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      Car Collector Magnus Walker Lists Downtown L.A. Live-Work Building for About $20 Million

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      A 26,000-square-foot live-work warehouse building in downtown Los Angeles, owned for almost 25 years by bon vivant former fashion designer and inveterate car collector Magnus Walker—one of the largest collectors of Porsches in the world—has zoomed onto the market with an asking price of around $20 million.

      Walker initially housed his Serious Clothing company in the building—the brand was popular in the L.A. music scene and worn by everyone from Gwen Stefani to Alice Cooper and Madonna—but later converted it to a live-work space through an adaptive reuse program. It wasn’t long after acquiring the property that Walker fell into the film location business, and Walker told Robb Report that “Filming was a happy accident. We saw the opportunity to build something into a pretty lucrative film location business for the next 10-12 years.” Since then, the building has been the site of numerous films, commercials and videos for Kevin Costner, Mary J. Blige and The Eagles.

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      The two-story brick building, which dates to 1903, occupies three parcels over two lots with multiple street frontages and a heavy-duty gate that opens to a courtyard parking area with room for up to a dozen cars. Indeed, Walker has filled the courtyard with a gleaming selection of his vast collection, including a vintage Rolls Royce and a couple of ‘70s-era Corvettes.

      Part of the building serves as a workshop and showroom for Magnus Walker’s classic car collection.

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      Raw and industrial, the cavernous and rambling interior spaces have exposed brick walls, patinated wood floors, a functioning freight elevator, soaring ceilings punctuated by skylights, and enormous south-facing casement windows that fill the upper level with sunlight.

      A massive roll-up door allows cars to be driven right into the building. In one section of the ground floor, a brilliant blue Pininfarina Battista is on display, while another area serves as a garage and workshop where Walker, famous for never selling a Porsche once it comes into his possession, keeps more than a dozen collectible versions of his favorite automotive brand.

      Making for an easy commute to his workshop and studio on the ground floor, the 11,200-square-foot upper level served as Walker’s bohemian residence, which he described as “a mini Hearst Castle/English stately home mixed with midcentury modernism and 60/70s furniture pieces.”

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      Huge casement windows on the upper-level living area frame city views.

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      In addition to an enclosed courtyard garden enveloped in lush greenery, flaming bougainvillea and fragrant night-blooming jasmine, the building’s prairie-sized rooftop offers 360-degree vistas over the city, including an up-close view of the downtown skyline.

      The number of bedrooms and bathrooms found throughout the massive structure is available by request via Tori Horowitz and Rinat Greenberg of Canyonhaus at Compass as well as through Geoff Anenberg at Normal Properties.

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      David and Victoria Beckham Drop $80 Million on a Waterfront Mansion in Miami Beach

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      They already own a $20 million condo in downtown Miami’s ultra-luxe One Thousand Museum tower. Now word on the street has it that A-list couple David and Victoria Beckham are spreading their real estate wings over to the South Florida coast, having doled out $80 million for an all-new modern mansion overlooking Biscayne Bay on Miami Beach’s exclusive North Bay Road.

      As first reported by The Real Deal, the Beckhams—he a retired soccer star-turned-co-owner of the MLS team Inter Miami, and she a fashion and beauty mogul who first gained popularity in the 1990s as a member of the pop group Spice Girls—are currently under contract to purchase the Choeff Levy Fischman-designed digs. The seller is Hamptons-based spec developer Niklas de la Motte, who picked up the property in 2018 for $10 million from the trust of the late Sir Edward Porter and his wife Lady Anna Lee, co-founders of Miami International Fine Arts College (now Miami International University of Art and Design). The listing is held by Dora Puig of Luxe Living Realty.

      Lighted steps lead to the front door, which opens into 12,500 square feet of open-concept living space.

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      Nestled amid a gated parcel spanning over a half-acre, the Bart Reines-built abode that currently stands in the stead of a former 1920s Mediterranean-style house offers nine bedrooms and 13 baths in a little more than 12,500 square feet of living space on two levels. Stylish interiors by Antrobus Design Collective are adorned throughout with Ipe wood, Perlato marble, metal accents, and doors and windows framed in dark bronze, while posh amenities include an office, a movie theater, a gym and spa, and a rooftop deck providing bay and city skyline views, as well as a three-car garage with lifts and a private dock resting along 124 feet of waterfront footage.

