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Home Depot Co-Founder Bernie Marcus Just Put His Atlanta Condo on the Market for $5 Million
He’s putting a nail in his Atlanta property! After more than a decade of ownership, Bernard “Bernie” Marcus has decided to let go of his Atlanta home in Buckhead’s Park Avenue high-rise residential tower near the Phipps Plaza and Lenox Square shopping malls. The Home Depot co-founder and staunch philanthropist is asking $5 million for the condo, which is listed by Nicholas Brown of Compass Georgia.
Records show Marcus and his wife Billi paid $3 million for the unit on the 37th floor of the 44-story structure in December 2010. The couple previously owned another smaller unit in the same building that they purchased in summer 2010 for $2 million and sold four years later for a speck under $1.4 million.
The Park Avenue luxury high-rise building is sited at the intersection of Wieuca Road and Park Avenue in the sought-after Buckhead neighborhood of Atlanta.
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As for this particular dwelling, it has three bedrooms and five baths spread across roughly 5,700 square feet of living space overlooking sweeping views stretching from the Downtown Atlanta skyline to Stone Mountain and Kennesaw Mountain beyond. Highlights include a grand salon, which is “an entertainer’s dream” per the listing, and holds a full bar, a card-playing area, and access to a wraparound terrace via sliding walls of glass. A circular formal dining room is topped by a domed ceiling adorned with a custom hand-blown glass chandelier and a gourmet kitchen boasts top-tier appliances and a climate-controlled wine room.
There’s also a sumptuous primary suite outfitted with floor-to-ceiling windows, a seating area, a luxe bath, and ample closet space. Elsewhere is an executive office and a wood-paneled library/study with a private balcony, as well as a guest bedroom and a self-contained suite for live-in staff that has its own kitchen, living room, and bath.
Accessible to a wraparound terrace, the grand salon hosts a lounge, full bar, and card-playing area.
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The gated building also comes with numerous amenities courtesy of a hefty $4,071 monthly HOA fee, including valet and concierge service, a swimming pool and fitness center, a landscaped garden, a clubroom, a catering kitchen, wine storage, guest suites, and two reserved parking spaces.
After graduating from Rutgers University in his hometown of New Jersey in 1954, Marcus began his career as a drugstore pharmacist and later worked his way up the ranks at several retail businesses before founding The Home Depot in 1978 with now-Atlanta Falcons and Atlanta United owner Arthur Blank. Marcus retired in 2002 and has since focused much of his energy on philanthropy, having donated more than $2 billion to nonprofits via The Marcus Foundation. The 95-year-old also plans to leave 90 percent of his currently estimated $11 billion fortune to the foundation upon his death.
“Atlanta holds a special place in my heart—it’s the city where we started The Home Depot back in 1978 and built it into one of the world’s greatest companies,” said Marcus, who also owns a home on the shores of Lake Toxaway in North Carolina. “This city will always be part of me and my commitment to its growth, well-being, and success will continue on.”
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Kenny Rogers’s Chateau-Style Mansion in Georgia Is Up for Grabs at $2.5 Million
A little over four years after his death from natural causes at age 81, Kenny Rogers’s final homestead is newly available. As first reported by The Wall Street Journal, the Grammy-winning country singer moved into the property in the Atlanta suburb of Sandy Springs shortly before he passed away in March 2020 to be closer to his medical team. Now the opulent French Country-style residence is up for sale, asking a dash under $2.5 million. The listing is held by Thom McCorkle of Ansley Real Estate Christie’s International.
The stucco and stone-accented home clocks in at nearly 6,000 square feet.
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Records show Rogers’s widow Wanda Rogers-Webb purchased the property in October 2019 for $1.7 million and subsequently renovated the premises, which included adding a custom-built elevator to help the ailing musician better navigate the multi-story house. The six-bedroom, six-bath home rests amid a cul-de-sac parcel spanning over half an acre and is fronted by a tiered fountain surrounded by manicured boxwood hedges. Steps lead up to double front doors, which open into almost 6,000 square feet of living space.
