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    Inside a $3.8 Million Landmark Palm Springs Home That Inspired a Fragrance

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    A rare and alluring midcentury-modern abode designed by late architect Donald Wexler in the 1950s as his personal home has just popped up for sale at $3.8 million in the desirable Movie Colony East neighborhood of Palm Springs.

    Completed over seven decades ago, and aptly known as the Donald and Marilynn Wexler Residence, the post-and-beam spread today has the added cachet of having inspired the citrusy, floral, and woody 1272 fragrance created by its owner, Perfumehead founder and CEO Daniel Patrick Giles, who told Robb Report earlier this year that he wanted to translate the spirit of his beloved house into scent.

    The living room is wrapped in vertical fir siding and walls of glass.

    Lance Gerber

    RELATED: The Last Home Donald Wexler Ever Designed Just Hit the Market in Palm Springs

    Giles liked the property so much he purchased it twice, first in 2007 for $915,000. The fashion and beauty industry veteran then undertook a two-year restoration and remodel in collaboration with Wexler and Lance O’Donnell of o2Architecture, with their efforts garnering them the Palm Springs Modern Committee Residential Restoration of the Year Award in 2009. He wound up selling the home to Broadway actor and director Joe Mantello in 2015 for $1.6 million, before buying it back in 2023 at nearly $2.3 million.

    Sited on a third of an acre near Ruth Hardy Park, the gated and hedged digs offer three bedrooms and two baths in roughly 2,400 square feet of neutrally hued, Darren Brown-designed living space adorned with terrazzo floors throughout. Also incorporated within the white wood-framed and flat-roof structure are many of Wexler’s original elements, including spun-metal can lights, built-in shelving, floor-to-ceiling walls of glass shaded by deep overhangs, and an open, L-shaped floor plan.

    The primary bedroom’s en suite bath has a soaking tub set against an exotic Zebra marble accent wall.

    Lance Gerber

    RELATED: A Brand-New Glass House Floating Above Palm Springs Lists for $10 Million

    Standing out is a spacious living room wrapped in vertical fir siding, plus a dining area that connects to a minimalist kitchen upgraded with newer stainless steel appliances. A primary suite sports a freestanding soaking tub set against a wavy Zebra marble accent wall, while William Kopelk-landscaped grounds modeled after a Japanese rock garden host a black-bottom pool and a spa nestled among granite boulders, native plantings, and mature olive and pine palm trees.

    The property, which is listed by Rick Grahn and Brian Linder with The Value of Architecture at Compass, has been named to the National Register of Historic Places and designated as a Palm Springs Class 1 Historic Resource. It’s also covered by the Mills Act, meaning significant property tax savings are offered in exchange for preserving its historic appearance.

    Click here for more photos of the Palm Springs residence.

    Lance Gerber

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    Wendy Bowman

    Wendy Bowman is a real estate writer at Robb Report. Before that, she was a freelancer for Modern Luxury and several other media outlets, where she primarily covered luxury properties for…

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      Zedd Just Listed His Hollywood Hills Home for $5.5 Million

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      Now that he’s had ample time to settle into his lavish Nordic-inspired mansion in Los Angeles that he bought almost two years ago for $18.4 million, Anton Zaslavski—better known to millions of music fans as Zedd—has decided to pare down his property portfolio. He’s hoisting his spare Hollywood Hills pad onto the market at a speck under $5.5 million, with David Kramer and Andrew Buss of Compass sharing the listing.

      The Russian-German DJ and record producer acquired the two-story, gated home in the posh Outpost Estates enclave in 2014 for around $4 million after the success of his breakthrough album, Clarity. He then added his own custom touches and upgrades to the 1950s structure, which offers four bedrooms and six baths in roughly 3,400 square feet adorned with walls of glass offering seamless indoor-outdoor environs. Glitzy amenities include a glass-encased wine display and a recording studio.

      Accordion-style glass doors on both sides of the great room open to the outdoors.

      Nils Timm

      RELATED: Rapper G-Eazy’s $3.7 Million Hollywood Hills Home Comes With a Professional Recording Studio

      Among the other highlights is an open-concept great room holding a combined living and dining area, plus a small yet sleek kitchen outfitted with an eat-in island, top-tier stainless appliances, and a pass-through window that connects to a poolside bar. An upstairs primary suite comes with a fireplace, a private balcony overlooking scenic city and canyon views, and a bath equipped with dual vanities, a soaking tub, and a large marble-clad rainfall shower.

      Three additional bedrooms filtered throughout the house each have their own bath and outdoor space, while the lushly landscaped grounds span over a third of an acre and host a heated saltwater pool and a spillover spa surrounded by a wraparound sundeck, along with a pair of fire pits. There’s also a four-car garage.

