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      Inside Power Broker Fredrik Eklund’s $7 Million Beverly Hills Home

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      Buyer: Fredrik EklundLocation: Beverly Hills, Calif.Price: $7.043 millionSize: 5,674 square feet, 5 bedrooms, 8 bathroomsYear: 2017
      After 17 years making an international name and a considerable fortune hawking luxury apartments and high-end developments in New York City, preternaturally energetic power broker Fredrik Eklund, veteran star of Bravo’s popular “Million Dollar Listing” franchise, packed up and moved to Los Angeles about 1.5 years ago.

      The gym-hardened Swede, his also gym-sculpted husband, artist Derek Kaplan, and their toddler twins initially rented a stunning Harry Gesner-designed contemporary in the Trousdale Estates neighborhood in Beverly Hills — digital records indicate the city-view spread went for a whopping $36,000 per month — before they took up even grander residence on a two-acre Bel-Air estate anchored by a 12,000-square-foot mansion with what Eklund described last fall to L.A. Magazine a “master suite that’s bigger than most New York apartments.”

      Though Eklund and his New York-based business partner John Gomes, co-founders and principals of the spectacularly successful Eklund Gomes Team at Douglas Elliman, have high-profile satellite offices across the country, it looks like the always high-kicking and Bentley-driving multimillionaire real estate dynamo/reality TV star plans to remain in Los Angeles with his family for the foreseeable future because tax records show they’ve ponied up a bit more than $7 million for a luxuriously casual family-sized East Coast-y home in Beverly Hills.
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      Sequestered behind gates along a discreet canyon lane, and accented with inoperable and curiously under-scaled shutters over black-framed windows, the bright-white clapboard-clad home sits on just about one-third of an acre and squeezes in five en-suite bedrooms and eight deluxe bathrooms in just over 5,700 square feet.
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      Like many recently built luxury homes across Los Angeles that aim to fuse historic styles of architecture with currently in-favor open-concept floor plans, this one opens to a double-height foyer that is all but indistinct from a combination living and dining room. Interestingly proportioned multipane windows fill the space with light, while a white marble fireplace anchors the lounge area under a vaulted ceiling.

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      Another ubiquitous design trend in traditionally inspired but modern-minded luxury homes, four industrial-style lights hang over the doublewide island snack bar in the gourmet kitchen that showcases lightly veined white marble counters, chef-grade appliances and a mix of jet-black and snow-white Shaker-style cabinets. A butler’s pantry makes a convenient link to the living/dining room and a built-in banquette makes a cozy spot for casual meals.
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      An adjoining family room features built-in bookshelves alongside a second marble fireplace and room-wide bank of windows fold open to the backyard.
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      An office or guest bedroom just off the family room, a children’s playroom and a sunroom-style gym, each with an attached bathroom, complete the main floor, while the second floor offers a media lounge, a trio of en-suite guest bedrooms and a primary bedroom with fireplace and marble bath.
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      Surrounded by high hedges and even taller trees that obscure neighboring homes, the artificially grassed yard offers a skylight topped loggia outside the family room, a bit of stone terracing, a built-in grill, and a raised spa that spills over into a sparkling swimming pool.
      Unsurprisingly, Eklund represented himself in the purchase of the property that was listed with Christine Martin and Samira Gores of The Agency.
      Around the time they headed west in 2019, Eklund and Kaplan sold their 2,200-square-foot Hudson River view condo in New York City’s fashionable Tribeca neighborhood for $5.655 million, a not particularly profitable amount over the $5.426 million they paid in early 2016. However, they have yet to completely pull up their East Coast sticks. They remain the owners of a stately Georgian manor house in Roxbury, Conn., about 90 miles outside of Midtown Manhattan, that they picked up in 2016 for $2.95 million, a hefty chunk below the $3.5 million asking price. With more than eight pastoral acres, the elegant country escape has an infinity edged swimming pool, a picturesque pond and postcard-perfect views over the forested landscape.

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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

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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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      Home of the Week: Star Athletes Caroline Wozniacki and Dave Lee List Their Island Condo in Miami for $17.5 Million

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      Downsizing is typically what happens when the kids leave home, Medicare kicks in and the yard work becomes too much.
      But for tennis great Caroline Wozniacki, 30, and her former NBA All-Star husband David Lee, 37, the decision to list their spectacular five-bed condo on Miami’s super-exclusive Fisher Island, is all about size. Seems 8,430-square-feet is just too much space.

      “They are staying on Fisher. They just didn’t need as big of a unit,” says Jill Hertzberg, broker and cofounder of the Jills Zeder Group at Coldwell Banker Realty, which holds the listing.