A grand double-height entry foyer displaying marble floors and a curving staircase flows to a turreted office space where Rogers conducted business and kept many of his music awards. Other highlights include formal living and dining rooms, as well as a gourmet kitchen boasting an eat-in island, high-end stainless appliances, a butler’s pantry with a wine fridge, and a window-lined breakfast nook.
The singer kept many of his music awards in a turreted office space next to the foyer.
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Elsewhere is a fireside family room, plus a lavish primary suite that comes complete with a private balcony and a luxe bath sporting a wet bar, dual vanities, and a lavish built-in soaking tub. A lower-level entertainment area has a movie theater, a climate-controlled wine cellar, and a game room with a kitchenette and a seated bar, while the private backyard hosts a covered loggia overlooking a waterfall-fed pool and spa. There’s also a three-car garage.
Per WSJ, Rogers’s widow is selling because she has remarried and is relocating. “This home, sadly, was our last home with Kenny,” said Rogers-Webb, who was married to the singer for more than 20 years. “To make the decision to move was a little bittersweet for me and the boys.”
During his decades-long career, the Texas native sold more than 100 records. His numerous country hits ranged from the breakthrough single Lucille, which was released when he was 38 years old, to The Gambler, which has been called “one of the most popular singalong songs in the world.” Also topping the pop charts were Lady, written and produced by Lionel Richie, and Islands in the Stream, composed by the Bee Gees and performed by Dolly Parton.
In addition to three Grammy awards, recognition for lifetime achievement by the Country Music Association, and induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2013, the musician also dabbled in acting and photography. He even co-founded the chicken restaurant chain Kenny Rogers Roasters, which now operates overseas.
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Country Singer Zac Brown Seeks $3.2 Million for His Georgia Lake House
After four years of ownership, Zac Brown has decided to part ways with his Georgia retreat perched atop the south shores of Lake Lanier in his hometown of Cumming, about 45 miles northeast of downtown Atlanta. The founding member and frontman of the Grammy-winning country/rock group Zac Brown Band—probably most known for the hit songs Chicken Fried, Knee Deep, and Same Boat—is asking $3.25 million for the waterfront spread, which he acquired for $1.8 million in June 2020.
Built in the early 1990s, the white wood-sided and stone-accented structure features seven bedrooms and five baths in a little more than 9.400 square feet of living space on three levels boasting surround sound and automated window treatments. Outdoors, the woodsy grounds span almost an acre and include a heated infinity pool flanked by a waterfall and spa, a cedar-clad dock with a party deck up top, a separate boathouse, and 150 feet of waterfront footage, plus a detached five-car garage.
Sitting amid a secluded cove on Lake Lanier, the cedar dock has two boat slips and a party deck.
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Main-level highlights include a formal dining room and a spacious double-height living area sporting picture windows, a built-in entertainment center, and a stone fireplace stretching to the ceiling. An adjacent kitchen outfitted with quartz countertops, an eat-in island, Wolf and Sub-Zero appliances, and a walk-in pantry connects to a fireside breakfast room that flows out to a screen porch with water views. A spacious primary suite holds a seating area warmed by a fireplace, a walk-in closet, and a spa-like bath with dual vanities, a soaking tub, and a shower.
Upstairs are three bedrooms and a loft-style lounging space that segues into a library hosting a wet bar, while the terrace floor has two more bedrooms with access to a kitchenette, as well as a sauna-equipped gym and a movie theater that comes complete with professional lighting, tiered seating, and multiple TVs and gaming systems. There’s also a recreation room with a seated bar, a fireplace, and French doors spilling out to an expansive deck.
A loft-style lounging space overlooks the spacious hardwood-floored living room.
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Per listing agent Katie McGuirk of Ansley Christie’s International Real Estate, the 46-year-old musician—who is also widely known as a songwriter, producer, record label head, and philanthropist—purchased the lakefront home during the Covid-19 pandemic so he could have a place to make music and unwind with friends and family.
“This has been an incredible home for me and my family, with a great location that feels like it’s a world away from the city,” said Brown in a press statement. “We’re sad to let it go, but I look forward to passing it on to new owners who will fill it with new memories.”
