If all goes as planned, San Jose will finally free itself from a huge drain of taxpayer money: the historic Hayes Mansion.

The city plans to sell the property—which consists of a hotel, conference center, the Silver Creek Restaurant and Palm Plaza Lounge—for $47 million. That should be be more than enough to cover the $36 million debt on the mansion, which the city bought for $2.5 million back in 1984.

The buyer, Asha Companies, owns several hotel properties throughout the U… (View original article)

Mansion House announces summer camp opportunity

Camp activities include hands-on, inquiry-based explorations of 19th and early 20th century buildings and objects, local natural science, and local ecology.

Space is limited and registration closes July 6. Children must bring their own lunch for a daily picnic; mid-morning snacks are provided. No refunds will be made after the first day of camp.

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In 2014, Florida’s Le Palais Royal, a 60,000-square-foot mansion with 465 feet of oceanfront land, was listed for $139 million. At the time, it was the most expensive house in the United States.

Since then, the palace’s price has been raised to $159 million, but the estate’s claim to fame is no more. The lavish, French-inspired spread in Hillsboro Beach, not far from Fort Lauderdale, has been surpassed as the most expensive private residence in the country by… (View original article)

A Beverly Hills mansion that previously belonged to Cher has gone on the market for a whopping $85 million.

The lavish estate of about 16 acres is tucked discretely into the upper reaches of Benedict Canyon in Beverly Hills.

In the mid-1970s, not so long after Cher and her first husband Sonny Bono went their separate romantic ways, Cher purchased a secluded four-acre parcel about ten minutes by car outside of downtown Beverly Hills where she spent several years and who know… (View original article)