      A crimson-hued recording studio features a workstation and high-end audio gear.

      Nils Timm

      RELATED: Rob Zombie Just Sold His Two-House L.A. Compound for Nearly $9 Million

      Before he acquired his new home known as Odin in late 2023, Zedd offloaded another contemporary Encino residence he bought from former A-list couple Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner in 2021 for $15.2 million to All About That Bass singer Meghan Trainor for just over $17.1 million. Before that, he transferred a place in the mountains high above Beverly Hills that he had owned since 2018 to Black-ish creator Kenya Barris for $18.4 million.

      One of the richest DJs in the world with an estimated net worth of $60 million, the Grammy-winning entertainer is known for his collaborations with the likes of Lady Gaga, Selena Gomez, Katy Perry, Alessia Cara, Shawn Mendes, Disclosure, and Martin Garrix. The 36-year-old also keeps up a rigorous touring schedule, currently performing a Las Vegas residency in partnership with the Tao Group.

      Click here for more photos of the Outpost Estates residence.

      Nils Timm

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      Wendy Bowman

      Wendy Bowman is a real estate writer at Robb Report. Before that, she was a freelancer for Modern Luxury and several other media outlets, where she primarily covered luxury properties for…

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      This $20 Million Midcentury Beverly Hills Estate Hosted Reagan, Sinatra, and More

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      Before his death in 2005 at age 92, Armand “Ardie” Deutsch led a life of wealth and privilege as a Hollywood movie producer and the grandson of Chicago philanthropist and Sears, Roebuck & Company CEO Julius Rosenwald.

      The notably “friendly and unobtrusive fellow” also amassed a lengthy roster of high-profile connections, many of whom often visited him and his wife, Harriet, at this striking midcentury-modern home in the exclusive Gateway enclave of Beverly Hills. Think President Ronald Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan, Walter and Lenore Annenberg, Frank Sinatra, Jimmy Stewart, and William Goetz, just to name a few. In fact, the attic is even rumored to still hold Secret Service tape from one of Reagan’s inauguration celebrations held here.

      The spacious great room has a sitting area, a bar room, and sliding glass walls opening to the backyard.

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      RELATED: Cary Grant’s Former Beverly Hills Estate Hits the Market for $78 Million

      Last sold to doctor and biomedical researcher David Agus in 2006 for around $3 million and subsequently renovated at his hands to the tune of around $4 million, the storied digs have now returned to the market for a dash under $20 million. Farrah Brittany and Mauricio Umansky of The Agency hold the listing.

      Originally designed and built for the Deutsches in 1959 by architect George MacLean and actor-turned-decorator William “Billy” Haines, the gated residence sits amid a hillside parcel spanning over one-and-a-half acres, in the foothills of the Santa Monica Mountains. Half a dozen bedrooms and 10 baths are spread across roughly 7,500 square feet, with four separate structures encompassing a gatehouse, staff accommodations, and a William R. Stephenson-designed guest and screening room building known as the Whim House that was tacked on in the early 1970s.

      A crimson-hued room in the Whim House addition features a screen that drops from the ceiling.

      Nils Timm

      RELATED: This $42 Million Mansion in Beverly Hills Was Once Home to a ‘Gone With the Wind’ Star

      Upon entering the main home, a travertine and wood great room is bookended by a den and a bar room, both featuring decorative fireplaces and floor-to-ceiling walls of glass spilling outside. Other highlights include a formal dining room topped with an ornate metal light fixture, an eat-in kitchen outfitted with a professional-grade Dynasty range, an office space, and a spacious primary suite flaunting a sitting area.

      Outdoors, the wooded backyard is spotlighted by a solar-heated pool, a fire pit conversation area, a treetop gazebo, and several spots ideal for alfresco lounging and entertaining. Per the listing, architecture plans by Lewis/Schoeplein and Olson Kundig also offer the potential for future enhancements, with a certificate of ineligibility valid through Aug. 14, 2026, granting the flexibility to renovate without any historic preservation constraints.

      Click here for more photos of the Beverly Hills residence.

      Nils Timm

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      Wendy Bowman

      Wendy Bowman is a real estate writer at Robb Report. Before that, she was a freelancer for Modern Luxury and several other media outlets, where she primarily covered luxury properties for…

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      Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli’s Former Seaside Rental in Cape Cod Lists for $6.8 Million

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      A quintessential New England escape rented by the late and legendary actress and singer Judy Garland in the early 1960s while her daughter, Liza Minnelli, was performing and working at the Cape Cod Melody Tent has just returned to the market in the charming village of Hyannis Port, right across from the storied Kennedy Compound.