      Among the other standout features is a dramatic entryway boasting a pair of reflecting pools and a cascading waterfall, plus a central courtyard donning yet another reflecting pool complemented by a two-story living green wall. There’s also a spacious living room sporting a linear fireplace and floor-to-ceiling pocketing glass doors spilling outside, along with a formal dining room, a sleek gourmet kitchen with a trio of islands and a commercial-grade walk-in refrigerator, and an opulent primary suite decked out with a luxe bath flaunting dual vanities and a soaking tub.

      Sitting out front are a duo of glassy reflecting pools and an attached three-car garage with lifts.

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      Rounding it all out are the palm-laced grounds, which host a lengthy infinity-edge pool abutting a marble-clad terrace spotlighted by a covered al fresco entertaining area with an outdoor kitchen.

      In addition to their new Miami Beach home and their $20 million condo at downtown Miami’s Zaha Hadid-designed One Thousand Museum residential high-rise, the Beckhams also lay claim to a $40 million townhouse in London and a $15 million country estate in the Cotswolds. More

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      An Atlanta Mansion That Starred in ‘The Accountant’ With Ben Affleck Can Be Yours for $10 Million

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      Around a year and a half after it first hit the market with an impressive $15 million price tag, a sprawling lakefront estate on the outskirts of Atlanta has popped up for sale again with a discounted ask. But you’ll still need a considerable sum of cash to pick up the keys to the modern mansion, which is now listed for exactly $10 million.

      Hidden away beyond a lengthy gated driveway in the suburban enclave of Sandy Springs, amid a nearly four-acre parcel bordered by a lake and a 30-acre nature preserve, the limestone-clad structure was custom-built by Cablik Enterprises and the architecture firm Dencity. Records show the current owners are Florida-based couple Mike Kohlsdorf, president of Francisco Partners, and Shelly Justice, founder and chair of Senegal Software, who paid $562,000 for the property back in 2003.

      And if you’re thinking this particular abode looks a tad familiar, that might be due to its starring role in The Accountant, a 2016 action/thriller film starring Ben Affleck. On screen, the glitzy spread portrayed the residence of principal villain Lamar Blackburn played by John Lithgow. It also was a recipient of the Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association’s OBIE Award for “Best New Home” in 2012.

      The main living area’s two-way fireplace opens on the other side to a cantilevered deck.

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      Per the listing held by Katie McGuirk and Kelley Day of Ansley Real Estate Christie’s International, the property features a main home and a recently added guesthouse with its own family room and kitchen—for a total of five bedrooms and nine baths in a little more than 12,200 square feet of tri-level living space, all of it inspired by the work of Frank Lloyd Wright.

      A walkway spanning a water feature leads to the glassy front doors, which flow to an open-concept great room featuring a living area accented by a two-way fireplace and walls of glass spilling out to a cantilevered deck. There’s also a formal dining room adorned with glossy black tiled walls and a Swarovski crystal chandelier that sits adjacent to a gourmet kitchen outfitted with a bespoke glass backsplash, lighted quartz countertops, and top-tier appliances. A posh primary suite has a fireside seating area, a private terrace, a showroom-style closet, and a luxe bath sporting a soaking tub and a steam shower.

      An infinity-edge pool with a Baja shelf and spa overlooks the lake.

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      Elsewhere is a glass elevator, an office, a climate-controlled wine cellar, a wet bar-equipped golf simulator room, a media room with a full kitchen, a gym, a shooting range/safe room, and garage space for up to five vehicles. Rounding it all out are the fully fenced and landscaped grounds, which host an infinity-edge pool with a Baja shelf and spa, two built-in grilling stations, and a fire pit lounge, along with a dock, a boathouse, and even a teak boat.

      This is not Kohlsdorf and Justice’s only home. Back in summer 2022, the couple paid an entity tied to New York hedge funder Mendy Haas $14.5 million for a 4,500-square-foot waterfront property in the Bay Point neighborhood of Miami.

      Click here for more photos of the Georgia home.