      Of course, for the newly-retired couple—Wozniacki called it quits last year and Lee in 2017—it might also have something to do with the $208,077 in annual property taxes and the $10,254 monthly association dues. Living on the ultra-private enclave of Fisher Island is far from cheap.
      Not that its roughly 800 residents likely worry too much. The island, reached only by private ferry, has the distinction of being one of the wealthiest zip codes in the US.
      Miami’s Fisher Island can only be reached by private ferry, boat or chopper.  Photo: Courtesy of The Jill Zeder Group/Lifestyle Production Group

      Here home owners include a host of celebs, captains of industry and investors. Canadian billionaire and Aston Martin chairman Lawrence Stroll just last month sold a four-bed condo, formerly owned by Oprah, for $20 million.
      If the couple sells the sprawling eighth-floor pad for close to the $17.5 million asking, it should result in a tidy profit. According to records, they bought the place in 2018 for $13.5 million.
      Views from the media room.  Photo: Courtesy of The Jill Zeder Group/Lifestyle Production Group

      The home itself is part of the 10-story, Palazzo Del Sol building, which was completed in 2016. The 46-unit tower claims “six-star” concierge service with such luxuries as a butler-staffed aperitivo bar and lounge, hair and makeup salon, massage room and world-class gym.
      In addition to the condo’s 8,400-square-feet of living space, it has 2,500 square feet of covered terraces providing no fewer than six outdoor living areas.
      One of six terraces.  Photo: Courtesy of The Jill Zeder Group/Lifestyle Production Group

      The balconies provide jaw-dropping views of Biscayne Bay, the Miami Beach Marina, the main cruise-ship alley that’s Government Cut, and the crashing Atlantic.
      A private elevator whisks you to the home’s grand entrance and into its open-plan layout. Ten-foot-high, floor-to-ceiling windows flood the space with light. The vast west-facing living room offers views of the sunset and twinkling downtown Miami skyline.

      The spacious living room.  Photo: Courtesy of The Jill Zeder Group/Lifestyle Production Group

      The room flows into the home’s sleek, gourmet kitchen with its Gaggenau and Sub-Zero appliances and large marble-topped island. Steps away is a formal dining room, media room and rec room with pool table and bar.
      In total, there are five bedrooms and five-and-a-half bathrooms. Without doubt, the highlight of the spacious primary suite is its huge dual walk-in closets.
      The dining area.  Photo: Courtesy of The Jill Zeder Group/Lifestyle Production Group

      Listing photos show Wozniacki’s impressive shoe, handbag and designer sunglasses collection, along with Lee’s extensive display of trainers. We stopped counting at 60 pairs.
      Additional owners’ suite features include Statuaria book-matched marble and Starphire glass in the bathrooms, Apure lighting by Porsche Design, along with premium Dornbracht and Duravit fixtures.
      And, if you like the look of all the furniture and furnishings, you’re in luck: They’re included in the asking price.
      The sleek kitchen.  Photo: Courtesy of The Jill Zeder Group/Lifestyle Production Group

      As for the 216-acre Fisher Island itself—reached only by private ferry, boat or helicopter—there’s no shortage of five-star amenities. They include a beach club, spa, gourmet market, fine restaurants, two deep-water marinas and even a private school that offers Mandarin classes.
      It also features a nine-hole golf course, as well as the Fisher Island Racquet Club with its 17 tennis courts, one of which is named after Wozniacki, who still plays there.
      The games room.  Photo: Courtesy of The Jill Zeder Group/Lifestyle Production Group

      Before retiring in January 2020, the Danish tennis pro is credited with winning a total of 30 Women’s Tennis Association singles titles, a Grand Slam in 2018, and holding top ranking for a combined total of 71 weeks. She’s ranked fifth in all-time prize earnings of more than $35 million during her 15-year career.
      Husband David Lee is a two-time NBA basketball All-Star who played for the New York Knicks and Golden State Warriors.
      As for the couple’s next Fisher Island home, they have their choice—right now there are no fewer than 89 listed on Zillow. They range in price from $750,000 for a teeny 890-square-footer to $29.5 million for a whopping 10,000-square-foot rooftop penthouse.

      The primary bedroom suite.  Photo: Courtesy of The Jill Zeder Group/Lifestyle Production Group

      One of two walk-in closets in the primary suite.  Photo: Courtesy of The Jill Zeder Group/Lifestyle Production Group

      The other walk-in.  Photo: Courtesy of The Jill Zeder Group/Lifestyle Production Group

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      Inside Trevor Noah’s $27.5 Million Modern Mansion in Bel Air

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      About four months after he sold his “starter” Bel Air estate for $21.7 million to a still-unidentified buyer, Trevor Noah has bounced back with a real estate upgrade in the same neighborhood — property records reveal the South African “Daily Show” host has dropped a whopping $27.5 million on another Bel Air mansion. The two houses are only about a mile apart as the crow flies, though the latest acquisition is considerably more private and even more aggressively contemporary than Noah’s first L.A. home.
      Completed in 2014, the blocky structure was designed by Harvard-trained architect Mark Rios as a personal residence for himself and his husband, fertility specialist Dr. Guy Ringler. The couple originally listed the 11,000-square-foot manse in early 2018 for $36 million; the pricetag subsequently plummeted to $29.5 million. Eventually, along came Noah, though the $27.5 million sale price likely represents a financial win for Rios, who acquired the .97-acre hillside property way back in 1996 for a paltry $650,000.
      A view of the home’s stunning outdoor space.  Redfin

