Mansions

MONTREAL – Jailed mafia kingpin Vito Rizzuto’s $1.9 million luxury home has “spacious living areas and an elegant garden and patio,” but no buyers after three months on the market. Sotheby’s International Realty is overseeing the sale of the 29-year-old stone-faced mansion, which is steps away from the home where family patriarch Nick Rizzuto, Vito’s … Continue reading »

The killer meningococcal disease has claimed another life – an 18-year-old Northland man who became critically sick in just 24 hours. The health board has activated its incident management team amid fears of further spread… Killer bug takes two in family (View original article)

Recession? What recession? Clay Herman Realtor, Inc. Listing Agent: Susan Herman The halls of success This mansion in Hillsborough, a posh neighbor of San Francisco, seems to belie all the economic… Sticker Shock in Hillsborough: $43,888,000 mega-mansion hits the MLS Recession? What recession? This mansion in Hillsborough, a posh neighbor of San Francisco, seems to … Continue reading »

We last chattered about this famous 5-bedroom contemporary at 1328 N. State Parkway in the Gold Coast in December 2010. See our prior chatter here. Since then, the house has been reduced $351,000 and is now listed $231,000 under the 2006 purchase price. Built in 1938, the house, known as the Florsheim Mansion, was designed … Continue reading »

Bran­son first became aware that some of the islands in the British Vir­gin Islands were for sale in 1979. In 1978 he went to the British Vir­gin Islands for a hol­i­day in order to inves­ti­gate the prospec­tive real estate. On first observ­ing the islands, he envi­sioned using them to put up rock stars for his … Continue reading »

Well, shiz! She is certainly moving right along, isn’t she? Taylor Swift only bought a $1,990,000, 4,062 square foot penthouse in downtown Nashville, TN in 2009, before swapping it in for a $1,400,000 historic mini-mansion in the same town in September of the following year. Only seven months later, she moved along to a $3,550,000 … Continue reading »

Godly Mansion Back On The Market Posted By Jessica Militare on August 23rd, 2011 Where did ex-Marine Steven Wallace and founder of brokerage firm Pacific Brokerage Services decide to rest his head once the day was done? A 27,816 square foot monstrosity in Holmby Hills with three elevators, a two-story library, and three family rooms, … Continue reading »

Monday, August 22, 2011, by Mark Boyer This Lincoln Park mansion took some time off the market for a two-month summer vacation, but with Labor Day fast approaching, it’s back to its price-choppin’ ways. Over the weekend, the home returned to the market with the asking lowered price by more than $1 million. The home, … Continue reading »

A Victorian-era mansion adjacent to Columbia Park with chipped baby blue paint and missing shingles will soon undergo a restoration. But before it does, the public is invited to a one-time event to tour the John Mock House, which is on the National Register of Historic Places. The event is from 6 to 8:30 p.m. … Continue reading »

Our view: Legislation allowing private entities or other state organizations to operate state parks needs to be passed quickly. The state Legislature often fixates on trivial matters while ignoring more important issues, but we hope politicians can take a timeout and focus on a problem that’s very important to this area and many others. Bidwell … Continue reading »