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As co-founder of A&M Records, Jerry Moss amassed a roster of top musical talent including the Carpenters, the Police and Janet Jackson. Along the way, the record-label executive also assembled a portfolio of luxury homes. Following his death in August, Moss’s family is looking to sell his real-estate holdings, listing a 1930s home in Los Angeles for $53 million and a Hawaii compound with four residences for $39 million. The Los Angeles estate, located in the Bel-Air neighborhood, comprises two lots totaling about 1.8 acres, said listing agent Aaron Kirman of AKG | Christie’s International Real Estate. Moss bought the first lot, with 0.87 acres, in the 1980s for an unknown amount, and purchased the adjacent 0.94 acre-lot for $3.05 million in 1994. The main residence, which was built around 1937, has six bedrooms, a theater, a formal library and a breakfast room with oversize windows, Kirman said. The primary bathroom is cream-and-purple marble with a fireplace, chandelier and large tub. Outside, the manicured grounds contain two guesthouses and a pool surrounded by large stones, giving it the appearance of a natural pond. Jerry and Tina Moss were married in 2019. PHOTO: PATRICK MCMULLAN/PMC/GETTY IMAGES In Hawaii, the Moss compound is located on Old Makena Road on Maui, said Nancy J. Callahan of Coldwell Banker Island Properties, who is marketing the property with Paul Stukin of Deep Blue HI. The gated property is approximately 1.43 acres with four houses and roughly 148 feet of beach frontage, she said. Moss’s widow, Tina Moss, said her husband purchased the property decades ago, when the area had dirt roads and secluded beaches. Records show he paid $2.2 million for a 0.68-acre parcel in 1995. Originally, she said, there was just a “funky beach house” on the property. Jerry Moss slowly added homes to the site. Around 2000, he purchased an adjacent 0.75-acre lot for an unknown amount. Tina Moss, who married Jerry Moss in 2019, said she and her husband spent several months a year in Maui, but moved there full-time during Covid. Each year, their extended family gathered at the property for an annual vacation known as “Camp Moss.” “We’d do art classes, ukulele lessons and luaus,” she said. A few years ago, the Mosses renovated the compound, replacing wood siding with smooth stucco and ipe wood. With Jerry Moss gone, his adult children feel the Hawaii property in particular isn’t the same without their dad, said Tina Moss, who recently purchased a home in Montecito. “We’re just ready to start some new memories.” Jerry Moss founded A&M Records with Herb Alpert in the 1960s. In 2000, Moss and Alpert sold Rondor Music, an independent music-publishing company, to Universal Music Group for about $400 million. Earlier this month, Christie’s auctioned part of Moss’s art collection, including pieces by Frida Kahlo and Andy Warhol, for more than $64 million. Luxury home prices across the country skyrocketed during Covid, but the market has slowed over the past year. In Los Angeles, Kirman said he’s “very bullish” about the Moss estate because it has two flat lots on one of the best streets in Bel-Air. “If there was ever a house that is going to defy the marketplace, this is one of them,” he said. https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/luxury-homes/bel-air-or-hawaii-a-late-record-execs-collection-of-homes-comes-to-market-958d89d8?st=auubgn9f4af4w7k&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