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      ‘Glee’ Alum Kevin McHale Lists His Midcentury L.A. Home for $2 Million

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      With his successful run as paraplegic show choir member Artie Abrams on the FOX musical/drama series Glee wrapping in 2015, Kevin McHale has since moved on to other endeavors. Not only has he launched the YouTube series The AlphaBeatZ centered around five animated singing and dancing teddy bears, but he also appeared on a season of RuPaul’s Secret Celebrity Drag Race and even released his debut EP titled Boy. Most recently, he snagged a co-starring role as middle-schooler William Barfée in the Kennedy Center’s Broadway Center Stage production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.

      On the real estate front, the actor and singer has now decided to hand over the keys to his longtime Los Angeles residence, putting his midcentury-modern home in Hollywood Hills up for sale at a speck under $2 million, which is around $970,000 more than he paid for the place back in spring 2012.

      A super-sized primary suite is decked out with a bookshelf-lined lounge area.

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      Described in the listing as a “serene haven,” the gray stucco and glass structure was built in 1956 and is sidled up against the street on a compact cul-de-sac parcel. Inside, three bedrooms and a couple of baths can be found in a little more than 2,000 square feet of two-level living space, which boasts updated interiors containing a mix of oak and stone floors, high wood-beam ceilings, and floor-to-ceiling walls of glass framing city lights and canyon views.

      Main-level highlights include a soaring entryway lined with clerestory windows that flows to an open-concept great room featuring a living area, a dining nook with built-in seating, and a kitchen outfitted with a breakfast bar and stainless appliances. Tucked away on the lower level is an expansive primary suite, which comes with a bookshelf-clad lounge area, sliding glass doors spilling out onto a wood deck flanked by a flat grassy lawn, plenty of closet space, and a glass-block bath spotlighted by a soaking tub. Elsewhere is a bedroom that’s been converted into an office space and an enclosed patio that currently serves as an outdoor gym, as well as an attached two-car garage out front.

      A fire pit-equipped deck overlooks picturesque vistas.

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      The Texas-born performer, 36, got his acting start when he convinced his talent agent sister to let him audition for a local commercial and subsequently joined the four-member boy band NLT (“Not Like Them”) as one of two lead singers. He went on to snag his breakout role as Artie on Glee in 2009, earning Grammy, Screen Actors Guild, and Teen Choice nods during the show’s six seasons. McHale has also been in True Blood and Glee: The 3D Concert Movie, and he co-hosts the And That’s What You Really Missed podcast on iHeartRadio with fellow Glee alum Jenna Ushkowitz.

      Click here for more photos of Kevin McHale’s Hollywood Hills home.

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      Jack London Penned Novels at This Idyllic Wine Country Estate. Now It Can Be Yours for $5 Million.

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      Always wanted to live like a world-famous literary figure? Now’s your chance, because the picturesque Northern California lodge where the late author and journalist Jack London loved to blissfully while away his days has just popped up for sale. Dubbed Wake Robin and nestled amid a 3-acre parcel in the charming village of Glen Ellen in Sonoma County, tucked away in a narrow canyon between the Sonoma and Mayacamas mountains, this beguiling estate is now on the market for a speck under $5 million with Matt Sevenau of Compass.

      Particularly enamored by his editor Ninetta Eames’s niece Charmian Kittredge on his first trip to the property in summer 1902 with his then-wife Bessie and their two daughters, London returned the next year and later wed his soulmate and fellow writer Charmian after a highly publicized divorce. He subsequently made Wake Robin his home for some eight years, penning the bestselling novels White Fang and The Sea Wolf while concurrently buying seven neighboring parcels that he called the Beauty Ranch and today known as Jack London State Historic Park.

      A tree stump where Jack London is said to have sat and put pen to paper remains on the land.

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      Originally part of a vast Mexican rancho and later a 160-acre ranch, Wake Robin rests beside the merging Sonoma and Graham creeks and was transformed into a lodge during the 1890s by Joshua Chauvet. The deed has changed hands numerous times in the years since, with Ann and Alexander Frick acquiring the place in the 1990s and giving it an extensive renovation before handing over the keys to current owners Malcolm Walter and Elizabeth Fisher in 2020.

