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Russ Lyon Sotheby’s International Realty Presents Significant Sales of August

Arizona’s leading luxury real estate brokerage, Russ Lyon Sotheby’s International Realty (RLSIR), is proud to present the most significant August sales featuring everything from panoramic mountain views to historical masterpieces and one-of-a-kind custom estates. 

The first sale topping the list is located 11004 E Feathersong Lane. This extraordinary home was sold by Allan MacDonald of the RLSIR Pinnacle Peak office for $8,250,000 earning its spot as the highest August sale for RLSIR. With a premier location in Scottsdale’s Silverleaf neighborhood, this home offers gorgeous panoramic mountain and city light views from every room and grand living spaces with generous covered outdoor living spaces appointed with the finest details and finishes. This Modern Mediterranean 11,045 square-foot floor plan includes a custom guest house with an elevator, a living room with balcony and fireplace, a bedroom, two-baths and a utility room. 

The second highest sold home is located on 5212 E Exeter Boulevard is one of the three spiral designs realized by Frank Lloyd Wright. The home was sold for $7,250,000 by  Bob Hassett of the RLSIR Pinnacle Peak office. This iconic historical masterpiece sits on approximately 5.9 acres with 3 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms in Phoenix’s Arcadia neighborhood and enjoys sweeping views of Camelback Mountain. The home offers reproductions of the signature “March Balloons” carpet designed by Wright for the living room and a dining table and chairs. Its new owners were students at Taliesin and plan to preserve its history. 

The third highest sale was a Mediterranean designed home perched high up on the prestigious Upper Canyon of Silverleaf in Scottsdale. Joanie Barreiro of the Desert Mountain office represented the buyer in the purchase of 11173 E Feathersong Lane for $6,050,000. This 6 bedroom, 6.5 bathroom home includes luxury features such as a walk-out lower level guest retreat accessible via elevator, game room, pool and BBQ, 5 car garage and an abundance of natural lighting with views from nearly every room. 

The fourth home on the list is an extraordinary contemporary masterpiece located in the village of Saguaro Forest in Desert Mountain. This 2018 Lee Hutchison designed home built by Dick Lloyd was sold for $5,025,000. Nancy Sertich, Dena Bullard, Tim Floor, Shawn Rimer, Katie Fisher, Kirk Marshall and Keith Marshall of the Pinnacle Peak and Desert Mountain offices represented the seller and the buyer. The home is located at 9847 E Chiricahua Pass. The estate property was designed with a modern flow that offers open free-flowing living between inside and out. 

The fifth highest sale to round out August’s significant sales is a magnificent and chic modern designed home situated on the 17th hole of The Estancia Club offering sunset, golf course and Pinnacle Peak views. Debbie Negrin, Jay Pennypacker, and Will Foote of the Pinnacle Peak office represented the seller and the buyer. They sold the home for $3,950,000. This 4 bedroom, 4.5 bathroom home located at 10247 E Running Deer Trail offers a unique architectural blend of poured-in-place concrete, glass, steel and an ideal great room floor plan.

Additional significant sales for August from Russ Lyon Sotheby’s International Realty Agents include: 

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CONNECT WITH YOUR INNER FOODIE

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  • Try a new soup
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  • Host a dessert night
  • Make pumpkin pancakes or bread
  • Get your PSL on
  • Enjoy hot cocoa or apple cider
  • Roast pumpkin seeds
  • Make s’mores
  • Eat ginger cake

ENJOY THE WEATHER

  • Go for a walk
  • Visit a fair, festival or farm
  • Take a hayride
  • Walk a corn maze
  • Rake leaves
  • Jump in the leaves you just raked
  • Collect leaves and pine cones for decor
  • Take fun family photos outside
  • Plant a fall/winter garden

STAY WARM

  • Carve a pumpkin
  • Make Fall crafts
  • Watch a seasonal movie
  • Make a peanut butter feeder with the pine cones you collected
  • Read a new book
  • Tell scary stories
  • Decorate your home for Fall
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Luxury Real Estate Headlines | August 2020

The David and Gladys Wright Home Sale – Inman, Fox Business, LA Times, Yahoo!, Business Insider, US News Site, Phoenix News Times, Arizona’s Family, AZ Big Media, KTAR, Rose Law Group, New World J, FN Talk, Really List, AZ lifestyle, Head Topics US, News Himalaya, The People, 6 News Albany, CT Post, Mohave Valley News, Martinsville Bulletin,

$5.5M Arizona home sale sets local real estate record – The People

Frank Lloyd Round – Chicago Agent Magazine

Business Awards in Southern Arizona – Tucson.com

Offering Flagstaff Real Estate Advice in a Busy Market – Flagstaff Business News

Russ Lyon Sotheby’s International Realty: Top-Notch Home Gyms and Workout Facilities – Arizona Progress and Gazette

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Laura Briggs Sells the Diamond House

Laura Briggs of the Russ Lyon Sotheby’s International Realty Pinnacle Peak office represented the seller of the unique Diamond House for $2,500,000.

This one-of-a-kind masterpiece designed by world-famous AIA architect, Gordon Rogers, was built with design, privacy, and views in mind. The 5-bedroom, 5.5-bathroom home features a cantilevered steel entry, an impressive retractable glass wall that seamlessly integrates to the infinity pool and views to take your breath away. City lights, mountain preview and Camelback Mountain all seen from this unprecedented home.