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Norman Reedus Is Asking $3.8 Million for His Frank Lloyd Wright-Inspired Georgia Retreat
Norman Reedus won’t be treading on Georgia turf much longer, because the “crossbow wielding, motorcycle driving badass with a heart of gold” is officially stepping away from his longtime residence on the outskirts of Atlanta.
After eight years of ownership, and a brief stint on the rental market at $12,500 per month, The Walking Dead star has now adhered a $3.8 million price tag to the contemporary Chattahoochee Hills spread he picked up back in fall 2015 for nearly $3 million. Built in 2009, and crafted by noted New York City-based designer Shamir Shah, the Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired home is described by listing agent Addie Bartlett of Compass as offering “an unparalleled experience of refined living in an environment where simplicity is synonymous with luxury.”
Nestled amid a heavily wooded parcel spanning a quarter of an acre—within the master-planned community of Serenbe, about 30 miles southwest of downtown Atlanta—the striking limestone and granite structure has four bedrooms and five baths in a little more than 4,100 square feet of multi-level living space boasting wide-plank white oak floors, high ceilings and large windows throughout. There’s also a bath-equipped bonus room over the attached two-car garage.
The 2009-built home was inspired by the work of noted architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
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A lengthy driveway empties out at the house, with the front door pivoting into a main level highlighted by a spacious living room outfitted with a wall of windows and trio of glass doors spilling out to a screened porch warmed by a stone fireplace. Other highlights include a cozy fireside sitting room, dining room with a built-in buffet, and gourmet kitchen sporting an eat-in island topped with natural quartzite stone, top-tier Wolf and Sub-Zero appliances, two sinks, a wine fridge and walk-in pantry.
A pair of guest bedrooms also can be found on the bottom level, while an upstairs primary suite holds a massive walk-in closet and dressing area, as well as a marble-clad bath equipped with dual vanities, a soaking tub and glass-encased shower. Elsewhere is an office space, plus a lower level displaying a bedroom, gym and dining/entertainment space with a wet bar.
A screened-in porch off the main living area has a stone fireplace.
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Outdoors, the woodsy grounds host a meandering creek, an al fresco dining area bolstered by a grilling station, and plunge pool that doubles as a spa. The new homeowner also will have access to Serenbe’s vast array of amenities, which include a swim club, tennis courts, stables and 16 miles of nature trails.
Before the 55-year-old Florida native rose to fame for his role as Daryl Dixon on AMC’s post-apocalyptic zombie drama The Walking Dead, which aired its final episode in November 2022, he headlined the cult classic The Boondock Saints, and had supporting roles in 8MM, Blade 2 and American Gangster. Reedus—who earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2022—is currently appearing in a Daryl Dixon spinoff, with the second season set to air later this year.
In addition to the for-sale Georgia house, Reedus and his actress partner Diane Kruger own at least three N.Y.C. residences between them, including a four-bedroom, 3,650-square-foot townhouse in Manhattan. Reedus also maintains a big spread in upstate New York that’s currently occupied by his mother.
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After Buying Elton John’s Condo, an Art Collector Lists His Spectacular Atlanta Mansion
Seven years ago, this particularly lavish Atlanta residence fetched the highest sales price ever in the desirable in-town Ansley Park neighborhood when it traded hands in a $5.4 million deal. Now it’s up for sale again, and this time the asking price is a speck under $8 million, which would mark another milestone in the area if it were to go for anywhere near that amount.
Though the listing brokerage declined to disclose the seller’s identity, property records show the current owner of the home is Scott Westervelt. Records also indicate that the local art collector and Presbyterian minister, whose longtime wife Josephine Robinson Westervelt passed away in June 2020, was also the mystery buyer who recently paid $7.2 million for Elton John’s condo in Buckhead’s 40-story Park Place high-rise residential tower.
Records indicate that art collector Scott Westervelt paid just over $7 million for Elton John’s Buckhead condo in November.