The estate of the late record producer Jerry Moss is selling his 11,700-square-foot Bel-Air mansion for $53 million, plus a 1.4-acre beachfront spread on Maui for another $39 million. Tina Moss, widow of the A&M Records co-founder and producer of hits by the Police, the Carpenters and Janet Jackson, has listed the Los Angeles home at 362 Copa De Oro Road, the Wall Street Journal reported. The address for the Hawaii estate containing four houses wasn’t immediately available. The Bel-Air estate, built in 1937, includes a five-bedroom, 13-bathroom mansion and two guest houses on a 1.8-acre double lot. Moss bought the first lot, with 0.87 acres, in the 1980s for an unknown sum. He bought the 0.94-acre lot next door in 1994 for $3.05 million. The half-timbered, Tudor-style home has soaring ceilings, original hardwood floors and Venetian plaster. It includes a grand living room with fireplace, gourmet kitchen, breakfast room with oversize windows, formal dining room and a movie theater. The master bathroom is clad in cream-and-purple marble, with a fireplace, chandelier and large tub, and has an adjacent office. Outside, the manicured grounds contain a pool surrounded by large stones, giving it the appearance of a natural pond. Broker Aaron Kirman of AKG Christie’s International Real Estate holds the listing. He says he’s “very bullish” about the Moss estate because it has two flat lots on one of the best streets in Bel-Air. “If there was ever a house that is going to defy the marketplace, this is one of them,” Kirman told the Journal. In Hawaii, the Moss estate on Old Makena Road on Maui contains four homes and 148 feet of beach frontage. Tina Moss said her husband bought it when the area had dirt roads and secluded beaches. Jerry Moss bought a 0.68-acre parcel in 1995 for $2.2 million. Around 2000, he bought the lot next door for an unknown price. He then slowly added homes to what once contained a “funky beach house,” Tina Moss said. A few years ago, the Mosses renovated the compound, replacing wood siding with smooth stucco and ipe wood. Brokers Nancy Callahan of Coldwell Banker Island Properties and Paul Stukin of Deep Blue HI hold the listing. Jerry Moss, who co-founded A&M Records with trumpeter Herb Alpert in the 1960s, married his wife, Tina, in 2019. He died in August, at 88. In 2000, Moss and Alpert sold Rondor Music, an independent music-publishing company, to Universal Music Group for $400 million, according to the Journal. This month, Christie’s auctioned part of Moss’ art collection, including pieces by Frida Kahlo and Andy Warhol, for more than $64 million. https://therealdeal.com/la/2023/11/21/la-and-maui-homes-of-late-music-boss-jerry-moss-hit-market/

Even comedian Rodney Dangerfield’s home gets no respect. The late comedian’s wife is having a hard time finding an audience to buy this snazzy estate. Joan Dangerfield, 70 — who was married to the popular comic until his death at age 82 on Oct. 5, 2004 — initially listed her luxe Los Angeles compound for $17.8 million last February but, unable to find a compatible buyer, has cut its price down $16.995 million. “I figured it would sell in a week, but didn’t quite work out that way,” she recently told the Wall Street Journal of the mansion, which she purchased for $6.25 million in the early 2000s, adding that its failure to sell has been quite a surprise. “It was a shock for me to just watch it sit there on the market.” The listing is held by Aaron Kirman of AKG | Christie’s International Real Estate, who told The Post that it’s “an honor to represent Mrs. Dangerfield on this one-of-a-kind, trophy, legacy estate. The combination of privacy, architectural integrity and incredible view is a one-in-a-lifetime opportunity in the prized Bird Streets of Los Angeles.” The home, which is set on “a hill of solid rock” that offers a panoramic view of the city, has four bedrooms and six bathrooms and measures 16,673 square feet spread across two stories. It was built in 2004 by John Andrews Group Architects, according to the Robb Report, and features a sunken living room surrounded by floor-to-ceiling windows, Art Deco accents and an infinity-edge pool-equipped backyard. Other outdoor amenities include an outdoor shower, a terrazzo patio and a bust of Rodney by the jacuzzi. here’s a chandelier hanging from one of the skylights, the kitchen has a circular breakfast nook, and the primary suite boasts its own fireplace, a mother-of-pearl tile-accented wall, direct access to the outdoors, an en suite bathroom with a double sink vanity and a changing room. Elsewhere on the property, there’s a home theater, formal dining room and two-car garage. https://nypost.com/2023/11/17/real-estate/rodney-dangerfields-widow-slashes-luxe-la-mansions-price/

