The Rockstar Energy Drink CEO Bought a Foreclosed Home

February 16, 2010
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The Miami home of Scott Storch was foreclosed as part of his financial meltdown. The CEO of Rockstar  Energy drink, Russ Weiner, has announced that he is the new owner of Villa Ferrari – Storch’s former 20,000 square foot home on Palm Island.

The mansion features a 100 foot boat dock, 11 bedrooms, 15 bathrooms, 3 guest houses and two pools. Last summer, after Storch declared bankruptcy, SunTrust bank, which held two mortgages worth a combined $7.75 million against the property, bought the property back at auction on for $5.5 million.

Storch had bought the home for $10.5 million but it had been listed for $13.9 million. Alex Shay found that SunTrust…

Tom Hanks buys Pacific Palisades Home

February 15, 2010
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According to an area real estate agent, the actor-producer-director Tom Hanks has purchased the contemporary Pacific Palisades home of the veteran producers Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall.

The sales price was listed at slightly further than $26 million at Blockshopper.com – news and market data service. Property records show that the 14,513-square-foot house that was built in 1996 has four bedrooms and five bathrooms.

Tom Hanks, 53 years of age, won Oscars for his work in “Forrest Gump” (1994) and “Philadelphia” (1993) and received lead actor nominations for “Big” (1988), “Saving Private Ryan” (1998) and “Cast Away” (2000) – which he also produced. He played symbolist Robert Langdon in “The Da Vinci…

Conan O’Brien Lists His New York City Penthouse

February 15, 2010
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Conan O’Brien’s enormous Central Park West penthouse duplex at the Majestic is “quietly being shopped around” for a heavy price tag of $35 million (alas no listing yet).

The prime co-op unit is composed of two units, an 18th-floor penthouse that O’Brien purchased in 2007 for approximately $10 million plus an already combined unit residence on the 17th floor. The south-facing home has three terraces and views of Central Park West. The twin towered Art Deco styled Majestic has 238 apartments.

It was once home to some of the former heads of the Luciano crime family (later called the Genovese crime family) as well as Meyer Lansky, Lucky Luciano and Frank Costello.

In…

Scarlett Johansson’s Hollywood Hills Home Up for Grabs for $4.95 M

February 15, 2010
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The actress and singer Scarlett Johansson has listed her walled and gated Spanish villa in the Hollywood Hills for $4.95 million.

The recently refurbished and remodeled house that was built in 1931 has four bedrooms and 5 ½ bathrooms in about 4,300 square feet. The grounds comprise nearly three-quarters of an acre with gardens, terraces and a swimming pool.

Rooms on the main level open to a glass-topped central atrium. The house has a period-style kitchen with original tile, a maid’s quarters that could be used for a media room or a gym and a basement.

This home was purchased by Johansson in 2007 from director-producer Harold Becker for $7 million.

The listing agent…

Ashley Olsen’s Los Angeles’ Hancock Park Area Listed for $1.399 M

February 12, 2010
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The actress/megabrand Ashley Olsen is expecting to take a loss on her 2,332-square-foot house in Los Angeles’ Hancock Park neighborhood placing it on the market for $1,399,000.

The house was built in 1926 and has been part of Olsen’s empire since her Isabella Missoni Revocable Trust in November 2007 paid $1,575,000 for it. The house features three baths, new central air and heat, new tiled bathrooms, a new driveway and a living room with a wood-beamed ceiling, a large picture window, a fireplace and French doors, according to listing information. Other features include a large arched doorway linking the living room and the formal dining room, a kitchen with stainless steel…

Sinbad Hidden Hills Home Listed For $3 Million

February 9, 2010
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The longtime family home in gated Hidden Hills of the stand-up comic and actor, Sinbad, was listed for $3 million.

A long private driveway leads to the five-bedroom, five-bathroom country estate that sits on a hilltop amid mature trees on 2.5 acres. There are fireplaces in the formal dining room and an office/family room, 5,064 square feet of living space, a guesthouse with a kitchen, a recording studio, a pool with waterfalls and a barn.

Sinbad, 53 years old, has appeared as a finalist on Ed McMahon’s “Star Search” (1983) and went on to work in HBO specials, television series and movies. In film, he starred in “First Kid” (1996), “Jingle All…

Chateau Lyon for $15 Million

February 9, 2010
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A sumptuous estate in Lake Norman, North Carolina has an outrageous price of $15 million and a fancy name, Chateau Lyon. The owners of this estate traveled to Europe, collected fine antiques and accessories and built their modern 21st century home incorporating these artifacts. Their travels directed them to the flea-markets of Paris as well as the smaller towns in the French countryside.

Their most important discovery is a set of French paneling taken from a private home in the city of Lyon, gave the home its name. The look of the home was inspired by the French villas but incorporates modern details like home automation, an elevator and heated floors.

The…

Kim Kardashian’s West Hollywood Apartment on the Market

February 8, 2010
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The on-and-off couple, Reggie Bush and Kim Kardashian has gone into some real estate deeds.

Reggie Bush’s Hollywood Hills home, which was listed for $5.099 million, has disappeared off the MLS. Property records do not specify a sale.

Kim Kardashian on the other hand, has managed to unload her three-bedroom apartment in the West Hollywood. The reality star’s glamour girl inspired beige apartment was once listed on the market for $1.099 million but appears to have been sold for just $885,000; a number that she said was more than she bought it for. The main Kardashian clan home in Hidden Hills that has remained on the market for over a year is…

Lenny Dykstra’s Thousand Oaks Mansion Back on the Market for $14.9 Million

February 7, 2010
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The property of former New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Lenny Dykstra has came to the Multiple Listing Service, this time listed for $14.9 million.

In 2007, Dykstra – who filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in summer – had purchased the 6.5-acre compound in Thousand Oaks from hockey great Wayne Gretzky for $18.5 million. The property was in default when Dykstra filed for bankruptcy that derailed a potential foreclosure auction.

The mansion came on the market in September 2008 at $24.9 million and after two price reductions was increased to $25 million a year later.

The Richard Landry designed the main house that has six bedrooms and eight bathrooms in 12,713…