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Kiawah Island’s First Public Residential Offering Launches Sales

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Ownership opportunities are now available at Timbers Kiawah Ocean Club & Residences, a premier private residence club in one of the country’s most sought-after destinations.

Timbers Resorts, developer and operator of private boutique resorts and residence clubs, recently announced the first public offering of ownership opportunities at Timbers Kiawah Ocean Club & Residences in Kiawah Island, South Carolina.
The oceanfront development offers 21 residences, all embracing light, airy and natural design elements that complement the island’s atmosphere, across three buildings just minutes from Charleston. With floor plans ranging from three to four bedrooms, Timbers Kiawah Ocean Club & Residences offers two shared ownership categories. Owners have the option of selecting a 1/9th fractional interest in the property’s 2,200-square-foot three-bedroom residences, or a 1/6th fractional interest in the 3,600-square-foot four-bedroom penthouse residences. Pricing for the shared residential ownership interests ranges from $500,000 to $1.25 million.
Amenities at Timbers Kiawah Ocean Club & Residences include a private clubhouse with a lounge area, concierge services, valet, a fitness facility and a temperature-controlled owner’s wine wall. The private beach club will include an oceanfront pool, grill and specialty beach activities. Activities available to owners include 30 miles of paved biking trails, an inland waterway with access to the marina and river entry, and water sport activities such as paddle boarding, kayaking, boating, crabbing and fishing. The destination also offers more than 90 holes of championship golf and world-class tennis including the Ocean Course at Kiawah Island Golf Resort, which will host the 2021 PGA Championship, also previously hosted at the course in 2012.
“Kiawah Island is a remarkably special destination that we have followed for many years knowing that our Timbers Collection Owners place tremendous value on oceanfront living in this region of the country,” said Greg Spencer, Timbers Resorts Chief Executive Officer. “The launch of sales at Timbers Kiawah Ocean Club & Residences is momentous for the Timbers Resorts brand and represents years of hard work and collective focus on delivering a truly unique resort club experience that feeds off the energy and storied history of the island.”
Timbers Kiawah Ocean Club & Residences will be conveniently located oceanfront on Kiawah Island’s Beachwalker Drive, minutes from Freshfields Village, the community’s boutique shopping and dining center, and 45 minutes to Charleston International Airport. Construction is underway and the project is set to be completed in summer 2018.
Images courtesy Timbers Kiawah Ocean Club & Residences. 

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Practical and Beautiful: As Seen in Homes & Estates Magazine

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This property originally appeared in the Spring 2017 Edition of Homes & Estates Magazine.

Maximizing the gorgeous views and providing easy maintenance, this 12,000-square-foot beachfront home in South Sound, Cayman Islands has been built on pilings. At the same time, the home (Barco a la Vista) offers extra storm production and covered parking and storage. “It is extremely rare to find a luxury home that is as practical as it is beautiful,” says listing agent JC Calhoun of Coldwell Banker Cayman Islands.  The 6-bedroom, 8-bath home features an open kitchen with a dining table boasting 270-degree sea views, wine cave, billiards room, library, gym, home theater, sitting room, office, pool, Jacuzzi, elevator, seafront decks on each level, a covered observation tower above the master suite, and a new dock from this summer. “All the bedrooms are beachfront ensuite bedrooms and there are lots of activity rooms before you even get outside, which, of course, is the best part of living in Cayman,” says Calhoun. The very conveniently located home is offered for $7.25 million.

For more information, visit www.coldwellbankercayman.com.
Agent Information: JC Calhoun | jc@cirealty.ky | T. 345.945.4411 | Coldwell Banker Cayman Islands Realty

 

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Like-New Understated Elegance: As Seen in Homes & Estates Magazine

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This property originally appeared in the Spring 2017 Edition of Homes & Estates Magazine.

Tastefully done, with classic clean lines, Water’s Edge #23 in Seven Mile Beach, Cayman Islands, is all about understated elegance. The apartment contains over $750,000 USD of the finest furniture, fixtures and equipment available. Features include 3,234 square feet, 3 bedrooms, a den and 3 full and 1 half baths and a 4th floor with outstanding views. “The commodious owners lounge, gym and spa rooms facing this superb beach make this an owners dream,” says listing agent JC Calhoun of Coldwell Banker Cayman Islands. “The extremely lightly used apartment looks and feel like new — and it is in arguably the finest beachfront condominium project on all of 7 Mile Beach.” The home is listed for $4.499 million.

