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David Spade Drops $9 Million on an All-New SoCal Beach Getaway
Over the course of his 35-year career, prolific actor and stand-up comic David Spade has amassed a considerable fortune. And two years ago, he put his financial wherewithal on public display, slamming down nearly $14 million on an all-new mansion in the Hollywood Hills, perched directly above L.A.’s bustling Sunset Strip.
Any industry star with an A-list-sized bank account also requires an impressive beach house, and Spade has now added that very thing to his portfolio. Records reveal the 59-year-old Michigan native just forked out $9.5 million for another all-new house, this one sited in the breezy and fiendishly expensive Cameo Highlands community down in Newport Beach’s Corona Del Mar neighborhood, about an hour south of Los Angeles by car.
Unfortunately, because the house was only just completed and was not on the market at the time of Spade’s purchase, photos are scant. But we do know that the landlocked beach pad, which sits a short jaunt above Pacific Coast Highway, sports dazzling ocean and sunset views from its hillside perch. Contemporary and flooded with natural light via oversized windows, the single-story residence offers four bedrooms and 4.5 bathrooms in about 3,800 square feet of living space.
Designed by local architect Mark Teale and built on speculation by developer Nicholson Companies, the house includes an open floorplan with an atrium entryway, a media room, a large office, and a central great room headlined by a chic, European-style kitchen flaunting premium SubZero and Miele appliances.
Other highlights, according to renderings and prior marketing details, are not limited to an infinity-edged pool and spa, a state-of-the-art solar panel system, and a loggia-covered patio ideal for al fresco dining and entertaining. All four bedrooms feature ensuite bathrooms, and the entire home is bathed in a soft, neutral color palette that allows the view and the ocean to be the visual stars of this real estate show.
And while the house does not offer direct beach access, it’s just a short distance from famed Crystal Cove State Beach, as well as minutes from the numerous dining and shopping destinations of Laguna Beach and Newport.
In addition to his main residence in the Hollywood Hills and his new Corona Del Mar getaway, Spade also maintains a cozy $2.3 million bungalow near West Hollywood. Brenda McCroskey of Compass held the Corona Del Mar listing; Stuart Vetterick of Hilton & Hyland repped the buyer. More
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Rams Quarterback Matt Stafford Throws Down a Record $28 Million on an L.A. Estate
Out in the famously affluent Southern California community of Hidden Hills, the sales price record has been broken once again. An all-new spec mansion set atop a high ridge has quietly transferred for $28.2 million, making it the priciest area home ever sold and comfortably besting a $26 million Hidden Hills deal recorded earlier this year.
Records reveal the buyers are Matthew and Kelly Stafford, he the $160 million man who led the Los Angeles Rams to Super Bowl LVI victory. As it turns out, the couple’s new mansion on the hill happens to sit right next door to a 1980s red-brick house and vineyard that the Staffords have owned since March 2022, when they bought it for $10.5 million. With the acquisition of the more modern estate next door, they now preside over a 3-acre compound with two extravagant homes and two swimming pools, all of it collectively valued at nearly $40 million.
An aerial view shows Stafford’s new $28 million house (right) next door to the $10.5 million vineyard estate he bought last year. Combined, the two estates give him more than 3 acres of prime hilltop land.
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The Staffords really love Hidden Hills—they’ve now owned at least five houses in the guard-gated neighborhood within the past three years alone. Last year, they sold a glassy mansion elsewhere in the enclave for $21 million to private aviation CEO Bill Papariella.
And while it was just built this year, the new Stafford homestead lies atop hallowed celebrity ground. After all, the hilltop lot represents one-half of a giant property once owned by Jennifer Lopez, who lived there from 2010-2017. During Lopez’s ownership, the estate sported a huge house that she extensively redecorated. But in 2021, that older mansion was demolished, and the estate was broken up into two separate parcels. Stafford’s $28 million house sits on one of those parcels, while the other parcel is occupied by another brand-new spec mansion that’s currently listed for sale on then open market, saddled with a whopping $40 million asking price.
Stafford’s new house and the house next door replaced Jennifer Lopez’s former Hidden Hills mansion, which was demolished in 2021 by developers.
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Since construction was only recently completed on Stafford’s new home, and the property sold entirely off-market, we were unable to dig up any interior photos. But online resources reveal confirm the place is huge—sporting at least 15,000 square feet of living space—and is a striking glassy contemporary-meets-modern farmhouse sort of structure, with a dash of Napa Valley retreat style thrown in for good measure. The many-gabled roofline is juxtaposed against broad expanses of glass and a wood- and stone-sided exterior.
Hidden Hills, a guard-gated community deep in L.A.’s San Fernando Valley, has become the unofficial hangout spot for the Rams. In addition to Stafford, other residents include Cooper Kupp, Jalen Ramsey, Aaron Donald and Sean McVay. More
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Zoe Saldana Drops $17 Million on a Grand Old Montecito Estate
Today’s real estate market is sluggish, but Zoe Saldana has not been deterred by the slowdown. Last week, the Daily Mail revealed—and property records confirm—that the prolific Hollywood actress, 45, was the buyer who earlier this year paid $17.5 million for a historic estate in prime Montecito, complete with sweeping mountain and ocean views.
