In the Middle Ages, moats were the thing. More recently, the rich have taken refuge behind tall hedges, view-obscuring walls and guarded gates. But today’s super wealthy, seeking even greater privacy, are increasingly buying adjacent propert...
The 1940 Bel-Air estate owned until recently by actor Nicolas Cage is back on the market at $12.75 million, the Multiple Listing Service shows. Cage lost his trophy home at a foreclosure auction earlier this month on the county courthouse step...
In another life, Beverly Hills real estate broker Stephen Shapiro may have taken over his family business operating a small chain of movie theaters in Lower Merion, Pa. But Shapiro always knew such a life wasn’t for him, so when his father so...
Philanthropist Howard Ahmanson once owned this sprawling 1920s estate. Hancock Park already had emerged as a neighborhood for the well-heeled when in 1925 Frederick S. Albertson, an automobile company executive, bought a sprawling piece of real...
How Stephen Shapiro Grew WEA to $1 Billion Without Falling into the Slovenly Habits of Corporate Bloat. So when Shapiro and Rappaport opened their high-end agency, they didn’t want to build up a 10,000-employee representation of corporate Am...
Real estate broker to the stars (and under-the-radar big shots) Stephen Shapiro has a listing for a mega house on Carbon Beach in Malibu. The asking price: $65 million. The owner isn’t a celebrity, but a low profile mogul named Bill Chadwick,...
For beleaguered homeowners waiting for a sale, inviting productions onto their properties can provide respite from market woes.
In 2007, our average sale price per home soared to a record $4.7 million, and our total sales neared $1 billion.
Movie producer Jon Peters is asking $39.5 million for four adjoining Beverly Hills parcels he bought in 1996 but never fully developed, though he drew up detailed plans.
Hiltons Hotel Chief Executive Christopher Nassetta has paid about $27.5 million for a Californian house formerly owned by NFL-team proprietor Georgia Frontiere, a person with knowledge of the deal says.