Tom Petty’s 5,300-square-foot California lake house retreat, dubbed Casa Della Madonna, was put up for sale for $5.895 million following his sudden death this fall. The villa is breath-taking, but is even more special because of its beloved, late owner who enjoyed the home for many years.
Jon Hamm and ex-girlfriend Jennifer Westfeldt’s posh Upper West Side penthouse became available to rent for $14,995/month. The duo purchased the two-bedroom spread for $2.5 million back in 2013, but later dissolved as a couple in 2015 leaving the apartment somewhat of an orphan.
Opera singer Luciano Pavarotti’s former Manhattan apartment found a buyer. Keeping it in the music family, Alva Craft, widow of orchestral composer Robert Craft, bought the 150 Central Park South spread for $9 million.
Kanye West and Kim Kardashian quietly sold their Bel-Air mansion for $17.8 million. The couple spent years extensively renovating the spread, but it no longer fits their needs now that they have children.
In classic Kanye/Taylor feud fashion, Taylor Swift made big real estate moves this month as well. The popstar scooped up this Tribeca townhouse on Franklin Street for $18 million.
An Upper East Side mansion with a list of famous past residents listed this month for $39 million. Michael Jackson rented the 12,745-square-foot abode in 1999 and before that it was home to renowned artist Marc Chagall. It was also used as the home of Nate Archibald on Gossip Girl.
This American Life host Ira Glass and his wife Anaheed Alani listed their 159 West 24th Street apartment a year after being sued by the building board. The apartment received a complete gut-renovation and is on the market for $1.75 million.
Proposals came in from all over the world hoping to grab Ralph Lauren’s 29,000-square-foot Fifth Avenue space. On April 15th of this year, the iconic retailer closed shop at the Midtown location, which they only occupied for a short two years.
Retail guru Mickey Drexler, who stepped down as CEO of J.Crew earlier this year, put the Hamptons home he purchased for $17 million in 2008 on the market for $21.5 million. Located in semi-seclusion at the end of a private dock, the 3,500-square-foot property sits on 2.3 acres of manicured land overlooking Wainscott Pond.
Virginia and Leonard Woolf found a home in Hogarth House in 1915 and two years later it became the headquarters for their publishing company, named Hogarth Press. A century later, the home has been divided into two townhouses which are each for sale for $4.37 million apiece.
