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Published on March 19, 2024
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Demetrius Simms
Demetrius Simms is a digital staff writer at Robb Report. After starting their career in PR, they transitioned to freelance writing in 2020. Their work has now appeared in lifestyle and culture…
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A trio of oceanfront properties owned by Michigan-based health-care entrepreneur Mark Mitchell are simultaneously up for sale in South Florida. Consisting of two mansions and a vacant parcel resting in the exclusive Veromar neighborhood of Vero Beach, directly overlooking the Atlantic, the total asking price is a whopping $76 million. The two homes are listed separately by Cindy O’Dare, Richard Boga and Kristin Dobson with the O’Dare Boga Dobson Group of ONE Sotheby’s International Realty for $42 million and just under $20 million, while the spare lot is asking $14 million.
The properties were acquired by Mitchell and his wife Colby in two separate deals. The couple purchased a contemporary residence at 3700 Ocean Drive from Alloy founder and chairman Katherine McConvey in summer 2021 for $16.8 million, and subsequently picked up two adjacent lots at 3750 Ocean Drive and 3746 Ocean Drive also owned by the developer for $4.2 million. Together, the three-parcel spread spans over 2.7-acres of land and 400 feet of waterfront footage.
3700 Ocean Drive features a main house and guesthouse, for a total of eight bedrooms and 12 bathrooms in 18,000 square feet of living space.
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Containing 18,000 square feet of living space with eight bedrooms and 12 baths, the largest modernist structure (above) was built and designed in 2014 by architect Erik Helgen in collaboration with Alloy, then renovated inside and out to the tune of $2 million by the Mitchells. Sitting on roughly 200 feet of oceanfront footage, the walled and gated abode is highlighted by a soaring glass-lined living area centered around a massive two-way fireplace and a pair of fiber-optic lighting installations by Sharon Marston.
Elsewhere is a sumptuous master retreat boasting a marble and teak bath spotlighted by a steam shower and shell-shaped tub nestled alongside a linear fireplace. Other amenities include four fireplaces, several kitchens, dual offices, a gym, wet bar-equipped screening room and Savant home-automation system, with the palm-laced grounds spanning 1.4 acres and hosting a fire-pit, an 80-foot infinity-edge pool flanked by a tiki hut, and an al fresco lounging and entertaining patio with a pizza oven. There’s also a separate two-story guesthouse and garage space for up to 10 vehicles.
3750 Ocean Drive has seven bedrooms and nine bathrooms in just over 7,600 square feet.
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As for the smaller of the two dwellings (above), it’s perched on a 0.6-acre parcel offering 100 feet of waterfront footage. Completed this year by architect Gregory Anderson and Waters Edge Estates—and originally offered for $21 million, before having been recently reduced to just under $20 million—the custom-built structure features seven bedrooms and nine baths spread across a little more than 7,600 square feet of two-level living space offering a mix of limestone and wide-plank hardwood floors, wood-beam ceilings and picturesque ocean views via floor-to-ceiling walls of glass.
A great room outfitted with living, dining and family room areas connects to a gourmet kitchen decked out with custom cabinetry, marble countertops, an eat-in island, a butler’s pantry, and top-tier Miele, Sub-Zero and Wolf appliances; and other standout features include an elevator, two primary bedrooms, an office space and entertainment room with a wet bar. A beachfront lanai sporting a saltwater pool and spa also can be found on the premises, complemented by a guesthouse resting atop the three-car garage.
3746 Ocean Drive is primed for an 11,000-squre-foot estate.
M. James Northen
Rounding it all out is the 0.69-acre vacant parcel (above), which features 100 feet of direct ocean frontage and includes plans available for an 11,000-square-foot estate, per the listing.
Mitchell founded the nationwide house-call service Visiting Physicians Association and U.S. Medical Management, which sold to Centene Corp. in 2019 for around $325 million. Currently managing partner of Mitchell Family Office, a private-equity firm that invests in health-care ventures, he also maintains a primary home in Michigan, as well as Daxton Hotel in the Detroit suburb of Birmingham.
Click here for more photos of Mark Mitchell’s Florida compound.
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Five years ago, producer Christina Schwarzenegger paid $2.8 million for her very first home: a Mediterranean-influenced townhouse on Los Angeles’s desirable Westside. Now 32, the younger daughter of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver has punted the luxury residence back on to the market, asking just a hair under $3.2 million. Located in the posh Brentwood neighborhood, the 2013-built luxury pad is very private and essentially invisible from the street out front, yet remains just a quick jaunt from an array of top-notch restaurants and shopping.
