Candy Spelling, widow of the television producer Aaron Spelling, is downsizing.

After nearly 20 years in The Manor, a 56,500-square-foot French chateau-style home known for its size and extravagance — it includes a wine-tasting room, a bowling alley, a silver room, a china room and a well-known gift-wrapping room — she says she is ready for the next trophy property: a condominium.

“People say, How can you move from The Manor? There’s no place like it,” Mrs. Spelling said, sitting in the library with leatherbound scripts of every episode of Mr. Spelling’s shows, from “Charlie’s Angels” to “7th Heaven.”

But a condo, she said, “is no different than a house, maybe even better.”

Mrs. Spelling is the most conspicuous buyer in an ultraluxury condo market that is new in the sprawl of Los Angeles, where wealth and fame have usually spelled out “estate,” not apartment living. But real estate experts say a New York-style luxury high-rise lifestyle is creeping into the wealthiest echelons, fed by trends like people looking to own more than one home, foreigners drawn by the weak dollar to invest in Los Angeles, and new residential buildings being designed by celebrity architects like Robert A. M. Stern, Richard Meier and Jean Nouvel.

Mr. Stern designed The Century, the 140-unit building under construction where Mrs. Spelling recently bought the top two penthouse floors — 16,500 square feet — for $47 million.

That’s $2,848 a square foot, if you’re counting.  CONTINUED>>>

Source:  NYTimes

Coming Soon our LA Condo website.

Oh…and there is still one unit left for a cool $8M if you got it!  Interested?

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California and Boston later this summer.

The new format is the result of a ruling from the Northwest Multiple Listing Service (NWMLS), a broker-owned database of Seattle-area listings, which closed Sweet Digs on May 15; the NWMLS ruled that Sweet Digs’ in-person property reviews violated rules against advertising another broker’s listing.
According to a Redfin survey of more than 300 Sweet Digs subscribers on what data would be “very interesting,” 63 percent chose price reductions, 62 percent past sales, 61 percent inventory levels; in the same survey, 61 percent said the open house reviews were “very interesting.” Continued on Press Release of visit Redfin Corp Blog

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Speaking of “SWEET DIGS,” Mr. Zilbert still has the Sweetest Digs of them all way down in South Beach! The branded “Beachhouse” is a voluptous $6M Il Villagio Miami Beach Condo from Heaven!

Developer and philanthropist Steven Belkin is well known about town for his business acumen, incredible generosity and ownership of the Atlanta Hawks. Belkin was the sole bidder last fall when Boston mayor Tom Menino was looking for someone to develop a skyline-changing building. If all goes as planned the building at 111 Federal Street will be 1,000 feet tall and 80 stories with 1.3 million square feet of office space and 40,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space. It will also include an enclosed one-acre Town Green on the ground floor and a rooftop garden complete with trees.

Source: Greater Boston TV.com

Steve - Don’t forget a residential component.

Scenario - Imagine you go to a fine real estate firm to hire a fine real estate agent so they can present your fine $1.4M home…and then a few weeks later after you sign the contract…you go to check your mail to see how your marketing piece came out for your home and it looks like THIS!!!! (large view).
I would loose my mind! We have removed the agents name and picture as this is just so bad. I am speechless that this nonsense is still going on.

An announcement for ManhattanWest, a condo project in Vegas, is marketing hers and his units.The development offers “amenities crafted for specific male and female demographics, while also offering a ‘mix and match’ option for those wanting to enjoy the best of both worlds,” according to the announcement. For women there are the Diva units and for men, the “M-Series.”

The manly M-Series units feature a set of ” ‘guy-friendly’ upgrades designed for guys by guys,” including a ceiling-mounted HDTV projector that can deliver an 8-foot to 10-foot picture (tuned to the Spike network, presumably?), a “built-in, stocked wet bar” (24-pack of Pabst Blue Ribbons included?), a surround-sound speaker system, and a pair of half-sized dishwashers (but men don’t wash dishes, right?). Continued…

Source: Inman News Blog

P&S Signed Today! Now that I am officially “in” … we will tell you a bit more about one of the coolest properties in downtown Boston. This sleek sexy new condominium brownstone has 3 floor-through units. #3 is mine , but 2 are still available. The project is a complete gut rehab so all 3 units will be bran-spankin-new. Walls of windows, custom kitchen’s and living layouts, these South End condos are made for true city-living.  In unit amenities are the best of the best and nothing was held back on…this developer went ALL OUT!

When I first walked the building about a month ago I got that lower Manhattan feel.  I felt like I was in a new construction private brownstone….similar to hmmm, Tribeca.  Lined on a great city-street with the hustle and bustle of active people and fun spots to scoop into at anytime of the day or night.
Anyway, 2 units have killer deck’s off the kitchen and the penthouse has killer ceiling height, sky-lights and a “secret detail” only visitors and guests will ever get to know.

Interested in these units … let us know and we will hook you up with the broker. Expect to pay some $$$ but they are worth every penny.  If you are looking for a unique piece of Boston Real Estate in one of the hottest neighborhoods (South End), let us know.

Hey…if you decide to buy…we will be hallway-neighbors (I am a quiet neighbor, well it doesn’t even matter because of the sound proofing that was installed.)

Looking forward to sharing more on my experience with this exciting new South End Condo.  Wish me luck!

No, we are not talking about a yard sale.

We have all been to a hotel where we love a piece of furniture or decorative item and wished we could just buy it (unlike the towels we just steal).  Well, now more and more hotel’s are doing this.  The W Hotels which have led the industry in creative luxury overnight-stay’s is now allowing you to live it year round in your own home.  Of course you could always buy a condo-hotel from Starwood Group and have it be done,  but we are talking about going shopping for that cool, hip modern furniture that is always so hard to find and having it delivered to your own home.

Visit The W Hotel Store:  They have everything from footwear and music to bedding and furniture.  Pretty neat right?

We took a few days off this week and kicked back at The Standard in Miami. Got to hook up with Kamal Hotchandani from the elite ever popular Haute Living Magazine, Joey Goldman from Goldman Properties Miami and also a blogging friend from Aventura, Peter Santiago.

Took a little cruise of downtown Miami’s waterfront and all the new condo development. Passed by one of my all time favorite buildings - Ten Museum Park. Enjoy the pic’s.

Ten Museum Park Rendering from website.