      Last sold in fall 1990 for $930,000, the coastal estate was initially put up for sale in January at $7.5 million for the first time in more than three decades. Subsequently reduced and then removed from the listings in mid-June, it’s now back with a slimmed-down $6.8 million ask. Paul Grover and and Matthew de Groot of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Robert Paul Properties hold the listing.

      A nearly 900-square-foot wraparound porch is ideal for relaxing and entertaining.

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      RELATED: Bill Koch’s Storied Cape Cod Compound Once Hosted JFK. Now It Can Be Yours for $24 Million.

      Affectionately known by locals as the Judy Garland House and set amid a third of an acre, the roughly 5,000-square-foot cedar-shingled residence was originally built over a century ago in 1890. Seamlessly blending modern updates with original details, the two-story home spans about 5,000 square feet, including a separate guest wing above the attached two-car garage.

      Introducing the property is a vast, partly enclosed wraparound porch overlooking sweeping views of the Hyannis Harbor and the Nantucket Sound. From there, a living room sports a whitewashed beam ceiling, a fireplace with a stone surround, and a built-in window seat. Other highlights include a fireside sitting room, a formal dining room that opens to a deck, and an eat-in kitchen with all-white cabinetry, newer stainless appliances, a walk-in pantry, and access to an outdoor dining patio and shower.

      The living room has a white beamed ceiling, a stone fireplace, and a built-in window seat.

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      RELATED: Harry Connick Jr. Is Asking $12.5 Million for His Coastal New England Retreat

      Five upstairs bedrooms include a primary bedroom with a windowed sitting area, double mirrored closets, and a lilac-tiled en suite bath, while three additional bedrooms and a large den can be found atop the garage.

      An added bonus: The parcel, which sits at the corner of Irving and Iyannough avenues, is just steps from the Hyannis Port Yacht Club and the seashell-laced Eugenia Fortes Beach.

      Click here for more photos of the Cape Cod residence.

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      Wendy Bowman

      Wendy Bowman is a real estate writer at Robb Report. Before that, she was a freelancer for Modern Luxury and several other media outlets, where she primarily covered luxury properties for…

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      A Luxury Marketing Guru’s Picturesque Retreat in California’s Carmel Valley Lists for $13 Million

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      After six years of ownership, Emma Gwyther has decided to put her sprawling estate in California’s affluent Carmel Valley enclave up for sale. The luxury auto and lifestyle brand marketer—known for crafting global campaigns and experiential events for an A-list clientele that includes the likes of Ferrari, Rolls-Royce, Bugatti, Aston Martin, and Maserati—is looking to sell the stylish residence for a dash under $13 million.

      Records show the founder and CEO of the South Carolina-based Interluxe Group acquired the property in 2019 for $1.6 million. She subsequently rebuilt the former 1970s home on the site, working in collaboration with DMC Builders and interior designer Sharon Cleland of J Banks Design Group to create the new modern retreat that’s now on the market. Tim Allen of Coldwell Banker Realty holds the listing.

      The fireside living room is topped with a rustic wood-beam ceiling.

      Sherman Chu/Courtesy Tim Allen Properties

      RELATED: Sharon Stone’s House From ‘Basic Instinct’ Is Part of This Epic $91 Million Coastal California Compound

      Resting on over three acres in the desirable Miramonte neighborhood, just minutes from Carmel-by-the-Sea, the entire spread includes a main home and a guesthouse with a combined total of four bedrooms and five baths across roughly 5,400 square feet. A pool, a secluded spa, fireside conversation areas, and several terraces offer sweeping views of the valley and rolling hills, while an attached two-car garage is flanked by a pea gravel motor court. 

      Clad in creamy stucco and stone and capped with a slate tile roof, the main three-bedroom, four-bath home boasts a mix of wide-plank oak and tile floors, plaster walls, and a trio of fireplaces across two levels. In addition to a swath of antiques, special touches include wallpaper by Designers Guild and Gucci; fabrics by Kravet, and Colefax and Fowler; and custom furnishings by Rose Tarlow, Holland MacRae, and Madeline Stuart. 

      The wallpapered primary bedroom opens out to a private balcony with hillside views.

      Sherman Chu/Courtesy Tim Allen Properties

      Among the other highlights is a living room flaunting a decorative stone fireplace, a rustic wood-beam ceiling, steel-framed glass doors on both sides, and a bar tucked around the corner. A sleekly designed kitchen is outfitted with a veined marble backsplash and countertops, a spacious eat-in island, a Lacanche range, and a butler’s pantry. An adjacent dining area spills out to a pergola-shaded entertaining terrace topped with lanterns.

