Wealthy Chinese buyers have stimulated a sluggish Gold Coast prestige market with a spate of gigantic sales.

The latest, a $15.5 million sale of an Isle of Capri mansion, The Corso, has high-end agents forecasting a market “revival”.

In April, 159 Hedges Avenue sold for $13.25 million, which was followed by an $11 million sale of 18-20 Southern Cross Drive in Surfers Paradise. And all homes were purchased by Chinese migrants.

The Corso’s spectacular views. Photo: Sup… (View original article)

Skanska lands London demolition contract
Written by Steve Ducker – 21 Jul 2016

Skanska has been employed by Cheval Property Holdings as principal contractor for the demolition of the building behind 55-91 Knightsbridge in London.

The contract, which will run until October 2017, sees the removal of the building down to basement level, in anticipation of redevelopment. The team will also clean and retain the early 20th century, Grade II-listed façade of the site’s mansion blo… (View original article)

You can find his brand across the globe, ranging in price from $30 for shoes to $160 for a dress, and now you can add Bebe founder and CEO Manny Mashouf’s own home to the ‘for sale’ section – for the slightly higher price of $40 million.

American businessman Manny Mashouf is looking to make a sale outside of the more than 300 Bebe stores he helped bring to life. While the Tehran native studied political science at San Francisco State University, it was the launch of the very first B… (View original article)

Posted on 21/07/2016
By Kenneth Martin

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Sale

A lush Los Angeles estate that has among its previous owners, celebrities such as Cher and Eddie Murphy, is now available in the real estate market for an asking price of $85 million.

The gated mansion located in the Beverly Hills Post Office area measures up to 16 acres, says property listing agent Aaron Kirman, who works for John Aaroe group. He also said that the nearly 20,000 square-foot main home on … (View original article)

Olana, south façade. —Stan Ries photo

By Andrea Valluzzo

Court Hall of the main house at Olana. —Andy Wainwright photo, 2004

HUDSON, N.Y. — Rising high above the Hudson River just south of the town of Hudson is a most incongruous sight. A Moorish mansion, seemingly plucked from a Middle Eastern city and dropped into rural Hudson Valley — an area better known for its colonial Dutch and English architecture — where for more than a century it has s… (View original article)

The old Schoolfield mansion high on a peak of North Chattanooga has sold for $1,360,000.

The house at 502 Forest Ave. was restored by William S. Huntley.

He sold it to Charles G. Pray and Dawn Steinberg. Dr. Pray is a chiropractor in North Georgia.

The property was touted as having “quite possibly the most spectacular views in Chattanooga.”

The realty firm said, “This 4 bedroom, 4.5+ bath turn of the century, brick home is perfectly situated on a 1.5 +/- acre… (View original article)

A little more than a year after putting up the $7.1 million DanMar Manor house in The Woodlands for sale, a Florida company will once again list a grandiose home in Liberty County’s neighboring area for auction.

Platinum Luxury Auctions will hold a live auction for Theresa Roemer’s home in The Woodlands, currently listed at $9 million, the company announced Monday.  The home, at 47 Grand Regency Circle in the Carlton Woods subdivision, originally liste… (View original article)