For more information, visit www.coldwellbankercayman.com.
Agent Information: JC Calhoun | jc@cirealty.ky | T. 345.945.4411 | Coldwell Banker Cayman Islands Realty

 

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Spacious and Contemporary: As Seen in Homes & Estates Magazine

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This property originally appeared in the Spring 2017 Edition of Homes & Estates Magazine.

In the fastest growing beach community on Grand Cayman, Frank Sound, this contemporary beach villa sits on 124 feet of secluded reef-protected beach with lots of fruit trees and flowering shrubs. Oceanus Villa boasts 11,190 square feet with remarkable heavy-duty construction on a 12-foot elevation. “The owner is an engineer and you can almost feel the 12” poured concrete walls and the 70+ augured pilings which anchor the home to bedrock,” says listing agent JC Calhoun of Coldwell Banker Cayman Islands Realty. Listed for $5.995 million, the home features 5 bedrooms, 7 baths fine fixtures, fittings and equipment, an open plan with high ceilings and lots of glass on 4 levels. “Contemporary, solid and spacious are the words which come to mind when I think of Villa Oceanus,” says Calhoun. “The design is so clean that we actually flew the drone inside the house while making the video.”

For more information, visit www.coldwellbankercayman.com.
Agent Information: JC Calhoun | jc@cirealty.ky | T. 345.945.4411 | Coldwell Banker Cayman Islands Realty

 

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Chateau du Grand-Lucé

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This article originally appeared in the Spring 2017 Edition of Homes & Estates Magazine.

THIS TIMOTHY CORRIGAN-DESIGNED CHATEAU IS A REJUVENATION OF AN 18TH CENTURY MASTERPIECE.

By Samantha Myers
 

Considered to be one of the most exceptional examples of 18th-century French neoclassical architecture in the world, Chateau du Grand-Lucé is a sumptuous 40,000-square-foot, 16-bedroom, fully restored French chateau. Occupying 80 acres of exquisite gardens and woodlands, the chateau is in the Loire Valley, a region of landscape known for its cultural monuments and great beauty that evokes the sense of a “once-upon-a-time” fairytale.
The chateau is owned by award-winning American designer Timothy Corrigan, who acquired private ownership of the property in 2005 and chronicled its thorough restoration and design process in his 2013 book “An Invitation to Chateau du Grand-Lucé.” Built between 1760 and 1764, Chateau du Grand-Lucé indubitably has a rich and fascinating history, and thus is protected as a French National Landmark.
Former visitors to the chateau include luminaries from the Enlightenment period such as Voltaire, Rousseau and Diderot, and, during his time there, Corrigan has shared the space with many friends and family members…
 

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Beverly Hills’ French Chateau

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This article originally appeared in the Spring 2017 Edition of Homes & Estates Magazine.
 

MAISON 613 SETS A NEW STANDARD OF LUXURY AND ELEGANCE IN THE GOLDEN FLATS.

By Samantha Myers

Set in the prestigious “Golden Flats,” one of the best-situated neighborhoods in  Beverly Hills on the south side of Sunset Boulevard is “Maison 613,” a French chateau-style home that paints immersive luxury with design elegance. When it comes to Beverly Hills real estate, it’s all about the Flats now — an area that has skyrocketed into multiple-acre price points and where some of the most expensive homes are offered. Yet, nothing compares to this French-infused California residence, which aspires to culminate in one of the most expensive sales in the Golden Flats.
Although recently completed at the end of 2016, “Maison 613” already offers a dense history of creation. The home was born from the collaborative vision of the late Norbert Gehr, successful businessman and founder/CEO of the Los Angeles-based The Gehr Group, and famed designer Roy Sklarin, who became involved with the project 19 years ago, after Gehr purchased the property. At the time, the  property housed a 1920s Beverly Hills original, but now, a 21,000-square-foot-plus French beacon stuns on one of the deepest lots in the neighborhood…
 

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Wondrous on the Water: A Kahala Dream

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This article originally appeared in the Spring 2017 Edition of Homes & Estates Magazine.

Kahala oceanfront estate offers exceptional privacy, frontage.

By Jaymi Naciri

According to Hawaiian legend, fishermen once spent time up on the hill at Kahala, fishing for King Kamehameha. Seeing regal estates like Punahele, the royal connection comes as little surprise.

