Celebrity Architect Harold Levitt’s Only Washington Design Sells for $20 Million

A waterfront property in Medina, Washington, the place tech billionaires together with Invoice Gates and Jeff Bezos personal houses, has bought for $20 million after hitting the marketplace for the primary time in additional than 50 years.

The property was listed in late January for $18.5 million and went into contract the next day. The sale closed final Friday, itemizing data present.

“As quickly because it grew to become out there, the client made a suggestion above the asking worth,” mentioned Anna Riley, co-listing agent together with colleague Denise Niles, of Windermere Actual Property.

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Sitting on the tip of Evergreen Level peninsula with 115 ft of shoreline, the property was designed in 1972 by notable Beverly Hills architect Harold Levitt who’s designed houses for superstar purchasers together with Steven Spielberg, Olivia Newton-John, Quincy Jones, Dean Martin, Debbie Reynolds, Lionel Richie and Kenny Rogers, amongst others. He was additionally liable for the Riviera Resort on the Las Vegas Strip and the headquarters of the Academy of Movement Image Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills.

“So far as I do know, this was the one residence he designed in Washington state,” Ms. Riley mentioned. 

That includes a definite exterior of glass, wooden and stone and 180-degree views of Lake Washington from 18-foot floor-to-ceiling home windows, the house “is a timeless architectural treasure,” she mentioned.

The house owners meticulously maintained the 0.31-acre property, which has a pool, gardens designed by Kubota, a famend landscaping agency on the West Coast, specimen plantings and a 100-year-old maple tree, Ms. Riley mentioned. 

A brand new dock was added in recent times, she added.

The 4,310 sq. ft of inside house consists of three bedrooms, three bogs, a big lounge with a fire, a proper eating room and a kitchen with a breakfast nook, itemizing images present.

The property of the unique proprietor was the vendor. The client was a restricted legal responsibility firm tied to Tim Panos, a principal at Seattle-based actual property developer Panos Properties, in accordance with property data and Filth, which first reported the sale.

Ms. Riley declined to substantiate the id of the client. 

Medina is a largely residential metropolis in King County, on the alternative shore of Lake Washington from Seattle. Enterprise executives who reside or have lived there additionally embody Jeffrey Brotman, co-founder of Costco Wholesale Corp.; Gerald Grinstein, former CEO of Delta Air Traces; and Jon Shirley, former Microsoft president.