      Spanning two stories and roughly 4,300 square feet, the modern three-bedroom, three-bath home is highlighted by an octagon-shaped living room that previously served as a lobby. Elsewhere is a fireside dining area that connects to a kitchen outfitted with Caesarstone countertops, an eat-in island, Dacor and Sub-Zero appliances, and a climate-controlled wine cellar with room for up to 500 bottles, as well as two offices, a bookshelf-clad library, a media room, and a screened porch. Another octagon-shaped room on the upper level houses a primary suite boasting a private deck and a walk-through closet that leads to a luxe bath spotlighted by a spa tub.

      An octagon-shaped living room with a floating staircase once served as the lodge lobby.

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      Outdoors, the gated grounds are laced with oak trees and host a pool and spa, a firepit, and a fully equipped barbecue station. There’s also a barn that could be used as a garage, a gym, or a flex space, per the listing, along with a horseshoe pit and bocce court, a fruit orchard, raised garden beds, and covered carport parking for two vehicles. A tree stump where London would often sit and write also still graces the grounds.

      Water and Fisher, who themselves spent around $300,000 to upgrade the premises during their tenure, are moving because their work is mostly in Sonoma. “While we love living in Glen Ellen … We have found a home in Sonoma with many of the same amenities, but not the rich history that 4100 Wake Robin offers,” the couple said in a statement. “This is a bittersweet move.”

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      A Sound Effects Pioneer’s Hudson River-View Manhattan Apartment Is Up for Grabs

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      He might not be a household name, but if you happened to watch movies in the 1960s and beyond, you likely came across Elisha Birnbaum’s handiwork as a foley artist. Think of a trotting horse achieved via coconut shells striking against a carpeted floor and even a knife cutting through flesh, which he mimicked by buying the largest turkey he could find and then mutilating the massive fowl so much that his wife Zmira refused to cook it for dinner.

      He subsequently founded the New York City-based Sound One Corporation, which would go on to become a prominent East Coast post-production sound studio that worked with top producers and directors such as Martin Scorsese, Nora Ephron, Spike Lee, Ang Lee, and Woody Allen. And though he retired in 2000 after selling Sound One to Liberty Media, Birnbaum’s CineMontage obituary reports that he continued to watch as many movies as he could and picked up painting and digital art to fill his days.

      Now, almost a year after he passed away at age 92, the Upper West Side apartment that he occupied for more than five decades has popped up for sale, asking $3.7 million. The listing is held by Jennifer Roberts of Coldwell Banker Warburg.

      The entrance gallery flows to a skyline-view living room warmed by a wood-burning fireplace.

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      Sited within the 18-story Normandy residential building designed in the late ’30s by noted architect Emery Roth, Birnbaum’s former home rests on the 17th floor and has four bedrooms and three baths in roughly 2,400 square feet of living space spread across two combined units. The interiors are outfitted with herringbone-patterned hardwood floors, nine-foot beamed ceilings, wood-paneled walls, stained-glass accents, and large windows overlooking the picturesque skyline and the Hudson River.

      Highlights include a columned entrance gallery that leads to a living room boasting a wood-burning fireplace. On one side of the gallery is a spacious bookshelf-lined room holding a dining area that connects to a modern black-and-red kitchen equipped with an eat-in peninsula and an adjacent seating/breakfast nook.

      The bookshelf-lined dining area sits adjacent to an eye-catching red-and-black kitchen.

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      Elsewhere is the primary bedroom, which hosts a private terrace and a swanky blue-tiled bath with a built-in soaking tub and a separate shower. Three additional bedrooms include one with its own entrance, plus a second terrace and a laundry room that previously served as an extra kitchen.

      A hefty $6,270 monthly common charge fee allows the new owner to take advantage of numerous amenities that encompass 24-hour doormen, a resident manager, a landscaped garden courtyard and rooftop deck, two fitness centers, a children’s playroom, and bike and storage space. An added bonus: The building is right across the street from Riverside Park and its scenic walking paths.

      Click here for more photos of Elisha Birnbaum’s longtime Manhattan home.

