E.T. sell home
Steven Spielberg, who bought a $20 million East Hampton “teardown” in 2008, is quietly selling the pond-front property at 94 Apaquogue Road — for $24.5 million. Spielberg tore down a traditional home built in 1900, and the lot has been empty ever since. Spread out over 3.2 acres, there’s plenty of room for a pool and tennis court. Spielberg owns two other properties nearby. Our local spies thought he’d buy some adjacent properties that had recently come on the market quietly — one of the properties is Steve Ross’ widow, Courtney Sale Ross‘s home, which David Geffen is buying for $50 million and the other is owned by Janet Ross, the widow of the late philanthropist/financier Arthur Ross. This week, Variety announced that Spielberg will be directing a Cold War project, starring Tom Hanks, with a Joel and Ethan Coen script, about James Donovan, a lawyer recruited by the CIA to negotiate the release of Gary Powers, the U2 spy-plane pilot who was captured after being shot down over former Soviet Union territory in 1962.
Further notice
Not only was the late James Brady awarded a Bronze Star with the Combat V and Purple Heart for his military service, he was also a well-rounded author and columnist who helped create Page Six, among other things. He also happened to have great taste in real estate. Brady’s former one-acre property is now the site of a brand new $12.99 million home at 130 Further Lane in East Hampton — the same street where activist investor Barry Rosenstein is paying $147 million to buy America’s most expensive property, as we revealed earlier this month. The 5,500-square-foot, five-bedroom home was built and designed by Daniel Scotti. The home, made for entertaining, includes a double-height kitchen with a vintage industrial work table, a formal dining room and den. The finished basement includes a media room, a gym, billiard room and en-suite staff room. There’s also a pool and pool house. The listing brokers are Michael Schultz and Susan Ryan, of The Corcoran Group.
Driving a hard bargain
Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton — who started racing with his first go-kart at age six — is looking for an upscale downtown home. He recently checked out a $21 million Puck Penthouse at 293 Lafayette St. The 4,895-square-foot unit in the iconic late 19th-century Nolita building has three bedrooms and 4½ bathrooms. It comes with a chef’s eat-in kitchen and a corner master suite with a fireplace.
We hear…
That Resident magazine just celebrated its Real Estate issue, with Douglas Elliman broker Tristan Harper on the cover, at Texas de Brazil.