Built circa 1930, the home was designed by prolific Santa Barbara architect George Washington Smith. In 1933, following Smith’s death, the Spanish Revival-style villa was expanded by Lutah Maria Riggs, the noted pioneer who became Santa Barbara’s first licensed female architect. In the 90 years since, much of the estate’s original period details have survived — the light fixtures, tilework and windows remain largely intact — though the place has also seen upgrades over the years.
Owned by the same family for the past several decades, the house first hit the market last December, asking $18.9 million. It’s perhaps not surprising that Saldana saw the place as a prime candidate for an overhaul—as noted by Siteline Santa Barbara, the quirky old house has a very atypical floorplan. There are two guest bedrooms on the main floor, neither of which currently sports an ensuite bathroom. The kitchen, while large, appears to have undergone an unfortunate 1980s remodel. And upstairs, there’s a third guest bedroom that is only accessible via traipsing through the carpeted master bedroom.
The rambling 1930s mansion is surrounded by lush grounds equipped with a swimming pool and full-size tennis court.
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Still, some quirkiness is to be expected in an old house, and charm abounds here. There are rambling hallways that seem to go on forever, a gorgeous wood-paneled library with floor-to-ceiling bookshelves, intricately crafted ceilings, and grand public rooms with big windows.
And then there are the 4.7 acres of grounds, where vast terraces spill out to gardens containing dozens of ancient oaks, charmingly overgrown flowers and grassy lawns. A proper north/south tennis court abuts a classically oval swimming pool. Also on the estate are a detached art studio, a guesthouse with ocean views, two three-car garages and a two-bedroom staff apartment attached to the main house.
In addition to their newly-acquired Montecito classic, Saldana and her husband Marco Perego also maintain a lavish tennis court estate in the mountains above Beverly Hills. That property, once owned by Kimora Lee Simmons, was up for grabs at $16.5 million over the fall but is now available for longterm lease at a princely $47,500 per month. More
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Restoration Hardware’s CEO Pays $28 Million for His Second Malibu Beach House
Move over Larry Ellison, there’s a new mogul cutting into your longtime Malibu turf. On exclusive Carbon Beach, where Ellison owns no fewer than 13 houses, two eye-catching contemporary homes recently sold. Back in August, a 5,600-square-foot 1990s build went for $26.7 million, and now a 4,000-square-foot stunner about 12 doors away just closed for $28.5 million.
Records reveal both lavish beach houses were bought by the same man: Gary Friedman, the billionaire chief executive of the high-end furnishings juggernaut formerly known as Restoration Hardware.
It’s not clear why Friedman wants or needs two spacious and vaguely similar-looking houses on the same stretch of sand, but it’s entirely possible that one will serve as his temporary “crash pad” while the other is undergoing renovations, or perhaps one is intended to be guesthouse for friends and family.
Friedman’s second Carbon Beach house is a 1950s structure that’s been radically reimagined in recent years.
Whatever the case, Friedman’s latest acquisition has a bit of a interesting ownership history. From 2018 until 2021, the house was owned by billionaire Robert F. Smith, who used the place as a high-end income property, frequently renting the place out to short-term tenants. In late 2021, Smith sold the house for $21.8 million to noted property developer Saffron Case and her husband Timothy. The Cases held onto the place for two years, giving it a thorough remodel, before flipping it to Friedman for the aforementioned $28.5 million.
Guarded by an electronic driveway gate, the redwood-sided structure includes an expansive great room adorned with custom rift cabinetry and plaster walls, plus a separate bar area. Fully remodeled, the kitchen includes stone countertops and white oak cabinetry. Three of the home’s bedrooms are located on the main floor, while the lavish primary suite rungs the full length of the house and includes a private office, a spa-style bathroom and boutique-style closet.
Out back, a 60-foot wooden deck fronts the beach. Ideal for entertaining, the backyard area also includes a built-in barbecue center, a fire-pit and an outdoor shower for hosing off the sand.
With just one brief interruption, Friedman has been CEO of RH, the company formerly known as Restoration Hardware since 2001, and has overseen multiple reinventions of the luxury home furnishings retailer. Today, the San Francisco native sports a net worth that tops $1.6 billion, per Forbes. In addition to his two new Carbon Beach retreats, he also maintains a Beverly Hills mansion, that recently popped up for sale with a $44 million asking price. Last year, the San Francisco native sold a half-built Los Angeles estate for $24 million to an anonymous buyer. More
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Television Super-Producer Marcy Carsey Drops Millions on Her 13th California House
She already owns at least 12 multimillion-dollar homes scattered across Southern California, including four extravagant Malibu properties collectively worth upwards of $150 million, but Marcy Carsey is still flush with syndication cash. And so it’s no surprise that the real estate fanatic and retired TV super-producer (“That ’70s Show,” “Roseanne,” “The Cosby Show,” “3rd Rock From the Sun”) was the buyer who recently shoveled out $5 million for a Brentwood home that’s right next door to another house she already owns.
