Pompano Beach, FL (PRWEB) July 22, 2013
This week, TopTenRealEstateDeals.com takes a look at a new Florida condo building where owners will be able to take their car up to their living room – even the penthouse. Also, the July 27th auction of the California estate that TV’s “The Odd Couple” star Jack Klugman built to be near his horses.
Take Your Car to the Penthouse
Gil Dezer loves his collection of eight silver Porsches. So much, in fact, that he is probably the only person in the world with a full-sized Porsche hanging on a wall in his home as art. As a developer during the housing lull, he had time to do some creative thinking about future projects for the recovery of the market. The end result is the Porsche Design Tower now under construction on the ocean in Sunny Isles, Florida, near Miami Beach.
Porsche Design Group, originally catering to people with a love of high tech engineering, began designing cars in 1931 that provided the world with the ultimate form-function equation. With that success, it ventured into luxury fashion, luggage, accessories and more, attracting buyers from Porsche car owners, wannabe owners and people looking for innovative design. Now Porsche Design Group, in collaboration with Mr. Dezer, has created a high rise oceanfront condo that will take their owner’s cars to the front door. Even the penthouse!
Construction recently began on the 57-story, 132 unit condo tower on Collins Avenue, just north of Miami Beach. This is no ordinary highrise with great views, since one of the views – regardless of which floor owners might live on – will be of their car parked outside the front door. Going home to these condos doesnt require getting out of the car until it’s at the owner’s living room door. Arrival is via a glass elevator rising at 600 per minute above terra firma. The Porsche Condos range in size between 4,300 square feet to over 10,000 square feet and a penthouse over 14,000 square feet, and prices ranging from $ 4.7 to $ 13 million.
According to Robert Walsh, project director at TopTenRealEstateDeals.com, luxury condo construction and sales are booming in Sunny Isles and much of South Florida. Many of the new buildings are experiencing presales as early as two and three years before the completion date. In addition to the Porsche Design Tower, the Mansions at Acqualina is also under construction with 79 units and prices starting at $ 8 million and penthouses from $ 20 million to $ 55 million. Chateau Beach Residences will include 84 homes starting at $ 1.4 million and a two-story penthouse with a private swimming pool for $ 25 million. According to Walsh, all three projects are already over 50% sold out with estimated completion dates between 2014 and 2016.
Jack Klugman’s California Auction
Award winning star of stage, film and television, Jack Klugman is best known for his role in The Odd Couple, one of the 1970s most popular TV shows. Klugman was also a big fan of thoroughbred racing, engaging in breeding and racing his own horses. During this time he built a horse training facility on 40 acres in the wine country of Temecula, California, to train his own horses. When his horse, Jaklin Klugman, came in third in the 1980 Kentucky Derby, he said it was the biggest thrill in his life.
Jack’s Temecula horse breeding and training facility took up most of Klugmans free time so he built an 8,920 square foot Spanish-style home there in the grand old Hollywood tradition. The home has 5 bedrooms and 8 full baths with large spaces for entertaining both indoors and out. The main living area has vaulted beamed ceilings and a large curved staircase to the open second floor. Also on the property are four guest homes, a five hole golf course, pool and cabana, a koi pond, a vet clinic as well as barns, two riding arenas and multiple stalls.
Jack Klugmans thoroughbred ranch was previously listed at $ 12 million. The opening auction bid on July 27th will start at $ 2.99 million.
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