This property surely deserves more respect! Almost nine months after it first hit the market with a nearly $18 million price tag, Joan Dangerfield’s contemporary art deco residence in the Hollywood Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles has lingered on the market with no takers. But now it’s popped up for sale again, this time with freshly staged interiors, updated listing photos, a new agent and substantially reduced $17 million ask. The widow of legendary comedian Rodney Dangerfield, who passed away in 2004 due to heart surgery complications, plucked up the premises some 18 years ago for $6.25 million. She recently told The Wall Street Journal, “I stepped 3 feet into the house and I knew it was the place for me…It swept me away.” So why hasn’t the estate sold? Though it’s comparably priced with other homes in the area, perhaps one reason is because the full-price offers she has received to date have included complicated contingencies, per WSJ, such as requiring her to provide seller financing. “I figured it would sell in a week, but didn’t quite work out that way,” she has said, adding that it’s been a shock “to just watch it sit there on the market.” Built in 2004, and designed by John Andrews Group Architects, the two-story white structure features four bedrooms and six baths in around 5,400 square feet of living space boasting floor-to-ceiling walls of glass providing jetliner views stretching from Downtown L.A. to the ocean and Catalina Island. Tucked securely away behind lush greenery, on a corner parcel spanning over a quarter-acre of land on the coveted front row of the Bird Streets enclave of L.A., the dwelling is accessed via a gated driveway that empties out at a spacious motorcourt flanked by a two-car garage. A striking art deco-inspired entryway then opens via a glassy front door into a double-height foyer, which displays a circular skylight sporting a dangling chandelier and curving wrought-iron staircase heading up to the primary living area. From there, a fireside living room is lined with retractable glass doors opening seamlessly to a backyard decked out with an infinity-edge pool and spa nestled alongside a fire-pit and bust of Dangerfield himself, plus a terrazzo-clad patio ideal for al fresco lounging and entertaining; and other highlights include a formal dining room, as well as a sleekly designed gourmet kitchen outfitted with top-tier stainless appliances, a center island and breakfast nook bathed in natural sunlight. Sequestered off by itself is a massive primary bedroom suite, which comes complete with a fireplace, “boutique-worthy” closet, and luxe bath equipped with dual vanities, a soaking tub and an oversized shower. Rounding it all out down below: a plush movie theater and direct access to the attached garage. The listing is held by Aaron Kirman of AKG | Christie’s International Real Estate. https://robbreport.com/shelter/celebrity-homes/joan-dangerfield-house-los-angeles-1235415903/

A Los Angeles spec house with a live olive tree at its center is listing for $45 million. The tree is surrounded by three glass walls and sits in a water feature on the home’s basement level, according to developer Shawn Kohen of Kohen Development Group. He bought the roughly ¾-acre lot in Holmby Hills for $7.65 million in 2019, records show. The recently completed house spans about 17,600 square feet over three levels, Kohen said. The house has six bedrooms, two kitchens and two libraries, as well as a roof deck. In addition to being beautiful to look at, Kohen said, the tree brings a “Zen” feeling to the house, he said. “You don’t see it every day.” He said he selected an olive tree because the species does well in the California climate and lasts a long time. The mature tree was brought in about five months ago. “They had to crane it in with two different cranes,” Kohen said. Thanks to the glass walls, the tree is visible from all three levels, he said. There is also access to the base of the tree from the basement level, where there is a spa with a sauna, steam room, gym, massage room and hot and cold plunge. Outside, there is a round infinity-edge pool. Kohen said the house was several years in the making, between design and construction. Visitors enter the L-shaped house via a glass bridge that leads to the front door. There is a two-sided fireplace with a three-dimensional stone design. Kohen put a theater on the first level to function as a multipurpose entertaining space. The room has blackout shades, as well as huge pocket doors to the outside and a bar. “We always see theaters hiding in the basement. We made ours a focal point,” he said. Aaron Kirman, Bryce Lowe, and Kirby Gillon of AKG | Christie’s International Real Estate are co-listing the property with Mauricio Umanksy and Zach Goldsmith of the Agency. Overall, the luxury market in Los Angeles has slowed since last year. During the third quarter, listing inventory in Bel-Air and Holmby Hills declined annually for the first time in five quarters, according to real-estate appraisal firm Miller Samuel. The average price for a luxury single-family home in Bel-Air and Holmby Hills rose 12% year-over-year. Last month, singer and actress Jennifer Lopez sold her Bel-Air home for just under $34 million. https://www.mansionglobal.com/articles/zen-is-at-the-center-of-this-45-million-los-angeles-spec-home-2ad0ad3e