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      Late Comic Book Legend Stan Lee’s Last Home in L.A. Lists for $8.8 Million

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      Back in late 2014, Marvel Comics legend Stan Lee doled out $4.4 million for a modern home perched in the coveted Birds Streets area of Los Angeles. The Spider-Man creator and his wife Joan—who have since passed away, he in 2018 and she in 2017, both at age 95—subsequently transferred the Hollywood Hills property high above the Sunset Strip to their daughter Joan Celia (“J.C.”) Lee. Now the residence is available for the first time in a decade, asking $8.8 million.

      Completed in the 1950s and renovated and expanded through the years, according to property records, the single-story abode occupies a half-acre parcel of land fronted by a gated driveway that empties out at an attached three-car garage tucked off to the side. Once inside, a total of three bedrooms and seven baths are sprawled across a little more than 5,200 square feet of living space boasting parquet floors and high ceilings.

      J.C. and Stan Lee pose for a photo in front of the home’s bar.

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      Especially standing out is an expansive entrance hallway, which flows to a fireside den sporting a seated bar and a large dining area that’s perfect for entertaining. A remodeled kitchen is outfitted with an eat-in island and stainless cabinetry and appliances, while the living room is highlighted by a fireplace, floor-to-ceiling windows, and a glass door spilling out to a hedge-lined backyard hosting a pool and spa nestled alongside an open-air cabana.

      Elsewhere is an office and an opulent movie theater with plenty of tiered seating, plus a spacious primary retreat that comes complete with a fireplace, a Juliette balcony, a sauna, and dual walk-in closets and baths. Per the listing held by Naomi Selick of Douglas Elliman, the home also has a brick-clad stage in the upper yard that’s been known to host its share of intimate concerts, as well as a trio of life-sized Spider-Man replicas that are available for purchase separately.

      Three life-sized Spider-Man replicas in the entrance hallway are available for purchase separately.

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      “My father and I loved this house at first sight,” J.C. told the New York Post in a statement about the residence, which is reportedly the final estate purchased by Lee. “There were so many possibilities, we couldn’t wait to get started. This house was made for parties and entertaining with a sound system that extends to the showers, the theater, and the cabana designed to keep food hot for outdoor events.”

      Click here for more photos of J.C. Lee’s Hollywood Hills home.

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      This $3.2 Million Spanish-Style Home in L.A. Comes With a Midcentury Guesthouse

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      Like a touch of midcentury modern with your Mission Revival? No worries! This hybrid residence tucked away in the La Crescenta foothills of Los Angeles just so happens to offer the best of both worlds. 

      After barely two years of ownership, the scion of a Hollywood actor has decided to part ways with his home in an unincorporated area near the city of Glendale. The professional musician is asking a speck under $3.2 million for the blended abode, which he acquired in 2022 for just over $2.3 million. 

      Originally built in the late 1940s by mission-adobe expert Paul Angel Verdugo, the property underwent an extensive renovation during the owner’s tenure and includes a three-bedroom, two-bath Mission Revival-style main home boasting a little more than 2,100 square feet of single-level living space adorned throughout with Saltillo tile floors, mosaic accents, and natural wood-beam ceilings. There’s also a newer midcentury pool house that clocks in at 475 square feet and was previously used by the owner as a music studio.

      The light-filled living room is spotlighted by a natural wood-beam ceiling and a corner fireplace.

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      Nestled amid a leafy parcel of land spanning nearly two-thirds of an acre, within the Briggs Terrace neighborhood near the Rosemont Preserve, the main adobe brick and terracotta-roof structure is secluded at the end of a private street and overlooks the San Gabriel Mountains. Once inside via a covered porch and hand-carved wood door, the step-down living room charms with a large picture window and an arched fireplace nestled alongside a built-in bench.

      A cozy family room connects to the gourmet kitchen, which is outfitted with Carrara marble countertops, an eat-in bar topped with honed black granite, a pricey AGA range, and a built-in Thermador refrigerator. Other highlights include an office space, plus an inviting primary suite sporting a walk-in closet and a fireside bath equipped with dual vanities, a freestanding soaking tub, and a steam shower.

      The owner used the midcentury pool house as a music studio.

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      In addition to several alfresco lounging and entertaining spots, the grounds are laced with redwood, pine, and fruit trees. There’s also a sundeck-encased swimming pool, a firepit, and a sports court in the backyard, as well as an attached two-car garage out front. 

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