From the street, a long walkway leads past a locked, camera-watched gate to a peaceful courtyard with an oversized fountain, a couple palm trees, potted plants, and seating area. Inside, the pleasant, casually cool interior decor features mostly neutral shades and was recently updated by a previous owner, lingerie designer Leigh Bantivoglio.
A fireplace and sets of French doors grace the formal living room, while the dining and family rooms connect to the reasonably spacious kitchen. The typical assortment of high-end stainless Thermador appliances and a textured metal-look backsplash are juxtaposed against the groovy dark hardwood custom cabinetry. Elsewhere downstairs are an office and designer-done powder room.
The Mediterranean-style townhome was built in 2012 and is walking distance from an array of upscale shopping and dining destinations.
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All four of the townhouse’s ensuite bedrooms are located on the upper level, with the master being blessed with dual vanities and a built-in soaking tub in the marble-floored bath. There’s also a fireplace and dual walk-in closets, ideal for a designer wardrobe. An al fresco dining space and attached two car garage complete the property.
Schwarzenegger also made several upgrades and customizations of her own; the listing states “no expense was spared” when it came to luxury features, including a state-of-the-art security system, hual tankless water heaters, a new dual-zone HVAC system, a whole-house water filtration and softening system and a custom surround south system seamlessly integrated with a high-tech home automation system. Also on tap are pricey Serena and Lily wallpaper, custom drapes, and bamboo shades, ideal for at-home privacy and serenity.
Now in their late 20s and early 30s, the Shriver-Schwarzenegger children have begun making serious real estate moves of their own, buying and selling multimillion dollar homes across Los Angeles, from West Hollywood to Santa Monica. Christina’s older sister Katherine and her husband, Hollywood film actor Chris Pratt, currently have their Pacific Palisades mansion on the market, asking $30 million. More
Acclaimed artist and photographer Chuck Close lived and worked on Manhattan’s Bond Street for decades up until his passing in 2021 at the age of 81. Now, the late painter’s former Noho apartment is coming on the market for just shy of $8 million.
Soon to be listed with Emily Beare of Core NYC, the 2,478-square-foot loft occupies the entire ninth floor of the Deborah Berke-designed building at 48 Bond Street. The architect, the founder of TenBerke, is best known for her work at The New School College of Performing Arts and Yale University School of Art.
Altogether, the former Close pad comprises four bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths, and an abundance of outdoor space. According to The Real Deal, Close and his wife, Leslie, shelled out a cool $5.85 million for the condo back in 2008. The location was convenient; at the time, Close also owned a 2,500-square-foot live/work studio down the block at 20 Bond Street.
The kitchen is sleek and spacious, with enough room for a large marble dining table.
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The light-filled loft comes with a private elevator landing that opens up to the home’s entrance gallery, soaring 10-foot ceilings, and walnut flooring throughout. Past the entry is an open-plan living and dining area with a linear fireplace and floor-to-ceiling windows onto the south-facing terrace. The terrace, renovated by the current owner, according to listing details, sports lush landscaping, an irrigation system, a barbecue area, and plenty of space for lounging.
Elsewhere, the eat-in kitchen is equipped with state-of-the-art stainless-steel appliances, including a wine fridge and double oven. There’s also a breakfast nook and a balcony with views of the Empire State Building. The modern-looking primary suite has a ton of great features going in its favor as well. For example, the principal bedroom is decked out with a marble and tile ensuite bath, a spacious walk-in closet, and access to the sunny terrace.
The landscaped terrace features a built-in grill and an automated irrigation system.
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Completed in 2006, the 11-story boutique condominium packs in the perks for residents of its 14 units, including a 60-foot indoor lap pool, a fitness center with a steam room, bike storage, and laundry facilities. In addition, Close, who’s remembered for his conceptual portraiture, has an original piece hanging in the lobby.
Over the years, the co-op has hosted a fair share of A-listers and celeb tenants. Most notably, The New York Post reported that actress Annette Bening once called 48 Bond Street home.
Click here to see more photos of Chuck Close’s former apartment.
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Abby Montanez
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, dining, travel and topics…
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Professional gamer Ludwig Ahgren—better known to his fans simply as Ludwig—has hoisted his residence in the far eastern reaches of Los Angeles County onto the market. Records show the professional gamer, and longtime Twitch and YouTube streamer, is asking $2.4 million for the home, which is sited in the suburban city of Diamond Bar, about an hour’s drive from L.A.
Purchased by the 28-year-old for $1.8 million a little over three years ago, back in fall 2020, the house was built in the late 1970s and has since been remodeled. On the market for a while, the place first went up for sale at $2.8 million this past September and has subsequently undergone several price reductions.