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Hidden away behind walls and a canopy of trees, on a double lot overlooking the 10-acre Winn Park, the Ansley Park estate up for sale is secluded amid nearly an acre of land dotted with sculpture. Built way back in 1910, transformed under the direction of local architect James Choate in 2004 and extensively renovated by Westervelt during his tenure, the multi-level structure has five bedrooms and six baths in a little more than 9,300 square feet of living space laced with hand-picked oak floors from France, cathedral ceilings, arched doorways, and naturally, more than enough wall space to accommodate a vast assemblage of art.
Standing out on the main level are formal living and dining rooms, and a fireside family room sporting a circular vaulted ceiling with dormer windows and floor-to-ceiling walls of glass. An adjacent kitchen is outfitted with granite countertops, a farmhouse sink, an eat-in island, top-tier stainless appliances and a breakfast nook embellished with an elegant matchstick chandelier.
A spacious fireside family room flaunts a circular vaulted ceiling with dormer windows and floor-to-ceiling walls of glass.
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Elsewhere is a sunroom warmed by a fireplace and bookshelf-lined library, as well as a sumptuous upstairs master retreat decked out with a fireplace, sitting area, access to a roof terrace overlooking the city, and a luxe bath equipped with dual vanities, a dressing area and large glass-encased shower; and a stone-clad lower level is spotlighted by a wine cellar, wet bar-equipped lounge area, gym, and per the listing, a giant aquarium that has a viewing window into the property’s pool.
Outdoors, the manicured grounds are truly a sight to behold with the aforementioned heated saltwater pool boasting underwater speakers and an accompanying spa, along with an extravagant sculpture garden holding the Jim Dine heart, among several other pieces, and numerous spots ideal for al fresco lounging and entertaining while overlooking the city skyline. There’s also a separate carriage house and detached two-car garage.
The listing is held by Betsy Akers of Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby’s International.
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Late Lynyrd Skynyrd Guitarist Gary Rossington’s Longtime Georgia Home Lists for $12 Million
Nine months after his death earlier this year at age 71, the Georgia estate of legendary guitarist Gary Rossington is available for the first time in its three-decade history. Resting in the well-to-do community of Milton, about 30 miles north of Atlanta, the bucolic residence is up for sale at exactly $12 million, as first reported by The Wall Street Journal.
A founder of the legendary Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd—and the last surviving original member—Rossington had cheated death more than once, according to Rolling Stone. Not only did he survive a car accident in 1976 in which he drove his Ford Torino into a tree, inspiring the band’s cautionary song That Smell, but he also emerged with two broken arms, a broken leg, and punctured stomach and liver after a 1977 plane crash that killed singer Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines and backing vocalist Cassie Gaines.
Rossington went on to have quintuple bypass surgery in 2003, suffered a heart attack in 2015 and then underwent numerous heart surgeries, having left Lynyrd Skynyrd in summer 2021 to recover from one of those procedures.
A glass-lined great room is spotlighted by a fireplace stretching to the ceiling.
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Meanwhile, the musician and his longtime wife Dale pieced together their 80-acre property over several years, purchasing the first 7-acre parcel for just over $1 million in 1997, per WSJ. Built in the early 1990s, and affectionately known as “Free Bird’s Nest,” the since-renovated premises are showcased by a main home and separate guesthouse—for a total of nine bedrooms and an equal number of baths in 7,500 square feet of living space.
Other highlights include a double-height entry foyer that flows to a formal dining room and study, as well as a fireside great room that connects to an eat-in kitchen outfitted with top-tier appliances, a workstation and windowed breakfast nook. Another living area has a fireplace and French doors opening to an expansive wood deck, while a main-level master retreat comes complete with a sitting area, mini-bar, and spa-like bath equipped with dual vanities, a dressing area, garden tub and tiled shower.
A finished terrace level features a seated bar, billiards area, cozy fireplace and full bath.
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Three more bedrooms can be found upstairs, including an en-suite one, and two that share a bath; and the terrace level offers plenty of room for relaxing and entertaining guests with a fireplace, built-in bar, billiards area and Rossington’s simple music studio, which consisted of a desk, armchair, CD player and small amplifiers.
