A 66th-Floor Stunner in NYC, a Real Housewives Star Lists in Bel Air, and More Real Estate News

From high-profile design commissions to exciting listings, there is always something new happening in the world of real estate. In this roundup, AD PRO has everything you need to know.

On the Market

$20 million home designed by Apple architect for sale in Miami Beach

If you’ve ever wanted to live inside an Apple store, a house designed by Peter Bohlin—whose firm, Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, designed the tech temple’s trademark glass-cube storefronts—is a close approximation.

On Miami’s San Marino Island, a glass-clad home built by Bohlin in 2017 is listed with Corcoran for $19.9 million.

The owners of 21 E San Marino wanted the property to look “boat-like and have an on-the-water feel,” Corcoran realtor Julian Johnston told Mansion Global. They “gave it glass walls and put the deck at the side of the property rather than the rear in order to give the [primary] bedroom suite an uninterrupted view of the water.”

Bohlin called the 5,570-square-foot property “a reinterpretation of the regional postwar Miami modernist architecture movement.” It uses a minimalist palette of concrete, ipe wood, and white oak, with limestone flooring. Access to the outdoors is embedded in its DNA: Glass doors open to a lush garden and offer sea breezes to cool the living and sleeping areas, linked by an open staircase.

The four-bedroom house also has a roof deck and a series of outdoor lounges as well as 100 feet of water frontage, including its own dock and jetty.

One thing you won’t find at an Apple store? The 69-foot elevated glass infinity pool, offering expansive views of Biscayne Bay from the front and a colonnaded walkway beneath.

Real Housewives’ Kyle Richards bumps up asking price for Mulholland Drive mansion

Reality TV queen Kyle Richards and her real-estate-magnate husband, Mauricio Umansky, are re-listing their former seven-bedroom mansion with a million-dollar-plus increase in the asking price.

Located on a cul-de-sac just off Mulholland Drive, the 6,229-square-foot property at 15475 Milldale Drive is nestled in the serene mountains between Bel Air and Sherman Oaks.

Richards and Umansky bought the 1957 white-picket-fencer in 2011 for $3.05 million, according to Dirt, and it was featured prominently on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. RHOBH “friend” Faye Resnick, a decorator, added luxury flourishes like crystal chandeliers, checkerboard marble flooring, and a paneled saloon that spills out to the lawn.

After the family decamped to Encino in 2017, the property was put on the market for $7 million, Dirt reported. After making it available for short-term rentals, they dropped the price before taking it off the market in 2018.

Last summer, at the height of the pandemic, it was re-listed for $5.95 million. Then it was taken off the market again and offered as a $20,000-per-month rental.

Now, Umansky and Richards have re-listed the property at a more optimistic $6.75 million.

The property is listed with Umansky’s firm, The Agency, and is being handled by Richards and Umansky’s daughter, Alexia Umansky, and Farrah Brittany, Richards’s daughter from a previous union.

Anderson Cooper lists Gloria Vanderbilt’s final home

When Gloria Vanderbilt died in 2019, she left behind a 95-year legacy of glamour, fame, art, and philanthropy. She also left behind a two-bedroom apartment at 30 Beekman Place in Manhattan’s Turtle Bay.

It’s not where her newscaster son, Anderson Cooper, grew up, but the spacious George F. Pelham–designed building served as the heiress’s home—and canvas—for the last 23 years of her life.

Now, Cooper has put 30 Beekman Place, 2A, on the market for $1.125 million, with Ileen Schoenfeld and Aracely Moran of Brown Harris Stevens handling the listing.

Vanderbilt was constantly remodeling and redecorating—the result being a home described by the New York Times as: “something out of The Arabian Nights, draped with swoops of orange silk, lacquered pink walls, mirrored halls, Russian icons, and chandeliers from which Christmas ornaments hang year round.”

Sadly, Vanderbilt’s exotic furnishings don’t come with the sale, but, per the listing, the apartment is ideal for “a discerning client who will delight in owning the former home and sanctuary of one of the 20th century’s most significant and highly admired icons.”

The listing also describes Beekman Place as a “prewar beautifully maintained apartment building,” but according to the Times, the apartment has remained unrenovated since Vanderbilt arrived in 1997 and is in major need of a refresh.

The ground-floor apartment—once the offices of Cooper’s father, Wyatt, and now an artist’s studio—is also being considered for sale.

