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      Home of the Week: Inside Golf Legend Greg Norman’s $60 Million Florida Island Paradise

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      The lawns of this eight-acre estate are as green as a golf course, which should come as no surprise considering the owners: golfing great Greg Norman and his wife, designer Kristen Norman. And the best part is that the grassy yardage stretches from one side of Florida’s Jupiter Island to the other, from the Intracoastal waterway to the the sandy beaches of the Atlantic. Even before looking inside, this place seems to earn its price tag of $59.9 million.

      The compound consists of seven buildings, including the main house, with plans for one more. Garages accommodate up to 12 cars and the employee parking lot can park 30 more. That there is even an employee parking lot tells you something about the vastness of this estate and the beauty of its landscaping.

      Those seven buildings make up 31,800 square feet of living space across a main house, coach house, pool house, tennis house, boat house, carriage house and beach house, also known as the Shark Shack. There are a total of 10 bedrooms and 18 bathrooms, 12 of them full baths. The main house is a completely new, recently built structure. And while the exterior of the house is in a Cape Cod cottage style, it’s hardly a cottage. Kristen (Kiki) Norman was inspired by the work of French architect and designer Christian Liaigre in designing the home and its finishes, from the lacquered teak and high-gloss mahogany to the wire-brushed, custom oak floors to the brass Waterworks and Drummonds fixtures.
      The main house  Photo: Shawn Hood Media

      You won’t find any Florida kitsch inside either. Instead, the look is serene and modern with more trophies than seashells. It has every amenity you might expect from a nearly $60-million property: two 1,900-bottle wine cellars; gorgeous long corridors that are well lit and inviting, nothing of the dark cave you may expect; a cinema room, entertaining space; a bar with water views;  and a trophy room and gallery. The home also has a formal dining room, a SieMatic kitchen, a catering kitchen, a dining area, a butler’s pantry and a mud room. And there’s an elevator connecting it all. Two guest bedrooms occupy the first floor, but the second floor is dedicated to the primary living quarters. Spacious and airy, they include a large outdoor deck, a den, dual offices, bathrooms and closets, an accessory room, luggage room, linen room, kitchenette and, yes, the bedroom.

      The two-story coach house includes another two beds and two baths, a kitchen, a dining room sun room and garage space for six. The pool house is another of the newly built structures on the property and includes a vast open and covered patio, an outdoor kitchen as well as a bathroom and outdoor shower. It sits beside the main pool, which is 14 feet deep, and the plunge pool and hot tub.
      The tennis court and pavilion  Photo: Robert Stevens

      A US Open-sized tennis court graces one lawn area, with its own convenient hub for entertaining, including a bar and bathrooms, shaded space and an equipment room. The carriage house is the other main fitness site on the estate, including a gym and cardio rooms, equipment room, as well as space for guests with three bedrooms and full baths, plus another garage. A dog kennel, located in the generator house, rounds out the amenities to include even the four-legged family members.
      Along the Intracoastal, the boat house has an office and plenty of room for water toys, a tender and yacht equipment. The dock can accommodate a vessel of up to 150 feet.
      The kitchen and eating area in the main house has a few nautical cues.  Photo: Robert Stevens

      On the opposite shore is the 3,200-square-foot, elevated Shark Shack, the last of the newly constructed buildings. It faces the rolling waves of the Atlantic and includes two more bedrooms and baths, a full kitchen, dining and living room. The sand is right there, and the lack of nearby public parking makes the 172 feet of beachfront feel exceptionally private.
      “Having grown up on the beach in Australia,” Greg Norman says, “my search for the perfect property in America allowed me to incorporate all my needs, from privacy, security, a dock for my boats and direct access to the ocean was fulfilled when I was blessed enough to come across Tranquility in 1991.”
      The elegant trophy room  Photo: Shawn Hood Media

      His wife says, “I designed this estate to feel luxurious, but also warm and casual. It caters to our ‘barefoot-elegance’ lifestyle.”
      The Normans have also been trying to off-load their vast Colorado ranch property, taking the price down to $40 million last year.

