Say “Kleenex” and you think tissue. Say “Xerox” and you think copy machine. Say Hilton and you think hotel, except in this case it’s Steve Hilton, the philanthropist uncle of Paris who’s trying to sell his Malibu home for $2.96 million.
The contemporary-style home sits on 2.12 acres. It was designed by Kevin Cozen, an architect who once chided the Beverly Hills crowd for destroying older homes and replacing them with what he described in Time magazine as garbage. Actually the full quote is “These houses look like somebody stood there with a bag of frosting and just splattered it wherever they felt like it.” Talk about not mincing words.
There is nothing garbage-like or frosting-covered about this two-story, four-bedroom, 5.5-bath home. The 4,430-square-foot manse features walls of glass, soaring ceilings, a home theater, dual master-bedroom suites, a gym, and a pool and spa with a waterfall.
Hilton, who has worked in the philanthropic field for more than 20 years, is chairman and chief executive of the foundation named after his grandpappy, Conrad N. Hilton. The foundation, headquartered in Century City, is perhaps best known for its $1.5 million Hilton Humanitarian Prize, awarded annually to an organization that alleviates human suffering. The Hilton fortune was built on the hotel chain.
Coldwell Banker Malibu agent Ellen Francisco has the listing, according to the MLS.
Attorney Moving
Got a construction defect? Who you gonna call? The attorneys at Milstein Adelman & Kreger LLP hope it’s them, especially if the issue is drywall imported from China.
The Kreger in that partnership is Wayne Kreger, and it’s a safe bet you won’t find Chinese drywall in the 1925 Spanish colonial he hopes to sell in the Sunset Strip-Hollywood Hills area. The four-bedroom home is listed at $2.85 million.
The house sits on a lushly landscaped lot and has beamed ceilings, a Viking kitchen, hardwood flooring, French doors and a step-down living room with a full-length terrace.
Kreger’s law firm is representing homeowners in a class-action suit that alleges contaminated drywall made from coal plant waste products and containing iron disulfide was used in their homes. The law firm has one of the most prolific construction defect practices in the state.
Victor Kaminoff, executive director of architectural and unique properties, Keller Williams Beverly Hills, has the listing.
Arrowhead Departure
Municipal finance leader John Fitzgerald may be falling off my list of people who have great second homes I wouldn’t mind getting an invite to. He’s listed his Lake Arrowhead home at $3.25 million.
Fitzgerald, who lives and works in downtown Los Angeles – his office is in the Jonathan Club – was the financial officer for the city of Inglewood. He later moved to Paine Webber and then Merrill Lynch as managing director of the Western region municipal finance division, covering 13 Western states for seven years.
Now he heads Fitzgerald Public Finance, a division of Wulff Hansen & Co. in Los Angeles.
The house, that I am now unlikely to ever get to see, sits smack on Lake Arrowhead and has views of the water from every window. The three-story New England-style home has five bedrooms and 5.5 bathrooms. There is a dock house with a bathroom and kitchen to make waterfront entertaining more convenient, and a separate guest apartment.
The home comes with most furnishings, a boat and golf club membership.
Debra Parkinson of the Parkinson Group Resort Properties, Lake Arrowhead, has the listing.
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