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Sizzling Summer Sales Houses sell in record time from Georgetown to the U Street Corridor

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fully renovated gourmet kitchen and baths and a lower level activities room. The buyerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s agent was Jamie Peva, also of Washington Fine Properties George Washington University sold its historic Filmore School Building at

TH STREET NW to the non-profit S&R Foundation for $16.5 million ($2.5 million over the asking price). The foundation, started by philanthropists Sachiko Kuno and Ryuji Ueno, already owns two other historic Georgetown properties: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Evermayâ&#x20AC;? at 1623 28th Street NW and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Halcyon Houseâ&#x20AC;? at 3400 Prospect Street NW. Their latest acquisition will continue to be used for arts purposes, specifically as an incubator specializing in the fine, visual and performing arts. TTR Sothebyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Vice President Michael Brennan Jr. and Senior Vice President Phyllis Patterson marketed the property on A Wesley Heights stunner at TH STREET NW changed hands when Paul and Preuit behalf of the university. Washington Fine Rauser sold to Michael and Cora Dean for $1,750,000. Mrs. Rauser is a historic preservation Properties agent Mark McFadden represented consultant for The Lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Enfant Trust. Mr. Rauser is a partner and co-found of the Aegis Law Group.

S&R in the deal The sophisticated five-bedroom Colonial, built in 1963, features a traditional floor plan enhanced TTR Sothebyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Theo Adamstein with a stunning garden room for less formal entertaining. Washington Fine Properties William F. represented Manu Gayatrinath and Anthony X. Moody, Robert Hryniewicki, Adam Rackliffe and Christopher R. Leary were the listing agents.

Cruz in purchasing P STREET NW Matt McCormick, also of Washington Fine Properties, represented the buyer. from Christopher Addison and Sylvia THE DISTRICT prepare for its move to George Washington Ripley, owners of Addison Ripley Gallery

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S STREET NW, Washingtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Foggy Bottom campus. Proceeds in Georgetown. Gayatrinath is a partner most expensive residence, was sold to an from the sale will go to the Textile Museumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s at the Latham & Watkins law firm. Cruz is unidentified buyer for $19 million with the endowment at G.W. to provide continuing an attorney for White & Case. The sunny help of Coldwell Banker Georgetown agents support for operations and programs. south-facing detached Federal in the West Sylvia Bergstrom, Marin Hagen and Joseph After only two days on the market, Louise Village is steps from Wisconsin Avenue and Zorc. Marketed as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;once-in-a-century and Gil Brodnitz sold TH STREET features 10-foot ceilings, a lovely garden and property,â&#x20AC;? the Adam-style double mansion NW to Iris Partners LLC with the help of charming original details dating to its original in the Kalorama neighborhood was listed Washington Fine Propertiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; listing agents Ellen construction in the late 1800s. Boucie Addison in 2013 for $22 million. Built by prominent Morrell, Matt McCormick and Ben Roth. was the listing agent.

Richard L. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dickâ&#x20AC;? Thornburgh, a former architects John Russell Pope and Waddy Wood Mr. Brodnitz founded Groundswell Strategies, for philanthropist George Hewitt Myers, the an IT consulting firm headquartered in the Attorney General and the governor of combined houses feature 10 bedrooms, 14 District. The fully-detached 5,600-square-foot Pennsylvania from 1979 to 1987, sold his bathrooms, 27,000 square feet of interior living house and deep, private garden in Georgetown apartment at MASSACHUSETTS space and 7,000 square feet of meticulously fetched $3,795,000, just shy of the $3.8 million AVENUE NW APT for $1,125,000. Mr. landscaped gardens. The property housed the asking price. Interior features of the five- Thornburgh and his wife Ginny are moving Textile Museum until 2013, when it closed to bedroom Federal include a catering entrance, back to Ligonier, Pa. Washington Fine

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Propertiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Bobbie Brewster was the listing agent. Alan and Leslie Berson bought the unit and are moving to the District from Avenel.

They were represented by Michelle Galler of TTR Sothebyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s.

Bob Pincus and his wife Roxanne Little sold CALIFORNIA STREET NW for $4.5 million to an undisclosed buyer. Pincus, is vice-chairman of EagleBank and chairman of Blackstreet Capital Management. The 9,000square-foot Georgian residence, built in 1916, features embassy-size rooms, heated floors and parking for 10 cars. It was once home to the late CBS news executive William â&#x20AC;&#x153;Billâ&#x20AC;?

