On the Market: Pacific Heights Mansion Lists for $30M, is San Francisco's Second Most Expensive Home for Sale

× Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed. Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox. Monday, November 26, 2012, by Sally Kuchar Over the Thanksgiving break, the Wall Street Journal got word of a $30M Pacific Heights property hitting the market. Located at 2724 Pacific Avenue, the four-level, 7-bedroom home is currently owned by by Doug Engmann, who is a former chairman of the Pacific Stock Exchange. The 13,500 square foot abode (you read that right) sits on a lot totaling 26,000 square feet, making it one of San Francisco's largest private residential parcels. Engmann purchased the property in 1983 and restored it.

Engmann says he'll miss entertaining at the gigantic manse, which can "easily accommodate 500 guests and a band for a reception or 100 friends at an Easter-egg hunt." Fun fact: the home played host to the 1984 Decorator's Showcase. Property highlights include (everything) a gorgeous solarium that has a koi pond, and a "formal sunken garden that the family used as a volleyball court when their children were young." The carriage house also doubles as a game room and a gazebo.
· Santa Monica Compound Lists for $18.8 Million (last item) [WSJ]
· PACIFIC HEIGHTS MANSION FOR $30 MILLION [SF LUXE]
· 2724 Pacific [Steve Gothelf]

2724 Pacific Avenue, San Francisco, CA

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Michael Phelps Lists: Olympic phenom Michael Phelps wants out...

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Celebrity Real Estate: Swimming Tour de Force Michael Phelps Lists in B'More

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Swimming sensation Michael Phelps has put his 4,000-square-foot Baltimore condo on the market, reports The Real Estalker. The three-bedroom is one in a row of prim townhouses at an upscale community in Fells Point, the city's cute harbor neighborhood, and has views of the marina from an upper-floor balcony as well as thoroughly modern interiors comprised of brick, steel, glass, and gleaming hardwood. Phelps bought the property for $1.699M in 2007—right before Beijing—and might have had one helluva time navigating that slick, stylish staircase, with its none-too-tall landings. He's apparently trying to flip the place and move out to a more spacious place in the 'burbs—no surprise that a man with a 6'7" wingspan finds living in a townhouse too confining. While the exact ask is positioned as the ever-murky "price upon request," The Real Estalker guesses Phelps wants between $1.075M and $1.475M—will the 26-year-old with 16 Olympic medals under his belt really and readily accept a loss? Let's not forget that another local notable, former-First Daughter Jenna Bush Hager, failed to find a buyer for her nearby Federal Hill home last year and instead turned to renting it out.

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Celebrity Real Estate: Busty Brunette Barbi Benton Lists Her Bel Air Dream House

× Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed. Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox. Tuesday, December 20, 2011, by Rob Bear

Former Playboy centerfold Barbi Benton and her husband, the sartorially daring real estate developer George Gradow, currently have their longtime Bel Air, Calif. home listed for $11.95M. Benton, who spent quite a few of her early years living with Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, has been splitting her time between Bel Air and Aspen, Colo., where she and Gradow own a spectacular hillside structure. Gradow, who made much of his money through investment in mobile home parks, recently spent a few years in the federal pen, courtesy of a conviction for tax fraud. Soon after his release in 2008, the couple listed this sprawling, 11,600-square-foot mansion for $17.5M, but after a series of price chops (and one price hike) the price is down to a lowly $11.95M. The house looks like it could be a product of the '70s, but was actually built in 1990, and sits on 2.75 acres with views over the nearby hilltops to the city.
· Barbi Benton Lists Los Angeles Dream House [The Real Estalker]

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Linkage: An Orthomolecular Doc Lists; Political Pads; Tables; More!

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John Legend Lists: R&B crooner John Legend is bidding...

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Brad Pitt Lists: As far as celebrity real estate...

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Celebrity Real Estate: Soon-To-Be-Divorced Tony Danza Lists Malibu Beach House

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The actor Tony Danza, who first gained fame in the sitcom Taxi, has recently had a better time picking real estate investments than he has projects. His most recent foray into small-screen work, Teach: Tony Danza, was cancelled after just seven episodes. Luckily, Danza has something in the bank for a rainy day, or rather, on the beach. The actor bought this Malibu, Calif. beach house back in 1987 for $1.15M, meaning he stands to make a hefty profit if it fetches anywhere near its $9.1M asking price, a profit he will have to share with his soon-to-be-ex wife. This is no overpriced beach shack either. It has 50 feet of beach frontage, 3,000 square feet, and five bedrooms.
· 25000 Malibu Road [Pritchett-Rapf]
· Malibu Digs of Tony Danza Goes on the Market [The Real Estalker]

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Jay Buhner Lists: Former Seattle Mariner and current Mariners...

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Alan Jackson Lists: Look at country crooner Alan Jackson...

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Neil Patrick Harris Lists: How I Met Your Mother star...

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Chris Milm Lists: Former Laker Chris Milm has listed...

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Celebrity Real Estate: Having Found Greener Pastures, Ray Allen Lists Seattle-Area House

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Boston Celtics guard and resident Kobe blocker Ray Allen has re-listed his five-bedroom Carnation, Wash., home for $3.7M, reports Zillow today. The former Seattle SuperSonics star lived in the 10,000-square-foot house on 4.5 acres for four years until he was traded to the Celts in 2007; the next year, he listed the estate twice to no avail. You can bet that someone who just signed a $20M contract extension has been all basketball, all the time, for as long as he's been pro: the place comes stocked with a full-size court.

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Celebrity Real Estate: Jocular Zsa Zsa Gabor Loses a Leg and Lists Manse All at Once

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Slap-happy nonagenarian Zsa Zsa Gabor and hubby Prince Frederic von Anhalt have just listed their Howard Hughes-designed megamanse for $28M, reports TMZ today. The couple has used only two of the 8,000-square-foot estate's 26 total rooms for a while now and apparently can no longer justify the $30K monthly rent. A much better option for Gabor, who recently had her right leg amputated and has since been publicly good-natured about the surgery, is their much smaller Westwood, Calif., condo.
· Zsa Zsa's Famous Mansion on Sale ... For $28 Million!!!!! [TMZ]
· Zsa Zsa Gabor jokes about losing a leg [CNN]

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Publisher Jared Kushner Lists NYC Digs: New York Observer owner Jared Kusher,...

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