The amenities continue outdoors, where the sprawling grounds host a custom waterfall-fed pool and spa, fire-pit, pair of barns “ready for storage or conversion into animal spaces,” per the listing, and large spring-fed fishing lake sporting two docks, one floating and another with dual boat slips. There’s also a spacious motorcourt flanked by an attached two-car garage out front.
An inviting backyard pool area is surrounded by grassy lawns and a fishing lake.
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In addition to their primary Georgia residence, the couple also maintained a home in the Wyoming city of Jackson Hole. Per WSJ, Rossington’s widow is selling because she is planning to move to Florida where she can be closer to family. “Without Gary, it’s time for us to move on,” she said. “We’ve had our time here.”
The listing is held by Cynthia Chandlee of Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby’s International Realty.
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Just Sold for $8.4 Million, Paula Deen’s Former Savannah Estate Has Set a Local Sales Record for a Second Time
Hey y’all! When down-home celebrity chef Paula Deen sold Riverbend, her sprawling Savannah, Georgia, estate, in 2020 for a teaspoonful more than $6.8 million, it pegged a record for the highest amount ever paid for a home in the Hostess City of the South.
Now, the very same 4.62-acre riverfront compound, about 10 miles southeast of Savannah’s historic district and owned by a family from northern California who renamed it Vila Sacadura, has just been sold for $8.4 million, once again making it the most expensive home ever sold in Savannah.
Listing agent Ridley Stallings of Corcoran Austin Hill Realty commented, “Vila Sacadura is a truly exceptional property, and the sale record is just a reflection of how special this property is, an iconic piece of coastal Savannah.”
Altogether, the manicured spread has 14 bedrooms and 13 bathrooms across 28,000 square feet of casually luxurious living space divvied up between the main house, two guest cottages, a dock house, and a customized barn/guest house.
At the end of a long, gated driveway that passes through verdant gardens is the French Caribbean-style main residence.
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At more than 14,000 square feet, the French Caribbean-style main residence, which has six bedrooms and six bathrooms, plus a couple of powder rooms, is nothing short of commodious, with a soaring, wood-clad ceiling in the colossal combination living and dining room that helps with the heat and humidity that blanket Savannah during the late summer months.
The centerpiece of the home, unsurprisingly, is the vast kitchen that’s outfitted with professional appliances, back-to-back copper sinks in the double-wide island, and a massive pantry for food, tableware, and culinary equipment storage. Elsewhere are a family room and informal dining area that open to outdoor living and entertaining spaces, a cozy wood-paneled den with a saltwater aquarium, and a spacious, river-view primary suite with two fireplaces, one in the sitting area of the bedroom and the other in the lavish bathroom.
The huge, open-plan kitchen is at the heart of the 14,000-square-foot home.
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A deep loggia spans the back of the house, with an outdoor kitchen and plenty of room to eat and relax out of the sun. The loggia looks over the swimming pool, beyond which a tree-shaded lawn rolls down to the estate’s 300 feet of river frontage. At the end of the private dock is a charming dock house complete with a kitchen and a bathrooms
The gated, cobblestone driveway passes under a vine-draped pergola that connects a twinned pair of one-bedroom, one-bathroom guest cottages before it arrives at the front of the main house, which sits amid lush, sculpted plantings.
Arched windows in the primary bedroom frame views of the river.
Near the front of the property is a fully customized, 10,000-square-foot barn that, in addition to garage space and a huge entertainment lounge with a wet bar, has five bedrooms and two bathrooms. There are magnificent live oak trees that drip with Spanish moss across the estate, which also includes groomed gardens and a half-acre stocked pond.
The buyer was represented by Taavo Roos at Seabolt Realty. Vila Sacadura was listed with Ridley Stallings and Melissa Hall Rowan of Corcoran Austin Hill Realty, the same dynamic duo who represented the buyer in another recent, record-breaking transaction, the $6.167 million sale of a downtown mansion that marked the highest sum ever paid for a private home in Savannah’s historic district.
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