Meaning “favorite,” Punahele was named by the Dohenys, its former owners, known for their luxury homes around the world. “This was their favorite home, out of all those they built,” says Beth Chang, who, together with Anne Hogan Perry and Tracy Allen, has co-listed the estate for Coldwell Banker Pacific Properties. “This iconic property is an incredibly rare offering that can’t be recreated, with 165 linear feet of frontage and an unmatched location on a quiet street in Kahala.”

That frontage — and the views it provides — are practically unheard-of today in this coveted area, where many newer lots are only 60 feet wide, and so is the privacy. “Because of the dramatic curve of the coastline and the pie-shaped lot, with the widest part along the ocean, this home feels like it’s all by itself,” says Hogan Perry. “It brings in incredible turquoise water vistas that are unachievable now, because of the 40-foot setback requirements. You can’t get this close to the ocean anymore.”

Nor can you get quite as close to the reef, which offers several distinct advantages. “It creates this nice, calm area, and you can hear…

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Pure Preservation in Aspen

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This article originally appeared in the Spring 2017 Edition of Homes & Estates Magazine.

A rare Queen Anne masterfully marries the charm of Aspen’s history with the design aesthetic of the Hamptons.

By Dresden Scott

Much has been written about Mountain Modernism in Aspen. Less widely known is the town’s rich Victorian architectural tradition. Built by the mining barons, investors and entrepreneurs of the late 1800s, most of the historic Victorians are located in the West End. In the heart of downtown Aspen — what the locals simply call “the core” — Victorians are much more rare. One exceptional mansion, a charming Queen Anne resting on a large corner lot on Cooper Avenue, just three blocks to the gondola and one block to Lift 1A — was built in 1890 for miner J.M. Dixon.

A designated landmark by the Aspen Historical Society, the unique square-shaped residence, with its wraparound porch, columns, spindle work and two-story bay window projection, immediately caught the eye of an artistically minded New Yorker who had been holidaying in Aspen for decades with her family and always dreamed of owning that house one day.

“It belonged to a friend of mine who once hosted me there with my kids 20 years ago,” recalls Christy Ferer, a former TV correspondent, decorating book author and media entrepreneur. When the historic home hit the market in 2003, she jumped at the opportunity to own a place of her own in the core.

“It reminded me of…

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Suburban Sanctuary

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This article originally appeared in the Spring 2017 Edition of Homes & Estates Magazine.

Luxury on a grand scale in St. Louis’ premier location.

By Jaymi Naciri

While driving on this heavily treed road, you may be surprised to learn there’s a residence behind that thicket of lush greenery and hardwoods. Barely perceptible from the outside, this historic Ladue, Missouri, manse, called “The Woodlands” for its verdant setting, commands a grand presence once approached, with a sprawling expanse of brick gorgeousness surrounded by acres of parklike grounds.

It’s the acreage that is one of the most illuminating features of this five-bedroom, six-bath estate. In this exclusive St. Louis suburb, luxury properties abound, but not at this scale.

“The Woodlands is set in our absolute premiere community of Ladue, offering a 100-percent location,” says listing agent John Ryan of Coldwell Banker Gundaker Residential Brokerage Ladue/Clayton. “It is an eight-acre property, which is really unique in this area. The largest properties are usually around three acres. This is a true estate.”

Beyond an elegantly welcoming front terrace that was added in 2006 during one of the home’s renovations, etched glass doors open into a grand foyer with marble floors and detailed Italian ceilings. Built in 1926…

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Photos courtesy Alise O’Brien; Aerial photo courtesy Matt Ponstingl

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Leading With Lifestyle

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The following article originally appeared in the Spring 2017 issue of ERA Real Estate Distinctive Properties Magazine.

How ERA’s Sapphire Award Winner Serves Distinctive Clients

Chief Marketing Officer Chris Trick & Sapphire Award Winner Brian Etheridge

Brian Etheridge, a top-producing broker with Wilkinson ERA Real Estate and ERA’s Distinctive Properties Sapphire Award winner, has a uniquely distinct way of working with his clients.

“I always start with lifestyle,” said Etheridge, who serves clients in the luxury market of Asheville, North Carolina. “I engage them about what they like, their interests and hobbies, why they are drawn to the region. From there, I am able to suggest certain communities or neighborhoods. Then, and only then, do I start to suggest specific properties.”

This approach helps to avoid a client getting overly focused on a specific development and provides Etheridge…

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