Who says you need to move to Napa to own a winery in California?! Agua Dulce, a near-100-acre winery in Santa Clarita, is on the market for $14.995 million—and with it, a five bedroom/five bathroom open-concept main house and two-story rustic barn. With its prime location in the heart of Santa Clarita, this thriving business boasts nearly 4,000 subscription wine club members who celebrate the art of winemaking. Conveniently situated on the edge of Los Angeles County, Agua Dulce Winery is just a short drive from the city, beach or mountains, and located next to a private airport. The main house boasts five bedrooms and five bathrooms. The open-concept design seamlessly connects the living and dining areas, while the elegantly updated kitchen comes fully equipped with Viking stainless steel appliances and majestic views of the verdant vineyard. The primary suite features a fireplace, built in office space and plenty of closet space. And as you step outside, the sprawling vineyard and scenic views offer a serene backdrop for unwinding, hosting gatherings, or simply indulging in the splendor of nature. T For the wine enthusiast, the fully-equipped wine cellar is a true delight. Store and savor your most valuable collection while immersing yourself in the winemaking culture; French oak barrels from floor to ceiling. Adam Brawer at Compass, and Aaron Kirman and Matt Adamo of AKG | Christie’s International Real Estate hold the listing. https://scvnews.com/agua-dulce-winery-listed-just-under-15m/

Who says you need to move to Napa to own a winery in California?! Agua Dulce, a near-100-acre winery in Santa Clarita, is on the market for $14.995 million—and with it, a five bedroom/five bathroom open-concept main house and two-story rustic barn. With its prime location in the heart of Santa Clarita, this thriving business boasts nearly 4,000 subscription wine club members who celebrate the art of winemaking. Conveniently situated on the edge of Los Angeles County, Agua Dulce Winery is just a short drive from the city, beach or mountains, and located next to a private airport. The main house boasts five bedrooms and five bathrooms. The open-concept design seamlessly connects the living and dining areas, while the elegantly updated kitchen comes fully equipped with Viking stainless steel appliances and majestic views of the verdant vineyard. The primary suite features a fireplace, built in office space and plenty of closet space. And as you step outside, the sprawling vineyard and scenic views offer a serene backdrop for unwinding, hosting gatherings, or simply indulging in the splendor of nature. T For the wine enthusiast, the fully-equipped wine cellar is a true delight. Store and savor your most valuable collection while immersing yourself in the winemaking culture; French oak barrels from floor to ceiling. Adam Brawer at Compass, and Aaron Kirman and Matt Adamo of AKG | Christie’s International Real Estate hold the listing. https://californialistings.com/2023/11/13/santa-clarita-winery-listed-just-under-15-million/

A 10-acre slice of Beverly Hills real estate is ready to hit the market, and unlike most listings, this offering will have two multimillion price tags. Plans are approved and in place for a sprawling trophy compound to be built on the plot, including a 21,661 square foot main house, a 5,000 square foot guest house and a more than 3,000 square foot car museum. For $40 million, a buyer can purchase the land along with those plans, and build the property themselves, or for $126 million, a buyer can get the home built and delivered by the developer owner. “It’s unbelievably special, in Los Angeles and especially Beverly Hills there’s a lack of land, and this is on 10 acres—that’s unheard of, it’s like your own private park,” said Aaron Kirman of AKG Christie’s International Real Estate, who is bringing the property to the market later this week. It’s a “dream home, on dream land, [with] plans and permits that you couldn’t get approved today.” The developer is Bo Zarnegin, one of the developers of the Peninsula Hotel in Beverly Hills, who’s owned the property since the mid-2000s, records with PropertyShark show. He paid a reported $8.825 million for the land. “He understands what luxury means, what luxury is and what people want in terms of livability and luxury lifestyle,” Kirman said. “There’s nothing that this property doesn’t have.” He spent seven years and millions of dollars getting the plans in place and approval from the city, according to Kirman. “That’s the most difficult part,” Kirman said. Now he has the approvals, it’ll take anywhere between two and four years for the home to be built and move-in ready, should the future buyer proceed with that route, Kirman explained. When complete, the compound will boast eight bedrooms, 20 bathrooms, two elevators, a home theater, multiple offices, a variety of bars and a wine and scotch cellar. There’ll also be a state-of-the-art home gym, a salon, a yoga room, a gourmet kitchen and an interior courtyard. The lush grounds, meanwhile, will be home to lap pools, natural ponds, an outdoor cinema and fire features. “We notice as agents that people buy something done and spend millions of dollars [changing it],” Kirman said. “The beauty of this is it’s not too late to make tweaks and changes to get exactly what they want.” https://www.mansionglobal.com/articles/an-unbuilt-beverly-hills-megamansion-lists-for-126-million-cbe11e44