      Elsewhere is a cozy coffered-ceiling family room with a fireplace and built-in cabinetry, plus a fireside primary suite sporting a private balcony and a bath with dual vanities, a clawfoot soaking tub, and a glass-encased shower. Topping it all off is the guesthouse, which sits opposite the pool and an open-air cabana and comes with a bedroom, an outdoor tub and shower, and an enclosed patio hosting a kitchenette with a Big Green Egg.

      The guesthouse’s bedroom is served by an outdoor bathtub in a walled courtyard.

      Sherman Chu/Courtesy Tim Allen Properties

      RELATED: This $8 Million Carmel Home Has Hit the Market for the First Time in Nearly 50 Years

      British-born Gwyther, who maintains a primary residence in the South Carolina oceanside resort town of Hilton Head, said she is sad to part with the beautiful home that’s been her passion for so many years. “There is something so magical,” she added, “about the light and warmth that this special place exudes.” 

      Click here for more photos of the Carmel Valley residence.

      Sherman Chu/Courtesy Tim Allen Properties

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      Wendy Bowman

      Wendy Bowman is a real estate writer at Robb Report. Before that, she was a freelancer for Modern Luxury and several other media outlets, where she primarily covered luxury properties for…

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      Jane’s Addiction Frontman Perry Farrell’s Former L.A. Home Lists for $2.7 Million

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      More than 15 years after rocker Perry Farrell sold his Los Angeles home in the artsy, seaside community of Venice for just over $1.4 million in lieu of a bigger place for his family, the Jane’s Addiction lead singer and Lollapalooza founder’s former residence has once again surfaced for sale. Dubbed the Farrell House, the cubist digs are now on the market for $2.7 million. Laci Buller of Compass holds the listing.

      Records show Farrell paid around $310,000 for the property in the early 1990s. The musician subsequently enlisted modernist architect Steven Ehrlich to transform the original 1940s bungalow on the site into a contemporary, Asian-influenced oasis before offloading the place to the current owner in spring 2010 for $1.4 million.

      The great room is topped by a double-height barrel ceiling in maple veneer.

      David Archer

      RELATED: Michael Feinstein’s Revamped 1930s Home Above L.A.’s Sunset Strip Can Be Yours for $4 Million

      Tucked away on a compact parcel spanning less than a quarter of an acre, just minutes from the area’s bustling Abbot Kinney Boulevard and picturesque canals, the dark-hued and red-trimmed structure features roughly 2,000 square feet of open-plan living space across two levels boasting three bedrooms and two baths. A striking maple veneer, barrel-vaulted ceiling runs the entire length of the house.

      Among the highlights is a spacious living/media room sporting a massive glossy red and blue tile fireplace and pocketing sliding glass walls leading outside. There are also surround-sound speakers, a custom AV cabinet, a coffee table with a built-in projector, and a valance concealing an automated movie screen and a blue screen for video production. A dining area adjoins the wood-clad kitchen, which is outfitted with a tall and slender stained-glass window, a breakfast peninsula, and top-tier stainless appliances.

      A mosaic-tiled lap pool in the hedged backyard has a pergola-shaded sitting area on one end.

      David Archer

      RELATED: Rapper G-Eazy’s $3.7 Million Hollywood Hills Home Comes With a Professional Recording Studio

      Elsewhere is an inviting primary suite flaunting custom cabinetry, a walk-in closet, and a bath with dual vanities, a glass-wrapped soaking tub, and a large rainfall shower, plus a lofted office that spills out to a rooftop deck ideal for alfresco entertaining. Down below, the private backyard hosts a mosaic-tiled lap pool flanked by a sundeck and a pergola-shaded dining spot. A detached three-car garage can also double as an art studio.

      Click here for more photos of the Venice residence.

      David Archer

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      Wendy Bowman

      Wendy Bowman is a real estate writer at Robb Report. Before that, she was a freelancer for Modern Luxury and several other media outlets, where she primarily covered luxury properties for…

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      Celebrity Photographer Alexi Lubomirski Is Selling His Picture-Perfect New York Estate for $2.2 Million

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      Alexi Lubomirski has taken Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s engagement and royal wedding photos. He’s also captured striking images of everyone from Beyoncé to Julia Roberts for Harper’s Bazaar, Vogue, and more.  But one of the celebrity and fashion lensman‘s lesser-known works can be found in the peaceful and affluent New York suburb of Mahopac, about 45 minutes from Manhattan, where he and his environmental activist wife Giada have spent the past two decades restoring and modernizing a charming centuries-old farmhouse.

