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    Gavin Newsom Drops $9.1 Million on a Hyatt Hotel Heir’s Bay Area Home

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    Around three-and-a-half years after he sold his Marin County home in a lucrative off-market deal for nearly $6 million and relocated to Sacramento, California Gov. Gavin Newsom has decided to make a return to the Bay Area. The San Francisco native plans to split his time between Sacramento and Marin County, where his four children are reportedly already enrolled in school.

    Records show Newsom, whose gubernatorial term ends in 2027, and his documentary filmmaker wife Jennifer Siebel Newsom have paid billionaire Hyatt Hotels heir Daniel Pritzker $9.1 million—about $600,000 over asking—through a private LLC for a midcentury modern abode in the affluent unincorporated community of Kentfield, about 20 miles north of San Francisco. First listed in summer 2023 for just under $11.5 million, the place underwent several price chops before landing at its final ask of $8.5 million.

    Secluded amid a leafy parcel spanning nearly an acre and touted in marketing materials as “architecturally stunning and magazine worthy,” the wood-clad structure was built in 1948 and offers six bedrooms and an equal number of baths in a little more than 5,600 square feet of living space on three levels. Stylish interiors are adorned throughout with rich hardwood floors, high ceilings, and large windows framing picturesque views of Mount Tamalpais.

    Though photos are scarce, online listings show a sunken living room sporting a wet bar and a double-sided fireplace that steps up to an adjacent dining area. A gourmet kitchen is outfitted with an eat-in island, top-tier stainless appliances, and an accompanying breakfast nook, while a fireside family room has floor-to-ceiling folding glass doors spilling outside. Other notable features include an office, two primary suites, and resort-like grounds hosting outdoor sculptures, a pool and spa nestled alongside a wood deck and a fire pit, and an array of spots for alfresco lounging and entertaining. There’s also a guesthouse, plus a three-car garage flanked by a spacious motor court.

    In addition to his new Marin County home, the possible 2028 presidential candidate also lays claim to a $3.7 million residence in suburban Sacramento’s Fair Oaks neighborhood, near the State Capitol building. More

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      Collector Chara Shreyer’s $8.2 Million ‘Art House’ in San Francisco Is Like Living in a Gallery

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      Almost six months after she passed away from cancer at age 75, the longtime Marin County residence of venerable art collector and philanthropist Chara Schreyer has popped up for sale, asking a brush stroke over $8.2 million. Resting in the desirable Belvedere enclave of Tiburon, just across the Golden Gate Bridge, the sleek architectural-style digs come complete with picturesque views overlooking the Tiburon Peninsula, San Francisco Bay and Sausalito.

      Originally acquired by Schreyer and her then-husband Gary Schreyer in the late 1970s — and subsequently customized to her tastes by interior designer Gary Hutton — the three-story structure is known as the “Art House,” and has six bedrooms and a matching number of baths in a little more than 8,100 square feet of gallery-like living space boasting high ceilings and a striking spiral staircase holding court in the slate-covered foyer. A freestanding art studio also is whimsically framed by a half-pair of gigantic red eyeglasses, with the other portion on exhibit at her home in Los Angeles.

      A freestanding art studio wears a half-pair of eyeglasses.

      Jim Nevill

      Highlights include a soaring living room with French doors spilling out to the leafy grounds and an adjacent family room warmed by a fireplace. There’s also an office, a lofty game lounge, wood-clad library with built-in banquette seating and window-lined dining room that connects via a butler’s pantry to the gourmet kitchen, which is outfitted with granite countertops, a center island sporting dual sinks, top-tier Bosch, Dacor, Wolf and Sub-Zero appliances, and a cozy fireside breakfast nook.

      An upstairs master retreat features a fireplace donning a marble surround, private balcony, walk-in closet and luxe bath spotlighted by a shower equipped with a large pivoting steel door, while a lower level leading to the attached three-car garage is decked out with a recreation/media room, gym, full bath with a steam shower and wine cellar. Outdoors, the sculpture-laced grounds span almost an acre, and host meandering pathways and an expansive terrace ideal for al fresco entertaining with a built-in barbecue setup, as well as a sunny site primed for a pool.

      A fireside master retreat overlooks stunning San Francisco Bay vistas.

      Jim Nevill

      Revered as one of the world’s foremost collectors of modern and contemporary art created by the likes of Marcel Duchamp, Mark Bradford, Georgia O’Keeffe and Andy Warhol, Schreyer served on the boards of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and Museum of Contemporary Art and Hammer Museum in L.A. The German-born daughter of Holocaust survivors, she also was an avid supporter of the Contemporary Jewish Museum, where she was instrumental in the Daniel Libeskind-designed expansion in 2008.

      In addition to the Tiburon home, which is listed by Shana Rohde-Lynch of Compass, Schreyer’s estate still maintains four additional California properties, including the aforementioned L.A. spread currently on the market with Ginger Glass of Compass for $13.5 million.

      Click here for more photos of Chara Schreyer’s Bay Area “Art House.”

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