      The listing for Tranquility is held by the Jills Zeder Group, an affiliate of Coldwell Banker Realty.
      The wrap-around bar leads out to the patios.  Photo: Robert Stevens

      The basement-level wine storage and tasting area  Photo: Robert Stevens

      The movie theater with boucle-upholstered seating  Photo: Robert Stevens

      One of several terraces on the property  Photo: Robert Stevens

      The main pool and pool house  Photo: Shawn Hood Media

      The oceanfront Shark Shack.  Photo: Robert Stevens

      The deck of the Shark Shack leads right to the sand.  Photo: Robert Stevens

      A rare parcel that has waterfront access on both the Intracoastal and the Atlantic.  Photo: Shawn Hood Media More

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      Inside Robert De Niro’s Gorgeous Malibu Home From the Action Classic ‘Heat’

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      “Allow nothing to be in your life that you cannot walk out on in 30 seconds flat if you spot the heat around the corner.” So advises professional thief Neil McCauley (Robert De Niro) in the hit crime drama Heat. The contemporary pad where Neil lives in the 1995 film (which turned 25 this past December!) wouldn’t exactly be easy to walk away from, though.

      The modern residence, which sits on the sand overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Malibu, is bright, open and airy—a quintessential Los Angeles beach pad. Interestingly though, while Heat’s many filming locations have been extensively chronicled on copious websites and in countless articles, such as these extensive pieces for the British Film Institute and L.A. Taco, little has ever been made of Neil’s home.

      Heat, which is most notable for being the first movie in which De Niro shares screen time with fellow acting legend Al Pacino, was lensed over 107 days in early 1995. In an unprecedented move, director Michael Mann opted to shoot the film almost entirely on location, with very few soundstage-built sets used, which is unheard of, especially for a production of Heat’s caliber.
      Robert De Niro in “Heat.”  Warner Bros. Pictures

      Countless iconic LA sites appear in the movie, including the now-shuttered Kate Mantillini restaurant in Beverly Hills, where Neil and Pacino’s Lt. Vincent Hanna sit down for a tense tête-à-tête, Bob’s Big Boy in Burbank, which serves as the workplace of Neil’s coconspirator Donald Breedan (Dennis Haysbert), and Santa Monica’s famed art and architecture book store Hennessey + Ingalls, McCauley’s go-to spot for researching his various scores. Neil’s starkly modern pad, though only shown in a handful of scenes, is no less memorable. So its longtime exclusion from Heat filming location sources is surprising. An anonymous commenter on the Then & Now Movie Locations website finally identified the place via MLS images as 26940 Malibu Cove Colony Dr.
      Designed in 1982 by architect Ron Goldman, FAIA, the dramatic two-story property contains four bedrooms and three baths in 3,502 square feet. Featuring floor to ceiling windows, three fireplaces and an owners’ suite with a built-in desk and sitting area, Zillow values the dwelling’s worth at almost $9 million!
      Check out more photos of Neil’s house below:

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      Jake Paul Lists California Home For $7 Million (PHOTOS)

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      Popular Youtuber Jake Paul has just listed his California home for $7 million. Located at 23590 Park South Street in Calabasas, the home sits on 3.5 acres of land and was built in 1990. Jake purchased the home back in 2017 for $6.925 million.
      It features approximately 15,045 square feet of living space with 8 bedrooms, 10 full and 2 half bathrooms, 3-story foyer with staircase, 2-story great room, formal dining room, gourmet kitchen, breakfast room, family room with wet bar, office, home theater with wet bar, 4-car garage and more.
      Outdoor features include a gated entrance, motor court, terraces and a swimming pool with spa. More

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      NFL Star Matthew Stafford Lists Lakefront Home In Michigan For $6.5 Million

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      LOCATION: 1867 Long Pointe Drive, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
      SQUARE FOOTAGE: 7,720
      BEDROOMS & BATHROOMS: 5 bedrooms & 7 bathrooms
      PRICE: $6,500,000
      Matthew Stafford, American football quarterback for the Detroit Lions, has just listed his lakerfront home in Michigan for $6,500,000. The Contemporary style home is located at 1867 Long Pointe Drive in Bloomfield Hills and is situated on over 1.2 acres of land.