      Originally built in 1825 for one of the area’s largest agriculturalists and acquired by the couple in 2015 for a mere $550,000, the meticulously preserved and updated residence is now back on the market for a dash under $2.2 million. Alissa Kronovet of Houlihan Lawrence holds the listing, with all the pad’s antique furnishings available for purchase separately.

      A bookshelf-lined reading nook in the living room opens to a bluestone patio surrounded by grape vines.

      Alexi Lubomirski

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      Nestled on over three acres laced with mature maple trees, near the private Sedgewood Club offering lake, golf, and tennis access, the Colonial structure’s white wood-sided facade is accented with rows of black-shuttered windows. Inside, three bedrooms and two baths are filtered across almost 1,800 square feet on two levels with the original wood floors. A security system and a whole-house generator have also been added to the mix.

      An entry foyer flows to a light-filled living room, which comes with a wood-burning fireplace, a bookshelf-lined reading nook, a built-in window seat, and a door leading out to a covered patio surrounded by grape vines. There’s also a six-seat dining room, plus a newly renovated kitchen outfitted with custom sage-hued cabinetry, butcher block countertops, stainless steel appliances, and a large butler’s pantry holding a second refrigerator.

      The forested grounds span over three acres and house a trio of outbuildings.

      Alexi Lubomirski

      RELATED: This 19th-Century New York Manor Is Pure Gothic Revival Elegance

      An upstairs primary bedroom with a walk-in closet shares a full bath with two guest bedrooms, while a fully finished basement with heated floors has another bath and a spacious recreation room that opens out to a wooded backyard spotlighted by herb and rose gardens and a bluestone-encased swimming pool. Also on the grounds are storage, wood, and garden sheds, as well as an attached one-car garage.

      Click here for more photos of the Mahopac residence.

      Justin Paliotta

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      Wendy Bowman

      Wendy Bowman is a real estate writer at Robb Report. Before that, she was a freelancer for Modern Luxury and several other media outlets, where she primarily covered luxury properties for…

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      Roseanne Barr’s 46-Acre Ranch in Hawaii Sparks a Bidding Frenzy and Sells in Just One Week

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      Roseanne Barr didn’t waste any time cashing out on her slice of Hawaiian paradise. Her 46-acre ranch near Honokaa on the Big Island sparked a bidding frenzy after it was put up for sale in August 2025 and sold just one week later for $2.6 million—well above its $1.95 million asking price.

      “We sold the property for $650,000 over asking, attracting buyers from five states, the Neighbor Islands, and three European countries,” listing agent Paul Stukin of Deep Blue HI told Robb Report. “It’s a clear reflection of the strong demand for unique Hawai‘i properties.”

      Perched along the lush Hamakua Coast, the sprawling estate first drew attention as the backdrop for Barr’s 2011 reality series Roseanne’s Nuts, which followed her, her partner Johnny Argent, and son Jake Pentland as they tried their hands at farming. The series lasted just one season.

      The Honokaa property, surrounded by macadamia orchards, appeared on the reality show Roseanne’s Nuts.

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      Far from the Hollywood spotlight, Barr was drawn to Hawaii for both family and lifestyle reasons and moved there permanently in 2007. “I had always traveled yearly with my family to Hawaii—it was an essential summer getaway,” she told Robb Report in August. She purchased the Honokaa property with the goal of building a self-sufficient home, cultivating the land, and giving back to the local community by helping feed struggling families.

      The main house measures 2,716 square feet residence with four bedrooms.

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      The roughly 2,700-square-foot main house sits amid more than 4,000 macadamia trees, along with avocado, finger lime, apple banana, and tangerine groves, offering sweeping ocean and landscape views from a broad lanai. The grounds include a pool with a waterslide, a pool house, an art studio, a greenhouse, a bamboo-enclosed outdoor shower and soaking tub, and a garage/workshop—perfect for anyone ready to embrace island living to the fullest. Inside, high ceilings, open-plan layouts, and walls of glass create a bright, airy interior that brings the surrounding landscape into every room.

      The grounds include a pool with a waterslide a, bamboo outdoor shower, and soaking tub.

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      “Hawaii will always hold a special place in my heart, but I’m getting too old to do as much as I used to,” Barr said. “The land deserves someone with the spirit and energy to care for it the way it should be.” After nearly two decades of stewardship, she is moving on, retaining a smaller property in Waimea while relocating to Texas to focus on new ventures.

      Click here to see more photos of Barr’s Hawaii ranch.

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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, entertainment, dining, travel to…

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