A sprawling contemporary villa on the Caribbean island of St. Barthélemy, that’s loaded with flashy amenities, including a swim-up bar and a nightclub, hit the market last week for $50 million. Spanning almost 10,000 square feet, the property can be found in St. Jean, on the northern part of the island, overlooking the prestigious hotel Eden Rock, the Bay of Saint Jean and the sparkling ocean that surrounds the French-speaking island. Built in 2017, the six-bedroom house has vast walls of glass, allowing natural light to flood the property and creating a seamless connection with the idyllic surroundings, according to the listing with Daniel Milstein and Aaron Kirman of AKG Christie’s International Real Estate, Beverly Hills, alongside Zarek Honneysett of Sibarth Real Estate in St. Barths. The residence is a “showpiece,” Kirman said, “where every detail in each room exudes luxury.” The entrance to the villa is a glass staircase—there’s also an elevator—with a waterfall as the backdrop, which rises to the entrance hall. It leads to a spacious living room with double-height ceilings that’s open on one side to a terrace and on the other to the interior patio. A living and dining space boasts a fully equipped main kitchen, while a professional chef’s kitchen can be found elsewhere in the home. Its chic interiors feature rich natural finishes like wood, marble and leather to create a sophisticated atmosphere, according to the listing.

Creating a path toward community transformation, Christie’s International Real Estate | AKG and Giveback Homes have announced the launch of AKG | Christie’s Selling for Good, a partnership focused on helping low-income families become first-time homeowners. The first two initiatives will take place in Los Angeles and El Salvador and will be funded by Aaron Kirman and Cindy Ambuehl of Christie’s International Real Estate | AKG. Build Day for the Los Angeles property will take place on October 26th, when Aaron, Cindy, and other agents and staff will be among the first to volunteer on the site, working with Habitat for Humanity to help build eight two-story townhomes. The El Salvador project will result in a complete home for a family of six in El Salvador, who are currently living in unsafe and overcrowding conditions. “I am truly delighted to embark on this remarkable journey through our new partnership with Giveback Homes,” said Kirman, CEO and Founder at AKG | Christie’s International Real Estate. ”This partnership aligns perfectly with our mission to help the community, and I’m thrilled to be part of this transformative effort.” Giveback Homes has helped thousands of families across eight countries buy their first property, working diligently to identify families that often are facing hardship through personal tragedy, financial hardship, or recovering from natural disasters. AKG | Christie’s Selling for Goodis possible through the collaboration and devotion of donors and volunteers. These homes, built on the foundation of teamwork and positive change, are made available to eligible families looking to become homeowners for the first time. “I am thrilled to collaborate with Giveback Homes and wholeheartedly support their mission to provide homes for those in need,” Ambuehl, Executive Director of Luxury Estates, AKG | Christie’s International Real Estate, said. “This initiative has been a personal passion of mine ever since I first joined forces with GBH eight years ago. This partnership perfectly aligns with our core values, reflecting our commitment to giving back.” In addition to personally funding these builds, Kirman and Ambuehl have created a donation system that will allow agents to donate additional funds to Giveback Homes, with the option to donate a percentage of their commission at the close of transactions. https://californialistings.com/2023/10/24/christies-international-real-estate-akg-to-build-townhomes-in-south-l-a-for-underserved-families/