      All but invisible from the street behind a sky-piercing wall of bamboo, the house was inspired by the Japanese design ethos of pared-back simplicity and soothing aesthetics, per Rios. Nearly every room offers monolithic floor-to-ceiling walls of glass, the chicly minimalist kitchen has rich oak cabinetry, and there’s a Japanese-style spa with stunning views over the Santa Monica mountains and — on a clear day — to the Pacific Ocean.
      On the home’s lowest level, each room includes a full wall of retractable windows for the ultimate indoor/outdoor living experience.  Upstairs, the main level flaunts grandly-scaled living, dining, and family rooms; a staircase hewn from imported German wood leads to the private upper level, where there are four ensuite guest bedrooms and a master suite with dual stone-floored baths and dual dressing rooms with backlit cabinetry, plus a so-called “manager’s berth,” per the listing. The house also sports a unique penthouse level solely dedicated to a deluxe movie theater, where walls disappear at the touch of a button, opening to a rooftop deck with a bar seating area.
      The property’s grounds are every bit as carefully curated as the house itself, with minimalist expanses of geometric lawns, a featureless motor court that can easily accommodate 10 cars, and an infinity-edged swimming pool daringly perched directly over the home’s basement level living spaces. Some of the vast array of other amenities inside and out include a gym, an office for a full-time security detail, library, pricey Crestron home automation and an elevator. Out back, adjoining the swimming pool, there’s a wee cabana with a wet bar, BBQ, and rooftop lounge.
      The home’s private gym.  Redfin

      Noah, 36, has helmed Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” since 2015. In 2017, he signed a lucrative contract extension that will keep him in the host’s chair through the end of 2022. And on the residential front, the bicoastal media mogul also continues to own his snazzy Manhattan duplex, acquired in 2017 for $10.1 million.
      Linda May and Drew Fenton of Hilton & Hyland held the listing; Jonah Wilson, also of Hilton & Hyland, repped Noah. See more photos of the home below:
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      Michelle Pfeiffer’s Historic Former LA Estate Hits the Market for $20 Million

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      Michelle Pfeiffer’s Former LA Digs List for $20 MillionWill Rogers might have been the ultimate one-man media machine. Born in the Cherokee Nation, the cowboy made his way from Oklahoma to Hollywood, starring in more than 70 films—both silent and “talkies”—and had a syndicated column with The New York Times and a radio show. During the 1920s and ’30s, he was a household name across the US.

      In LA’s Pacific Palisades, Rogers has an eponymous state park to commemorate his big personality and presence as well as his love of the outdoors. He died in a plane crash in Alaska in 1935 at age 57. But just before he died, he finished the final details on a sprawling new home just minutes from the Will Rogers State Park.

      The starry legacy continued when actor Michelle Pfeiffer, along with her producer and TV writer husband, David E. Kelley, purchased the spread, which included a pool, pool house and horse stables, plus a spacious 6,250-square-foot main house. In 2001, the compound changed hands again, this time to a local venture capitalist and his family. Now they’re selling the expanded estate for $19.99 million.
      The living room.  Photo: Marc Angeles/Compass

      The current owners brought in one of interior design’s stars, Michael S. Smith (who famously decorated the White House while the Obamas were in residence), to completely renovate the inside of the main house. While looking a bit humble on the outside, the home is decidedly elegant past the front steps with crown molding, fireplaces in several rooms and high ceilings. The wide-plank hardwood floors throughout are original, as is the two-story library with its spiral staircase leading to a second-floor loft or flex space.
      The main house includes a vast country-style kitchen and pantry along with four bedrooms and four-and-a-half baths, a formal living and dining room, a windowed sitting room just off the dining area and a family room. All bedrooms are en suite and have a New England/Hamptons-cottage feel with beadboard peaked ceilings.
      The dining room.  Photo: Marc Angeles/Compass

      The current owners also built an additional guest house on the compound with two separate one-bedroom units. A staff house contains yet another bed and bath. Renovations also reached the stable, which has been converted into a spacious family fitness center. The pool house includes a full kitchen, a sauna and a spa and bath. Finally, the two-story garage has more space for a home office, with a living room and balcony. In total, the property offers five kitchens and eight bedrooms.

      Gardens connected by flagstone pathways dot the estate, connecting the vast pool area to the guest quarters on the far end of the three-acre parcel.
      The listing is held jointly by Aaron Kirman, Jeeb O’Reilly and Liz Gottainer of Aaron Kirman group at Compass. Check out more photos of the property below:
      The family room.  Photo: Marc Angeles/Compass

      The kitchen.  Photo: Marc Angeles/Compass

      The library.  Photo: Marc Angeles/Compass

      The primary suite.  Photo: Marc Angeles/Compass

      Another of the main house’s four bedrooms.  Photo: Marc Angeles/Compass

      One of four baths in the home.  Photo: Marc Angeles/Compass

      The stables-turned-fitness center.  Photo: Marc Angeles/Compass

      The pool and poolhouse.  Photo: Marc Angeles/Compass

      One of the units in the guest house.  Photo: Marc Angeles/Compass

      The newly built guest house.  Photo: Marc Angeles/Compass

      The firepit patio.  Photo: Marc Angeles/Compass More