Resting on an acre-plus parcel of land within The Country Estates—an affluent guard-gated community where one of Ahgren’s nearest neighbors is Snoop Dogg—the stucco and terracotta-roof structure features six en-suite bedrooms and seven bathrooms in 5,000 square feet of multi-level living space. There’s also a walk-out finished attic with an office space.
Highlights include a light-filled sunroom, along with a fireside family room that connects to a spacious kitchen outfitted with an eat-in island, high-end Wolf appliances, a “room-size” pantry and an accompanying breakfast nook. Two master bedrooms include one with a fireplace and the other sporting a balcony overlooking the canyon; and rounding it all out are the oak-laced grounds, which host a sprawling deck off the rear of the house and an attached three-car garage out front.
Born and raised in New Hampshire, Ahgren began publicly streaming his online gameplay circa-2018. In 2021, a widespread data breach revealed that he earned $3.3 million in two years solely through Twitch streaming, a sum that didn’t include his endorsement deals. Since then, Ahgren signed an agreement for an undisclosed amount to move his streaming efforts from Twitch to YouTube, where he has amassed more than 5.7 million subscribers.
In addition to his recently listed Diamond Bar home, Ahgren maintains at least two other multimillion-dollar homes in the L.A. neighborhood of Los Feliz—one that he paid Emmy-winning filmmaker and Purdue Pharma heiress Madeleine Sackler $3.4 million for back in 2022, and another he picked up for $5.3 million last spring in an off-market deal from actor Colin Farrell. More
Frank Grillo may be a born-and-bred New Yorker, but the experienced martial artist, clothing entrepreneur and prolific actor (The Purge film series, the 2022 biopic Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend, Brock Rumlow in Avengers: Endgame and Captain America) has been leading a ritzy Los Angeles lifestyle in recent years. In October 2022, Grillo bought a very chic mansion in the hills above Hollywood; that elegant spread has just popped back up for sale, asking a hair under $9 million.
Secluded within the deepest reaches of a verdant and secluded canyon, the ultra-contemporary residence features a strikingly monochromatic color scheme and minimalist finishes. Built new in 2019, the house was first offered with an optimistic asking price of nearly $13 million, but lingered on the market for more than three years. After multiple realtor changes and price chops, Grillo finally snagged the cool digs at a bargain-basement $6.6 million price, a nearly 50% discount off the original sticker.
Set near the deepest part of a semi-remote canyon in the Hollywood Hills, the tri-level house is built into the side of steep hill.
Joe Bryant
There’s a very long driveway that gently ascends to a motorcourt fronting a three-car garage. Invisible from the street behind layers of mature trees and tall hedges, the home’s entryway offers a vaulted ceiling and abundant white oak, design features that carry on throughout the rest of the house. The light-flooded indoor/outdoor living room, complete with disappearing walls of glass and clerestory windows, is quintessentially California and is serviced by a Euro-chic kitchen with quartz countertops and premium appliances.
Five bedrooms are sprawled throughout 8,000 square feet of living space, each with their own trendy bathroom. But by far the most eye-catching is the sumptuous primary suite, which flaunts a bathroom with open showers and floor-to-ceiling walls of glass and an ultra-minimalist closet/dressing room.
The home features clean-lined and contemporary interiors, including a sleekly minimal kitchen with Euro-chic cabinetry.
Joe Bryant
Other estate amenities include tall hedges and tropical plantings that amp up the home’s feeling of seclusion. Out back, a plunge pool has a Baja shelf for sunbathing and inset spa; back inside the house are a movie theater and gym for further relaxation. There’s also a wraparound sundeck with a full built-in barbecue center and kitchen, ideal for al fresco entertaining.
Seven years ago, Grillo and his ex-wife Wendy Moniz reportedly paid $4.5 million for a smaller contemporary home in Pacific Palisades. While records show they continue to jointly own that property, the house itself is now occupied exclusively by Moniz.
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Armed with a four-year. $94 million contract extension that will earn him a substantial $19 million base salary in 2024, three-time Pro Bowler Maxx Crosby has decided to use some of those funds to pick up a snazzy Las Vegas residence in the Summerlin community’s exclusive guard-gated Mountain Trails enclave, paying just over $5.6 million. The Las Vegas Review-Journal first revealed the sale.
Madd Maxx—as the NFL’s fourth highest-paid defensive end is known to Las Vegas Raiders fans—wound up getting a pretty good deal on the modern digs, which were first listed by local dentist Bill Dickerson for nearly $13 million back in winter 2020. Records show Dickerson purchased the home for $2.8 million in 2003, with previous reports stating that he subsequently acquired the lot next door, then combined the properties and added a second structure housing an extravagant indoor basketball court sporting an upstairs viewing gallery with a fireside lounge, kitchenette and views of the surrounding valley.
