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Oh my, today’s estate just stirs up all my dreamy little artsy bohemian fantasies. As the Wall Street Journal’s Christina S.N. Lewis reported in the Private Properties column, a farm in Spain’s Catalonia, owned by the family of surrealist Joan Mir

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From the NY Post’s Gimme Shelter:
–Newly married Harvey Weinstein has sold his SoHo condo for $8 million.He bought the loft apartment in 2005 for $6.8 million and he and his new wife Georgina Chapman now live in a townhouse in the West Village.
–Former and potentially future first daughter Chelsea Clinton is interested in a $3 million, two-bedroom, two-bath apartment in the coveted One Madison Park condominium complex.

From the NY Observer’s Manhattan Transfers:
–Popular real estate broker Robby Browne closed last month on a two-bedroom apartment at Robert A.M. Stern’s new Fifteen Central Park West which he plans to rent out for somewhere between $10,000 and $15,000.
–Former internet entrepreneur Wayne Correia was briefly worth about $400 million during which time he paid cash for a New York City penthouse. Later he moved into a steel bus traveling the country. This month, his old eight-room penthouse at 136 Waverly Place shut for $8.7 million.
–The man who wrote Beyonc

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If you are a fan of Santa Fe style, this is the one for you. It’s a newer Bob Ritter built stone and adobe home that took more than 500 tons of native moss rock and 53,000 adobe bricks to finish. This home is located in the Club Estates area and is on over 9 acres overlooking the 14th fairway of the Sunrise golf course. There are four bedrooms and over 7,000 square feet of space total. The details here, like the wood beamed ceilings, the smooth adobe fireplaces and the hallways rimmed with stone are nice but there is something about this home that feels off and chilly. Perhaps adobe does not lend itself to the vastness or perhaps its the ultra Southwestern staging job. This home is listed at $4.6 million, which seems a bit high.

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Luxury and Fort Lauderdale are not exactly synonymous but the new 105-suite il Lugano resort hopes to change that. The hotel, which opens on January 2, offers oversized one-bedroom suites and the two-bedroom suites with huge balconies. There are also entertainment suites with terraces that are capable of handling up to 50 guests. Amenities include full-sized refrigerators, microwaves and cook-tops and washers and dryers.

The top four floors are given over to 23 residences. The units range in size from 1,600 to 7,000 square feet with 10- to 11-foot ceilings, floor-to-ceiling glass windows. European kitchens and big balconies. Unit owners are entitled to use all hotel amenities. A three-bedroom condo is currently listed at $1.95 million.

The hotel has a swimming pool, fitness center, lobby bar and 10 boat slips on the Intracoastal Waterway. A signature restaurant fronting the Intracoastal will be announced next spring. Introductory rates start at $199.

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To put you in a Christmas say of mind, let’s visit the little town of Bethlehem. Bethlehem, Connecticut that is, for a look at Fox Hollow Farm. This cute post and beam home is on 197 acres of woods and pastures that are probably looking pretty Christmasy right about now. The farmhouse has exposed beams, soaring ceilings and cozy stone fireplaces. The first floor includes the country kitchen, dining room with seating for 20, a large exercise room that has a sauna and a private deck with a hot tub. The listing says that it was built in 2001 but that kitchen oddly looks even older, perhaps its the color. The living room is dominated by a great stone fireplace, unfortunately blemished by the placement of a flatscreen TV. There are four bedrooms total including a master suite with a brick fireplace and an office with built in desks and bookshelves. Fox Hollow Farm is also located in one of only three say towns with no zoning, meaning that the property could be used for a corporate retreat, small school, equestrian farm, Inn, restaurant, place of worship or residential development. It is listed at $5.25 million.

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This one is fun just from an art standpoint. “Upswing” is located in Coral Gables, Florida and is described as an art collector’s dream. This four-bedroom modern home is full of light and angles with plenty of white spaces and glass walls. It’s hard to take it on its own merits without considering the vivid contemporary art that dominates the space. In some cases, particularly the very bright office space, the colors might be a bit too much for someone with gentler taste. And the current furnishings don’t look too comfortable, even if I am smitten by the bench that looks like a woolly bear caterpillar. I do, however, love the patchwork tile in the kitchen. Outside the home’s gardens are home to orchids, a pool, fountain and a waterfall. It is listed at $4 million.

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I received an interesting tip from reader randkris who said that Champ D’Or, the palatial estate in Denton, Texas had been sold. This estate has been on the market for years with no one willing to take on the 48,000 square feet of space that includes a tearoom, garden room, bowling alley, ballroom and mini-theater (but only six bedrooms). The prices has zoomed up and down but the last time I checked it out it was sitting at $59.55 million. The home was built by a couple, the Goldfields, who created their dream home and then decided it was too big and put it on the market.

I contacted the listing agent Greg Cagle who was able to confirm that the home is under contract but cannot divulge any further details. Imagine celebrating the holidays in this home. Wow.

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Fairfield Plantation is a lovely 18th Century Georgian manor located in a small town near Columbia, SC. This one is an old beauty complete with a listing on the National Historic Register. The home is on 175 acres. The property is surrounded by a blue granite fence. The five-bedroom house has been well restored preserving most of its charm (perhaps the kitchen could use an upgrade). Like yesterday’s home in Washington D.C., this one has original chandeliers and fireplaces in nearly every room. The grounds include decorative fountains and a pool, a garden room and guest house, wine cellar ,carriage home, and gate home. This estate is listed at $4.3 million.

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The Mission Armory in San Francisco has become quite a racy place. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that porn producer Peter Acworth, who purchased the 93-year-old Mission Armory and turned it into a porn video studio, has now approached the city Planning Department with an idea to create “kinky condos.” The condos would be wired with webcams so that people could peep in for a fee. So far Acworth hasn’t confirmed that he is using the property for anything but a film studio and that the proposal is just one that he’s considering.

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A tip from Luxist reader Dave led me to an interesting story regarding one of our previous estate-of-the-day properties, Point Lookout. Maine Coast Now reports that a Maryland businessman is buying Point Lookout from Bank of America and has plans to turn it into a training center for seniors and executives in the aging business. The 378-acre property has been listed through Landvest for $26.4 million. John Erickson, the potential buyer, is the CEO of Erickson Retirement Communities which owns and operates 20 continuing care retirement communities throughout the United States. By next fall, Erickson hopes to reopen the facility to use as a training facility. Point Lookout also may end up as an educational tour destination for older adults including those living in his retirement communities.

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