      It was built in 1980 and remodeled in 2016. It features approximately 7,720 square feet of living space with 5 bedrooms, 5 full and 2 half bathrooms, foyer with staircase & glass elevator, formal dining room, open concept living room and informal dining room, gourmet kitchen with double islands, game room with wet bar, lower level family room with wet bar, wine cellar, indoor basketball court, indoor spa with sauna & steam room, 3-car garage and more.
      Outdoor features include a gated entrance, deck, patio, kitchen/BBQ, infinity pool and a boat dock. More

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      Sylvester Stallone Lists Beverly Hills Estate For $110 Million

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      Actor, director, producer, and screenwriter Sylvester Stallone has just listed his 3.5 acre Beverly Hills estate for a whopping $110 million. Located at 30 Beverly Park Terrace in the exclusive guard-gated community of Beverly Park, the Mediterranean style estate boasts a main house and guest house. There is a total of approximately 21,000 square feet of living space with 8 bedrooms & 12 bathrooms. The main house boasts 6 bedrooms, 9 bathrooms, foyer with staircase, formal living & dining rooms, gourmet kitchen, office, wet bar, cigar room, home theater, gym, 8-car garage and more. The 2-story guest house boasts 2 bedroom suites and a kitchen. Outdoor features include a gated entrance, motor court with fountain, balconies & patios and an infinity swimming pool with spa. More

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      Sylvester Stallone’s Sprawling Beverly Hills Estate Hits the Market for $130 Million

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      Platinum Triangle mega-agent Ben Bacal, founder of Revel Real Estate and creator of the Rila real estate app, has not-so-quietly announced, and in the most modern of ways, via Instagram, that Sylvester Stallone seeks a staggering $130 million for his longtime mansion in the famously steroidal Beverly Park enclave in the mansion strewn mountains above Beverly Hills.
      The thrice Oscar nominated and still remarkably pumped “Rocky” and “Creed” star, now in his mid-70s, purchased the slightly shy of 3.50-acre spread in the late 1990s for an unrecorded amount and soon custom built a stately pan-Mediterranean mansion that measures in around 21,000 square feet and carries a horse-choking annual tax bill in excess of $125,000.
      The 8-bedroom and 12-bath manse includes a voluminous library/office under a barrel-vaulted ceiling where miles of lighted shelves showcase an almost strangely vast trove of “Rocky” memorabilia. There’s even a life-size statue of Stallone as Rocky with his be-gloved hands raised in victory standing in front of an arched window that looks out on the estate’s vast motor court. The kitchen appears newly updated with not just one but two islands, the dining room’s walls are hand-painted in a manner that evokes an Old World castle, and a roomy den with wet bar let’s the outdoors in thanks to a full wall of floor-to-ceiling windows.
      Set down a long gated drive on a private promontory next door to the longtime mansion of late media tycoon Sumner Redstone, the plush estate’s main residence is complemented by a detached two-story guesthouse and an extensive service wing. Deep loggias and second floor terraces offer spectacular canyon and city lights views, the tree-dotted expanse of flat lawn incorporates a putting green and pale stone terraces provide ample room for alfresco entertaining and sunbathing around the crystalline swimming pool and spa.
      A view of the home’s expansive kitchen.  Rila

      Given that the highest price ever paid for a home in Beverly Park is $40 million, Stallone’s asking price seems exceedingly aggressive. Still, as gutsy as the by-any-standard astronomical $130 million asking price may be, it is not, by far, the most expensive property currently available in Beverly Park. That dizzying crown goes to Villa Firenze, aviation leasing billionaire Steven Udvar-Hazy’s palatial estate of nearly 30,000 square feet that is saddled with a $160 million price tag after it was first set out for sale in 2018 at $165 million.
      Along with an assortment of international business tycoons, fortunately born heirs to vast family fortunes and even a Saudi royal or two, some of the many high-profile residents of Beverly Park include Denzel Washington, Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin, Paul Reiser, Eddie Murphy, Rod Stewart, Magic Johnson and Mark Wahlberg. Former residents include Reba McEntire, a couple of Real Housewives and fashion model turned fashion mogul Kimora Lee Simmons who quietly sold her big spread late last year for $15.7 million, a big number by most standards but more than $9 million less than the $25 million she and her legally and financially beleaguered former Goldman Sachs banker husband Tim Leissner paid for the place about 3.5 years earlier.
      It’s not too much of a surprise that Stallone and wife Jennifer Flavin are looking to cash in on the sale of their West Coast residence as late last year they plunked down $35.4 million for a Bermuda-style waterfront estate in Palm Beach, Florida. With about 1.5 acres of lushly landscaped grounds, the estate offers seven bedrooms and a dozen bathrooms across its main house and two guesthouses. See more photos of the home below:
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