Because Carsey’s latest acquisition was never on the market, photos and details are scant. But tax records indicate the modern-style home last sold in 1987, going for about $1.4 million to a non-famous medical doctor. Sited a few blocks south of Sunset Boulevard and originally built in the 1950s, the house offers four bedrooms and three bathrooms in 2,100 square feet of living space. There’s also a detached building of some sort on the 0.32-acre premises, likely a garage but possibly a converted guesthouse. The place is unusually private, set at the end of a tiny cul-de-sac and obscured from public view by multiple palm trees.
Carsey has owned the house next door since 2007, when she bought it for $4.4 million. But it’s not clear if the legendary TV producer has ever actually spent a night at that 1930s Tudor-style stucture—the property is or was reportedly occupied by her adult daughter Rebecca, while Carsey’s main residence has long been a far larger and more extravagant estate in the nearby Brentwood Park neighborhood.
Carsey’s latest acquisition gives her a two-house, two-pool compound at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac.
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Whatever the case, Carsey’s new $10 million compound gives her about two-thirds of an acre on a posh Brentwood cul-de-sac, plus two swimming pools and two houses with a combined 5,600 square feet of living space. The property is just a short drive to the popular Brentwood Country Mart, and a very short walk to Marilyn Monroe’s final residence.
Carsey, 79, sports a personal net worth widely believed to top $500 million. In addition to her many properties in Malibu and Brentwood, the Massachusetts native also owns homes in the California neighborhoods of Montecito, Pacific Palisades and Westwood, plus a ski chalet in Park City, Utah.
Carsey’s longtime Malibu estate served as Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston’s extravagant July 2000 wedding venue.
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Perhaps Carsey’s most impressive—and certainly her most valuable—house is her clifftop mansion on Malibu’s Encinal Bluffs, which happens to sit right next door to Kim Kardashian’s smaller $70 million vacation house. Astute celebrity followers may recall that way back in 2000, Carsey’s Encinal Bluffs estate served as Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston’s heavily publicized wedding venue. More
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Tennis Icon John McEnroe’s Former N.Y.C. Apartment Can Be Yours for $9.8 Million
The former Manhattan home of tennis ace John McEnroe has been lobbed onto the market, and you can score the athlete’s one-time pad for $9.8 million.
The Grand Slam champion sold his Upper West Side co-op back in 2013 for a cool $3.1 million, and since then, the apartment has been expanded into a four-bed, four-bath combo unit, Mansion Global first reported. Located on Central Park West, the ESPN commentator’s former crib sits on the fourth floor of The Beresford, a designated New York City landmark. Along with Johnny Mac, the esteemed prewar building has played host to dozens of famous tenants since it was built in 1929. Most notably, Diana Ross, Meryl Streep, Jerry Seinfeld, and Diane Sawyer have all lived there, while New York Yankees legend Alex Rodriguez purchased a unit in the building in 2022.
The former Upper West Side home of tennis pro John McEnroe has been combined with a neighboring apartment.
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“What’s great about the Beresford is that it’s a building full of intellectuals and creatives of all stripes—from Fortune 500 CEOs to the creator of Sesame Street’s Cookie Monster,” Daniel Douglas of Corcoran, who holds the listing with colleague Eileen A LaMorte, told the real estate site. “While it’s undoubtedly a prestigious address, designed by the great Emery Roth, it’s open-minded and not stuffy.”
The apartment itself is accessed from a semi-private elevator landing that leads to an entrance gallery and entertainment area. The great room is decked out with a fireplace, and nearby there’s a formal dining area, a cozy library with floor-to-ceiling bookshelves, and a massive 25-foot eat-in kitchen. The latter is any aspiring chef’s dream. Think sleek cabinets, composite counters, and top-of-the-line appliances from Sub-Zero, Miele, and Viking. Elsewhere, the primary suite occupies its own wing and is complete with an ensuite bathroom. “I like to call the scale of its rooms ‘approachable grandeur’ as they are grand but livable spaces,” Douglas added. “Any bigger would be too much.”
The renovated unit now has four bedrooms, four bathrooms, and a library.
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The tennis Hall-of-Famer, who became well-known for his outbursts on the court, is also somewhat of a real estate mogul. The retired athlete and his wife, singer-songwriter Patty Smyth, have owned their fair share of properties since they got married in 1997. Most recently, the couple offloaded their longtime home in Malibu, California, for a whopping $29 million. The estate was tucked within the guard-gated Malibu Colony community and was originally built in the 1930s. Prior to that, the couple has a house in the Hamptons they sold in 2017.
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