Leonard and his wife Cappy (the mother of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fox News Sundayâ&#x20AC;? host Chris Wallace).

Long & Fosterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Marc Fleisher was the listing agent; Jordan Rich of Long & Foster was the buyerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s agent.

MARYLAND Jon Siegel of Jon Mark Homes sold CUSTER ROAD in Bethesda to Edan and Anne Orgad for $1,950,000.The five-bedroom Mediterranean-style house, built in 2011, boasts a wall of windows in its great room, a posh library, exercise room, media room, gourmet kitchen and a beautiful back porch with full height gas fireplace. The property sits on a 15,000-square-foot lot overlooking

Thomas Steindler sold David Foley a six-bedroom McLean mansion at MACKALL AVENUE for $3.1 million. The gracious residence was build in 2006 and features more than 9,000 square feet of living space. Soaring ceilings, an elevator, mahogany paneled library, wine cellar and two laundry rooms are among its many amenities. Washington Fine Properties Jennifer Thornett was the listing agent for the transaction; Long & Foster Real Estateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Diane Lewis represented the buyer

neighborhood from Griffin Head Renovation and Design for $2,478,000. TTR Sothebyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Elizabeth Sheehy represented both the buyer and seller. The six-bedroom, seven bathroom house also features a family room with a VIRGINIA dramatic soaring ceiling, two stone fireplaces Robert F. Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Keefe bought TH and floor-to-ceiling windows framing soothing STREET NORTH in Arlingtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Woodmont views of the tree-covered backyard.

Greenwich Park. Long & Fosterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jeanne Kayne was the listing agent while the buyers agent was Barbara Zuckerman of TTR Sothebyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s International Real Estate

PROPERTY LINES PALISADES PERFECTION: Beasleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ross Vann listed an expansive five-level, six-bedroom house at MACARTHUR BOULEVARD NW for $1,895,000. The Lahiou Family is selling the posh residence that was built in 2003 and features a large gourmet kitchen, media room with full bar, a beautiful rear stone patio and a spectacular wine room.

RECORD-BREAKING CONDO OFFERED: According the TTR Sothebyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s International Realtyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s listing agents Christopher Ritzert and Christie-Anne Weiss, the largest condominium in the Washington metropolitan area has been listed at $13,950,000. Richard Carroll, founder of Digital System Resources, and his wife Suzanne, are selling PENTHOUSE A in The Residences at The Ritz-Carlton, Georgetown.

The duplex features over 6,100 square feet of interior living area and more than 3,000 square

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feet of terraces. If the property sells for the asking price, it will set a record for the most expensive apartment ever sold in Washington.

The penthouse offers a master suite with two dressing areas and private baths as well as three bedrooms and three en suite bathrooms in a separate wing. A private-access elevator, inhome fitness center and four designated valet parking spaces are among the unique features.

boasts neighbors that include the ambassador of Saudi Arabia and AOL founders Steve Case and Jim Kimsey. The five-bedroom residence occupies one acre and boasts eight fireplaces, a home gym, sauna and staff apartment.

SELLING ME SOFTLY: The former home of singer Roberta Flack is on the market in Alexandria for $899,000. The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Killing Me Softlyâ&#x20AC;? starâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hollin Hills four-bedroom was POLITICAL HISTORY HOUSE: CHAIN built in 1951 by noted mid-century modern BRIDGE ROAD The Georgian-style estate architect Charles Goodman and was also once of the late Secretary of State and General home to â&#x20AC;&#x2122;70s jazz poet Gil Scott-Heron.

Alexander Haig and his wife Patricia is for sale MARTHAS ROAD is listed by Keller Williams for $6,495,000. The property sold in 2013 for Aaron Podolsky and features a pool, koi pond $5,175,000 to an undisclosed IT corporation and the bragging rights to saying you lived in a executive who relocated from California. Mr. Haig 1970s Grammy winnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s former home. was secretary of state under President Ronald Reagan and died in 2010. The one-acre property Send real estate news to Stacey Grazier Pfarr on McLeanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gold Coast was built in 1989 and at editorial@washingtonlife.com.

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