As for the Silver-and-Black pass rusher’s new 1.2-acre spread, which was built in 2002, the place features seven bedrooms and 12 baths in a little more than 20,500 square feet of two-level living space adorned throughout with marble floors, high ceilings and soaring walls of glass. In addition to the basketball court, other standout amenities include a movie theater, wine cellar, billiards room and gym.
An indioor basketball court also can be used for lacrosse, tennis and volleyball.
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A gated motorcourt with six garage spaces is tucked off to the side of the creamy stucco and terracotta-roof dwelling, with a separate gated entrance leading up to the towering wood-and-glass door front door via a fountain-enhanced walkway. Once inside, an expansive double-height great room has a sunken dining room warmed by a fireplace and an adjacent wet bar-equipped living area. Around the corner is a family room, which connects to a gourmet kitchen outfitted with custom cabinetry, granite countertops, dual islands, top-tier stainless appliances, a walk-in pantry and an accompanying breakfast nook.
A curving staircase heads upstairs, where a sumptuous master retreat is decked out with a window-lined sitting area, private balcony and walk-in closet, as well as a spa-inspired bath flaunting dual vanities and an elaborate soaking tub sheathed in marble. And scoring the go-ahead touchdown? The lushly landscaped grounds, which are spotlighted by a boulder-laced swimming pool and spa, an in-ground trampoline, and numerous spots ideal for al fresco lounging and entertaining with niceties like a built-in barbecue and fire-pit.
In addition to his newly purchased Summerlin estate, Crosby and his wife Rachel Washburn also reportedly still maintain a nearly 3,000-square-foot home in the Nevada city of Henderson that they picked up for $480,000 in 2020.
The listing was held by Austin Sherwood of Luxury Estates International; Kathie Castro of Realty ONE Group Southwest repped the buyers.
Click here for more photos of Maxx Crosby’s Las Vegas house.
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Emmy Award-winning TV host and producer Yue-Sai Kan has been at the helm of hit shows including Looking East, and now she’s put her longtime New York City townhouse back up for sale. Kan, who’s earned the title “Oprah of China,” is also a bestselling author and beauty mogul.
Located on the Upper East Side, the six-story spread is nestled within the affluent Sutton Place neighborhood—one of the most exclusive enclaves in all of Manhattan. The historic residence is asking just shy of $25 million, which is $5 million less than the pad was listed for last year. According to The Wall Street Journal, Kan originally bought the place back in 1989 for $4.5 million. The home was previously owned by Peter Sprague, the former co-owner of Aston Martin, and also by the late literary editor Jean Stein.
The rooftop terrace overlooks the East River.
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Altogether, the 8,500-square-foot property measures 33 feet wide and comprises a whopping seven bedrooms and six full bathrooms. Over the last 35 years, the red brick abode has been through several renovations. The most recent update was completed in 2015 and resulted in a brand-new rooftop terrace with an outdoor kitchen, perfect for entertaining or taking in the views of the East River.
“When you walk in the house, you immediately feel comfortable energy. In Chinese it means very good feng shui,” Kan told The New York Post. “In numerology, six is the luckiest number. It’s the planet of Jupiter which is the planet of luck and abundance. This could be why it has been a good house for me. Since I lived in the house, my business just flew off the chart.”
A gold mural of a dragon is painted on the ceiling of the library.
Allan Pollack
Inside, the Neo-Georgian building is brimming with style and flooded with natural light thanks to an abundance of oversized windows. The foyer sports a carved teak door and marble mosaic floors, while a gold dragon mural embellishes the ceiling in the library. Other highlights include a formal sitting room and a mahogany-clad formal dining room that both open to a garden-level terrace, and a 32-foot-long grand salon with a fireplace on the third floor. Elsewhere, the spacious primary suite occupies the entire fifth floor and is decked out with a sitting area, a fitted dressing room (plus a walk-in closet), and a spa area complete with a sauna and a morning bar. A tiny elevator services all six floors, plus the basement.
The best perk in a city where most people are starved for outdoor space, however, is that 6 Sutton Square is one of just 14 neighboring townhouses that have shared access to Jones Wood Garden, a 12,000-square-foot private park. “This is an amazing amenity that is not available anywhere else,” Sonia Bendt of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices New York Properties told The Post. “The open vistas of the East River and bridge are magical.”
Click here to see all the photos of Yue-Sai Kan’s N.Y.C. townhouse.
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Abby Montanez
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, dining, travel and topics…
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