A $22 million model unit lists at the world’s tallest residential tower

Even as work continues on Central Park Tower, the world’s tallest residential building is welcoming residents. Extell Development Company is sharing new images from the three-bedroom residence now for sale on the 1,500-foot-tall building’s 66th floor.

Australia’s Blainey North & Associates designed the interiors of the $21,890,000 two-bedroom. North imbued the home with a bold elegance that matches its lofty address, incorporating furnishings from Gabriel Scott and Amy Somerville, fixtures from Urban Electric Company, and custom Rug Company rugs. The living room—a.k.a. “the Grand Salon”—is filled with brutalist sculptures from ceramics artist Dan Schneiger. And to give the 3,165-square-foot aerie a sensory boost, North introduced custom textured wall fabrics.

“I have spent a lot of time in New York and am always excited by the ever present, discordant hum of the city,” she tells AD PRO. “I want to create spaces that provide a quiet counterpoint to that noise, a classic sanctuary that still reflects the city’s buzz. We were fascinated by the idea of conveying this in the interior elements, imagining the walls as part of the sound of the city with the core of the apartment sitting silently.”

Designed by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture, Central Park Tower includes 179 luxury condos, with available units ranging from a $6,900,000 two-bedroom to a $65,750,000 five-bedroom.

Milestones

Italian fashion house Missoni tops out first residential building

Following in the footsteps of Armani, Bulgari, Fendi, and Versace, Missoni is getting into the luxury-real-estate game, with construction having just topped out at the Italian fashion house’s first residential tower, Missoni Baia, in Miami’s rapidly growing Edgewater neighborhood.

Developed by Oko Group, the sleek 57-story building designed by architect Hani Rashid of Asymptote Architecture incorporates the iconic label’s colorful palette, with Missoni Home furniture used in all public areas. Under the direction of Angela and Rosita Missoni, designer Paris Forino has envisioned Missoni Baia's elegantly crafted residences, furnishings, and artworks.

Resort-style amenities at the waterfront skyscraper include tennis courts, a billiards room, a beauty salon, and a spa, plus an Olympic-size lap pool, a cantilevered infinity pool overlooking Biscayne Bay, and three more swimming pools.

Façade unveiled at 212 West 93rd Street

Landsea Homes and Leyton Properties have unveiled the contemporary new façade at 212 West 93rd Street on New York’s Upper West Side.

Designed by architecture firm ODA, the 14-story condominium building will be home to just 20 one-to-four bedroom homes (and the Congregation Shaare Zedek synagogue, accessible through a separate entrance).

“We designed 212 West 93rd to be seamless from the inside out—maximizing private outdoor space, natural light, and interior volume,” Eran Chen, ODA’s founder and executive director, tells AD PRO. Exteriors are key: The property’s terraces, which range from 244 square feet to more than 580 square feet, are larger than some Manhattan studio apartments.

Seventy percent of the building’s residences offer outdoor space, and even for those that don’t, says Chen, “the oversized beveled windows blend the indoor and outdoor elements for a smooth transition.”

The Lindsey Stokes team at Compass is the exclusive sales and marketing agent for 212 West 93rd Street.

California’s first zero-carbon home hits the market for $32 million

A six-bedroom Malibu mansion is redefining green living: The hope is that the Burdge Architects–designed Zero One will achieve zero-carbon status over the course of its lifetime by using carbon-sequestering materials to offset construction emissions.

Developed by Crown Pointe Estates, the 14,000-square-foot home was made with sustainable timber, saving the incumbent environmental cost of some 80,000 pounds of steel.

With a global concrete shortage underway, developers swapped out the traditional concrete-slab foundation with a crawl space, and a rubber underlay made of recycled tires lies under the wood and stone floors. About a quarter of the concrete used was recycled, says Crown Pointe.

There’s also an organic fruit orchard, herb garden, and even a beehive, as well as eco-friendly appliances like an induction range, electric barbecue, water-vapor fireplace, and car-charging station.

Zero One is part of MariSol Malibu’s Zero series, a collection of four homes between the Pacific Ocean and the Santa Monica mountains that have been certified as “zero-carbon ready” by the International Living Future Institute.

Residents will still have to submit a year’s worth of utility bills to receive full zero-carbon certification, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Originally Appeared on Architectural Digest