Taylor Swift

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The extravagant estate known as Winfield Hall or the Woolworth Estate serves as the opulent centerpiece location of Taylor Swift’s “Blank Space” music video. The famed video was released in November of 2014 and has since amassed more than 2.8 billion views on YouTube. In the video, Swift is pictured living in the lavish home while some of the exterior scenes were filmed at the nearby Oheka castle. In the 1960s, the property served as a modeling and airline stewardess school for women. The estate was later added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979 to protect it from future demolishing as one of the few remaining privately owned mansions of the Gilded Age. The residence currently belongs to Denise Bettencourt, an architect and specialist in preservation and restoration of Gilded Age mansions. On July 12, the historic property is set to be auctioned with a substantial price cut. Initially asking $20 million, the property is now asking for an immensely reduced starting bid of $7 million.

Located in Glen Cove, Winfield Hall spans 32,000 square feet and sits on 16 acres of scenic landscape. Designed by renowned American architect C.P.H. Gilbert, the luxurious estate was built for entrepreneur Frank Winfield Woolworth between 1915 and 1916. At the time of construction, the home was considered the largest in the United States. The lush mansion includes 56 rooms, 10 bedrooms, and a 15,000 square foot clock tower with space to store 11 cars. Entering the residence, the space opens up to a white marble butterfly staircase as pictured in the opening scenes of the “Blank Space” video. The grand staircase was reportedly built as the focal point of the home and its construction is estimated to cost $2 million. Further into the estate presents the formal dining room also as shown in Swift’s music video. However, the opulent furnishings adorning the estate, including a Versace dining set, will be auctioned separately. Other luxury amenities include an entertainment area, chess room, ballroom, grand foyer, sunroom, and 16 fireplaces throughout the property.

The mansion is set to be auctioned on July 12 by Max Spann Real Estate & Auction Co.

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Nicole Van Parys and Gary Nesen present Palazzo Versace

The finest real estate realizes the magic that lives in all of us, and that's what this gorgeous estate exudes. As you step into this home you'll discover that you're falling in love with the exceptional beauty that is defined in the architecture, the elegant lines of the interior design and the tranquility that comes from the most magnificent view of Lake Sherwood. Enter the front iron doors; pass the grand foyer and look through a magnificent carved arched window, and you are transported to an amazing Lake Como setting. As with most exceptional properties, this home has over the top features, attention to the most minimal detail, and three stories of living space with the most opulent materials such as limestone and wide plank hardwood flooring, roaring ceilings, artistic paint textures, chef's kitchen with AGA stove and walk-in commercial fridge, elevator, custom cabinetry, artisan iron doors and windows, Japanese soaking tub, pool deck with waterfall, and much more.

Address: 2095 Trentham Rd, Westlake Village, CA 91361

Price: $5,990,000

For more information, please contact Nicole Van Parys and Gary Nesen at 805-795-1880 or nicole.vanparys@evrealestate.com

Nicole Van Parys and Gary Nesen are the exclusive agents representing the Westlake Village, Thousand Oaks, Hidden Valley, Calabasas, & Hidden Hills, CA real estate market as members of the Haute Residence Real Estate Network. View all of their listings here.

Photo Credit: Simon Berlyn

Photo Credit: Simon Berlyn

Photo Credit: Simon Berlyn

Photo Credit: Simon Berlyn

Photo Credit: Simon Berlyn

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Stunner, Number One Superstar

Penthouse at 321 Ocean Via Sotheby's International Realty

Feelin' hot, hot, hot in South Beach. Red hot, that is, on this Miami, Florida rooftop.

This private rooftop terrace leaves no rooftop amenity to be desired. The view. The 36-foot infinity pool. The barbecue area. The bar. The expansive entertainment space. It's the ideal landscape created for the most memorable of party experiences to be had.

This residential rooftop is surely the "X" that keeps South Beach on the real estate treasure map. The rooftop, with its bright, bold colorful furniture accessories, has an iconic Versace allure, one that Giani himself would have approved. You can imagine Versace wearing his shades, with martini in hand to toast his sister, Donatella - all the while heating up this rooftop with the most memorable of festas, as the Miami sun slowly descends and night emerges to create an ethos of mystery, seduction and glamour in a style that only the Versace family can do.

Connection To The Party Line

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This Dallas, Texas rooftop has lots of luxury features that were included to homestyle this 7,000-square-foot outdoor space: a large dining table, lounge chairs, barbecue, flat-screen TVs, refrigerator and dishwasher. The subdued lighting enhances the rooftop's sultry ambience. Pergolas also adorn this rooftop to soften and characterize this luxurious space.

With some Texan steaks on the grill and Patrón classic Margaritas in hand, this rooftop ensemble is complete for the utmost of festivities to be had.

Lotsa Style That Goes For Miles

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Leave it to a Californian architecture firm to design a rooftop with sophisticated, relaxed elegance. Californians not only have the Cali sunshine, but now have this rooftop with pool to enhance that scintillating sunshine and sexy sought-after serenity, while providing the most scenic of vistas to be experienced. According to Horst Architects, in designing this rooftop, the homeowner wanted to reinforce the idea that this home was sitting at the edge of a continent.

Livin' on the edge has now morphed into meaning celebratin' on this rooftop designed to entertain. Taking the party to the very edge has never seemed so swank. A soirée on this rooftop would surely be analogous to an all-star celebrity shindig seen only in the movies. Except the movie fantasy is real on this rooftop. Night, after night, after night.

