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January 16, 2020
Game on. BY HELENA MADDEN ON JANUARY 14, 20 What do you put in a home that has everything? A hockey rink (obviously). That’s the thinking behind this mansion anyway, which just listed for $53.8 million. On the outskirts of Palo Alto, the property is located between San Francisco and San Jose; its 13 plus private acres make it feel a world apart from the hustle and ...more
January 10, 2020
By Claudine Zap | Jan 8, 2020 Sun Microsystems co-founder Scott McNealy is hoping to find a buyer for his amenity-stuffed megamansion in Silicon Valley, now available for $53.9 million. The tech tycoon’s hilltop home in Portola Valley was initially offered in 2018 for almost $100 million through a company called REX Real Estate Exchange, of which McNealy is an investor, according to Mansion Global. This week, McNealy relisted it with Samira Amid-Hozour with Compass and Deepee Chattha with REX. With ...more
January 10, 2020
It comes with an ice hockey rink and a professional basketball courtBy Brock Keeling@BrockKeeling Jan 6, 2020, 2:42pm PST The facade at night. Photos by Jacob Elliott, courtesy of Compass When Sun Microsystems co-founder Scott McNealy put his home—a very large home, high atop a hill in Palo Alto—on the market in 2018, it made waves for having the audacity to ask for nearly $100 million. Alas, no one bit. Flash forward to ...more
January 10, 2020
BY INMAN | January 09, 2020 This week, Hillary Ryan, founder of the Hillary Ryan Group in Napa Valley, California, balances work, family and physical fitness in the heart of Wine Country Celebrate Agent Appreciation Month and #ThankAnAgent with Inman this January. Discover more and see how to get involved, click here. Inman Diaries is a weekly feature tracking the day-to-day activities of America’s leading real estate agents — in their ...more
January 3, 2020
The Palo Alto, California, mega estate, which comes with a “pizza room,” was built from scratch by Scott McNealy BY LIZ LUCKING | ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON JANUARY 3, 2020 | MANSION GLOBAL An amenity-laden megamansion in Palo Alto, California, belonging to tech tycoon Scott McNealy will be coming to the market Monday for $53.88 million, Mansion Global has learned. Mr. McNealy, 65, is the co-founder and former chief executive ...more
December 9, 2019
By Ted Andersen – Digital Editor, San Francisco Business TimesDec 6, 2019, 1:44pm PST Updated 57 minutes ago Stanley Saitowitz, a Bay Area designer who has garnered attention for his monochromatic and machine-like architecture, has just finished a new estate in Mill Valley. Listed for $6.95 million, the 5-bedroom, 4.5-bathroom home rests on a south-facing hill and features a multi-terraced living roof — complete with solar panels — which offers ...more
December 9, 2019
By Kathryn M. – December 4, 2019 Set on a double lot, the Mediterranean-style home looks out over the widest part of San Francisco Bay. The Northern California home of late actor and comedian Robin Williams just hit the market. Located about 30 minutes outside of San Francisco in Paradise Cay, the waterfront residence spans 6,517 square feet, comprising six bedrooms and six-and-a-half baths. The estate of late ...more
December 9, 2019
Photo: Jacob Elliott Photography A roof deck crowning 2646 Union St. offers sweeping views of the Golden Gate Bridge, the Palace of Fine Arts and San Francisco Bay. A compound. A sanctuary. A work of art. An environmentally conscious masterpiece. The four-bedroom, seven-and-a-half bathroom contemporary at 2646 Union St. in Cow Hollow is all this and more. “Residence 2646 is the pinnacle of San Francisco ...more
December 9, 2019
New construction made of concrete, glass, and steel By Brock Keeling@BrockKeeling Dec 5, 2019, 11:58am PST Christmas has come early. A new Mill Valley home conceived by master designer Stanley Saitowitz (8 Octavia, Beth Shalom Synagogue) will hit the market shortly. And you can unwrap it for a cool $6.95 million. There’s so much to love here, where do we even begin? For starters, the board form concrete, which ...more
November 25, 2019
The property is on the market for $7.25 million. Nov. 22, 2019, 9:03 AM PST / Source: TODAY By Julie Pennell Actor and comedian Robin Williams once lived in this contemporary Mediterranean home before his death in 2014. And now, the six-bedroom, 6 1/2-bath property is on the market for $7.25 million. Located on the San Francisco Bay, the single-level home comes with some amazing water views. In the spacious living ...more
