The property had been part of a larger estate belonging to silent-film comic Buster Keaton, who built an Italian-style villa there in 1926. The Keaton estate was later home to Cary Grant and his wife, Woolworth heiress Barbara Hutton; actress Marlene Dietrich was a former tenant.
This Craftsman home, set on a roomy three-quarter-acre lot, has the rolled roof edges, deep overhangs and protruding rafter tails characteristic of the style developed by brothers Charles and Henry Greene. Originally built for Packard dealer Earle C. Anthony, the shingle-clad house was moved from Los Angeles to Beverly Hills in the early 1920s by silent-film star Norman Kerry.
The Georgian-inspired Traditional, designed by architect Douglas Honnold and built in 1934, features such details as a galleria entrance, a paneled 35-millimeter screening room and a cook's kitchen. French doors off of the formal dining room open to a trellis-covered patio. In all, about 11,000 square feet has six bedrooms and five bathrooms including a master suite accessed by a curving staircase.
End of an era? Maybe. Hilton & Hyland's sign has come off the Standard Oil building in Beverly Hills, with the high-end brokerage beginning a move to smaller offices within the city. The relocation comes after the company's soon-to-be former landlord, Standard Oil Investment Group, took the brokerage to court over more than $650,000 in back rent and over $65,000 in late fees before asking a judge to toss the complaint last month.
The brokerage announced five new agents to the Beverly Hills office, bringing with them sales of almost $95 million in the past 12 months. The brokerage said two additional agents also moved their licenses to Coldwell Banker but held off on naming their publicly. When counting all seven agents, the total production over the past 12 months for the incoming wave of recruits topped $150 million.
A condo unit at the Maybourne Beverly Hills sold to the titan of a family-owned food maker and distributor in one of the priciest deals at the ultra-luxe property. The Real Deal previously reported unit 8E at 225 North Canon Drive went into contract last month, but the buyer and sale price were not known until now. The four-bed, six-bath unit sold Oct. 10 for $27 million, or $4,762 per square foot, according to the deed.
After five months on the market and a $10 million price cut, billionaire Steve Cohen found a buyer for his Beverly Hills residence. The pending deal comes as the New York Mets owner looks to remake 50 acres of parking into an $8 billion casino complex next to Citi Field in New York. The project, called Metropolitan Park, is vying for a state gaming license.