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Bob Hassett Sells David and Gladys Wright House

 Russ Lyon Sotheby’s International Realty — Arizona’s leader in luxury real estate — is proud to announce the sale of the David and Gladys Wright House in the Arcadia area of Phoenix.

The historic home was designed by famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright for his son David and daughter-in-law Gladys. The new owners plan on restoring and preserving the mid-century contemporary home which has iconic views of Camelback Mountain.

Real Estate Advisor Bob Hassett was the listing agent for the Wright House. The home was sold for $7.25 million. The seller was the David Wright House LLC. 

Hassett said the goal of the sale was to find a buyer who would preserve the Wright House, which was built in 1952 and was one of the last homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright before his death in 1959.

We had several offers over the past few years, but the buyers always wanted to only tear down the house and build all new ones. The sellers wanted nothing to do with those proposals as their intention from day one when they purchased it back in 2012 was to make sure the home and it’s integrity would de be preserved as such a historic Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece should and will be. These are the perfect buyers for this property, and we are all extremely happy that we were able to put this all together.

Bob Hassett

The buyer is Benson Botsford LLC. The buyers include architects Bing Hu and Wenchin Shi. They served as architectural apprentices at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin West. They plan on personally restoring the Wright House including installing a new copper roof which was part of Frank Lloyd Wright’s original plans.

Jim Benson, former chairman and CEO of John Hancock, serves as CEO of Benson Botsford LLC.  Benson and Hu were also recently elected to serve on the board the School of Architecture at Taliesin (formerly the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture).

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Jan Lux Closes $4,100,000 Contemporary Estate

Jan Lux of the Russ Lyon Sotheby’s International Realty Desert Mountain office represented the buyer of a $4,100,000 contemporary estate in Desert Mountain.

The 7,140 estate is nestled into a gated, private reserve in Desert Mountain’s upper ”Canyon” neighborhood provides unparalleled, forever views of the Valley, sunsets and city lights. With the touch of a button watch the retracting glass doors open to showcase the seamless flow from the gracious interior living spaces to an outdoor entertaining paradise with negative-edge pool. The home has a complete automation system making all controls incredibly easy.

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Luxury Real Estate Headlines | July 2020

There’s No Place Like Home, Especially Now – Flagstaff Business News

Russ Lyon SIR Recognized on 2020 Real Trends “The Thousand” Ranking – LuxuryRealEstate.com

Concierge Auctions Announces Pending Sale of Sedona Area Estate with Russ Lyon Sotheby’s International Realty – EIN News

Here’s what you can get for $800,000 in Flagstaff, Arizona – Fox Business, Yahoo! Finance, The People

Ahmer’s Nest Record Breaking Sale in Fountain Hills – LuxuryRealEstate.com, Phoenix Business Journal, AZ Big Media, Fountain Hills Times, News Break, AZ Central, Mansion Global, Newstral, Barron’s Penta, Fox Business

PHOTOS: Spanish-style estate with Camelback Mountain views on market for $4.5 million – AZ Family

High bid for Jerome’s Little Daisy: $1.9 million – The Verde Valley Independent and Camp Verde Bugle

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O’Leary Luxury Group Sells the Jewel of Judson

Thomas O’Leary, Catherine Lewis and Joshua Shaver represented the seller of The Jewel of Judson in Paradise Valley for $4,800,000.

The 5-bedroom, 8-bathroom estate is a result of a collaboration between architect Timothy Brown and builder Aaron Rodriguez. It was inspired by the journey they took together through Mexico from Guadalajara to the mountains of San Miguel Allende and designed with the most beautiful baroque elements of Spanish colonial architecture.

Featuring an extraordinary chef’s kitchen, marble floors, hand hewn furniture quality cabinets and leaded glass windows. Designed to entertain, the home has a resort courtyard pool, outdoor kitchen, fireplace, serenity garden, sport court and koi pond.

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Jan Kabbani Sells $4.7M PV Home

Jan Kabbani of the Russ Lyon SIR Camelback Tower office represented the buyer of a $4.7M custom home in Paradise Valley.

Built in 2011, the 11,756 SF home has 7 bedrooms, 10 bathrooms and features privacy, security, Camelback Mountain views, gorgeous grounds, and timeless Mediterranean architecture.  The home was designed to entertain with a large kitchen, grand family room, private theatre room, wet bar and walk-in wine cellar. The main house is accompanied by a separate guest house complete with a full kitchen.

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Russ Lyon sIR Sells Hacienda Escondida

Marta Harvey and Dawn Jacobs of the Russ Lyon Sotheby’s International Realty Tucson office have listed and sold Hacienda Escondida for $2,675,000.

Built in 1943, Hacienda Escondida was recently transformed by award-winning architect Clay Scrivner into a magazine-featured ”Work of Art” that magnifies Pusch Ridge’s iconic views. A unique and private estate on 4.6 acres, this masterpiece in Oro Valley is hidden by trees, iron gates, tall hedges and adobe-capped walls. The 6,659 SF home features 6 bedrooms, 8 bathrooms, a 1 bedroom casita, workshop, studio and resort-like backyard.