoors.

    Elsewhere is a cozy family room, as well as a primary suite with its own deck and dual-vanity bath. Outdoors, the secluded grounds span almost one-third of an acre and host terraced gardens amid a lush tree canopy, along with an open-air cabana flanking a brick-lined pool surrounded by a grassy lawn.

    A freeform pool sits next to an open-air cabana.

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    Per the listing, which is held by Steve Frankel of Coldwell Banker Realty, plans have also been approved to convert the aforementioned garage into an accessory dwelling unit. And, lastly, the abode is also right down the street from the one-time home of Nancy Sinatra, which sold for $3 million in October.

    Born in Corning, N.Y., Eddy started playing guitar at age 5 and went on to become a successful instrumental recording artist in the late ’50s and ’60s with hits like Forty Miles of Bad Road, Because They’re Young, and Cannonball. Along the way, the self-taught musician influenced numerous rock guitarists, including George Harrison, Jimi Hendrix, and Bruce Springsteen, the latter of whom paid homage to Eddy in Born to Run. Inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1994, the same year his original hit recording of Rebel Rouser appeared in the movie Forrest Gump, he died on April 30 from complications of cancer.

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