Makin’ A Connection

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This Florida rooftop has notable features reminiscent of something you'd, perhaps, find in Greece. With its whitewashed built-ins and blue cushioned seating, this rooftop takes you on a journey to Europe without any airport hassle.

The rooftop offers stunning water views, a limestone floor, a marble-topped dining table and Grecian stone planters filled with scarlet-red tulips. It also includes a sail-like canopy that is retractable and can be reeled in or out depending on the position of the sun. You can set sail to experience a leisurely Mediterranean lifestyle without ever leaving the comforts of your own red, white n' blue Florida rooftop.

An international Fourth of July party could be had here in a way never before celebrated. Not only would you be experiencing the gilded good life, but one unforgettable soirée after another on this charming rooftop. With free-flowing ouzo and opa!

Comin' Up, Everybody's Chillin'

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This Park Avenue penthouse rooftop is located in New York City and was once on the market for $44 million. The penthouse spans the top three floors of a 16-story building, is roughly 7,000 square feet, and has 1,740 square feet of outdoor space, that includes exclusive use of the rooftop.

Imagine experiencing this roof deck with its private outdoor heated pool, wood-burning fireplace, wet bar and built-in Wolf barbecue. Surely, this rooftop terrace makes for a straight-up, perfect Manhattan. Party, that is.

Bonne soirée! As Pink is not shy to remind you, it’s time to send out the message to your family and friends: you better get your rooftop party started. And now.

Top Image: Faena House 3315 Collins Ave Miami Beach, FL 33140

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The branded building seems to have found  a home in sunny South Florida, where five are set to open by 2021 according to Mansion Global. With a large international populous, familiar with iconic names in fashion and cars, the trade off for developers looking to sell quick, is an astute one. In New York, where there seems to be an ongoing demand for high-end real estate, luxury brands veer toward hotels rather than residential property (Restoration Hardware, West Elm, Equinox, Shinola). In London, however, the 50-storey “Versace Tower” (real name: Aykon London One)  is Britain’s first branded fashion high rise, located in the Nine Elms regeneration zone. It’s pretty swanky with the “V” for Versace Home in marble patterns inlaid into the walnut floors. The high priced tower is due to be completed in 2020. Over half of its units have been pre-sold.

Elsewhere, luxury branded residences have been well established. Dubai opened its Armani hotel in 2010, while the same company’s eco-friendly complex with Smart Hero Group in Beijing was completed in 2017. The diversifying Italian fashion house also plans to craft interiors at Century Spire in Manilla, Philippines. Fendi partnered with DAMAC Properties, creating the interiors of Dubai’s DAMAC Residenze, which also opened last year.

What a developer receives for the privilege of stamping an iconic brand’s name all over their property is instant credibility and name recognition. International buyers purchased $7.1 billion of South Florida residential properties in 2017 according to the Miami Association of Realtors — a 35 percent slice, up 41.4 percent increase from the year before. So, in a strange land a familiar name goes a long way in assuring investors their money is safe.

“Miami is more of a flashier type of city, than other areas like New York or Chicago that are a little more conservative,”  said Jon Paul Perez, vice president of Related Group, one of the developers behind Residences by Armani/Casa, set to open in the city in 2019.

Where branding is concerned, one South Florida property has been creating headlines for a while — The Porsche Design Tower. A collaboration between Dezer Development and Porsche Design Group, the building comes with a high powered automobile elevator transporting drivers and their rides from street level to their apartments. Don’t expect to see any low-end rust buckets chugging into the building.

Other famous car companies have got up to speed on trading wheels for steel frames. Britain’s Aston Martin, famous for ejecting 007’s villains into the sky, has teamed up with Argentinian developer G&G Business Developments for their own Miami-based tower, which is expected to be finished by 2021. Signature amenity touches, like the hand-stitched leather door tabs—sourced from a Scottish village—and  the carbon fiber lobby furniture — ensure that the famous car company isn’t there in name only.

The numbers for each deal differ. Typically the developer will pay the brand a percentage of sales, usually 2 percent to 5 percent explained Edgardo Defortuna, the president and CEO of Fortune International Group.

Many of the buyers don’t live in Miami or even the US on a full-time basis and are simply looking for a place to park their cash.

“We’d seen the Armani building in Dubai and were convinced” said Robert Thorne, CEO and founder of Miami-based The Wellness Habitat Co, who purchased a two-bedroom unit on the 25th floor at Resdiences by Armani/Casa two years ago for $1.4 million. “We knew our investment was going to be secure.”

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Milan Design Week 2013 featured the newest in interior design by Versace and Armani. These luxury designers’ home décor contributions to the $750 billion global luxury goods market have earned them even bigger revenues as affluent international buyers snap up leather-covered wardrobes and custom drink coasters.

Georgio Armani reported to Reuters, “We have always looked at distant parts of the world, but this is inevitable now with the economic problems in Italy.” Armani has used materials like rare Japanese tomo wood for his newest trunk-shaped wardrobe, and he also utilized banana tree stripes for gaming tables.

Donatella Versace collaborated with Nikolai e Simon Haas for a “Donatella Chair” crafted from black leather and honeycomb brass, and Missoni presented versatile outdoor furniture.

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