1925 Emerald Woods Property Features

Property Features

1925 EMERALD WOODS LANE HIGHLAND PARK, IL 60035

Property Features

This showcase designer home built by Ross Friedman and designed by Goldberg Downey Architects left no stone unturned (marble or otherwise) in this immaculate, move-in ready modern classic.

ENTRY – Grand double height entry accented by a dramatic chandelier leads you to the sweeping floor plan of the main floor of the residence.

LIVING ROOM/FAMILY ROOM – Spacious open floor plan with marble flooring, tiered ceilings, grand arches and limestone columns and fireplace, and Venetian plastered walls. Two story floor to ceiling windows with French doors open to the tiled stone patio.

DINING ROOM – Perfect for entertaining, and accented by wrought iron entry gates acquired from a Palm Beach estate.

LIBRARY – Gorgeous fireplace, pillowed limestone flooring, mahogany built-ins, glass bookcases and a spectacular view of the eight cascading waterfalls complete this sought-after room.

KITCHEN – Gourmet state-of-the-art appliances such as a built-in Sub Zero side by side extra large refrigerator/freezer, hammered copper farm sink, granite countertops, Italian tiled backsplash, island, and two story domed ceiling eating area.

TWO POWDER ROOMS - One powder room directly off of the kitchen, and one located near entry hallway.

LAUNDRY ROOM - Home features first and second floor laundry rooms. The first floor laundry has great storage, an additional refrigerator, and access to the optional 85’ dog run.

SOUND PROOF MUSIC ROOM – or optional 5th bedroom.

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1st FLOOR MASTER BEDROOM SUITE – The extra long hallway as you approach the sleeping area is perfect for an art collection. Sitting area in alcove overlooks the four season perennial garden. Spacious bedroom with loads of natural light and boasting two story ceilings, as well as views of the pool.

MASTER HIS/HER WALK-IN CLOSET - Hollywood style custom built-ins featuring glass front drawers and a two ladder/rail system.

HIS/HER MASTER BATH SPA - Dual steam shower with overhead rain feature, oversized 12 jet Jacuzzi, double vanity, and separate water closet.

GREENHOUSE/CONSERVATORY - Authentic English glass conservatory featuring blue slate floors and views of blooming flowers year round.

GREAT ROOM - Soaring skylights and kitchenette with suburb view of waterfalls and grounds.

This second floor huge bonus area is perfect for a children’s playroom/homework room, or at home business office.

SECOND FLOOR BEDROOMS – Three very spacious bedrooms with en suite bathrooms and completed with custom designed closets.

LOWER LEVEL - OPEN FLOOR PLAN - Fully finished and carpeted with wine room, massage room, fully equipped gym, wood dance floor, powder room, and multiple storage areas.

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Property Features OTHER FINE FEATURES:

Interior • Pocket doors throughout create seamless space •

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Heated four car garage with epoxy flooring & car wash drains

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Separate service entrance

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Interior and exterior surround sound

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Four HVAC zones

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Dual 7,500 gallon hot water tanks

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Extra refrigerator/freezer in 1st floor laundry room

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Pella doors and windows

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Central vacuum system

Exterior • 50 foot in-ground heated pool with attached Jacuzzi spa •

Freestanding Pool House with his/her bathrooms and wet-bar

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Automatic electronic pool and Jacuzzi cover

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Brick built-in gas grill with stovetop

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Space for 85 foot dog run available

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Security system with cameras and motion detectors

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Landscape lighting on timers

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Property Floor Plans

4 Car Garage 47' 10" x 24' 6"

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Laundry 14' 1" x 8' 6"

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Music Room/ Bedroom 5 14' 1" x 11' 8"

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Mud Room 23' 0" x 5' 5"

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Family Room 21' 3" x 20' 11"

Patio 62' 0" x 17' 10"

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Dining Room 17' 10" x 13' 0"

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Living Room 21' 3" x 16' 10"

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W.I.C. 23' 10" x 15' 10"

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Library 15' 2" x 15' 1"

Master Bedroom 25' 9" x 15' 10"

Conservatory 15' 3" x 11' 7"

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Great Room 22' 6" x 20' 1"

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Bedroom 3 17' 6" x 13' 11"

Bedroom 2 19' 8" x 14' 0"

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Bedroom 4 15' 8" x 12' 9"

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Massage Room 12' 1" x 8' 0"

Recreation Room 70' 2" x 34' 2"

Crawl Space Storage 25' 0" x 15' 7"

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Storage/ Utility Room 28' 11" x 11' 7" HVAC

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Chicago Botanic Garden Magazine - Spring 2014 Keep Growing SPRING 2014

Member Magazine and Program Guide

Sheridan Road - February 2017 HOME TOUR

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HOME Sweet HOME Marci and Ron Holzer don’t have to leave their Highland Park estate for a romantic retreat to celebrate his Valentine’s Day birthday. From an English conservatory to enchanting gardens, this couple has created the ultimate setting for their lifelong love story.

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Keep Growing SPRING 2014

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Supporting the Garden

A Perfect Union

The Holzer Family and the Chicago Botanic Garden Gardens flourish thanks to the camaraderie of flower and bee. Indeed, countless species depend upon a mutually beneficial relationship to thrive. Nature may abhor a vacuum, according to Aristotle, but it adores symbiosis.

The Chicago Botanic Garden is fortunate to enjoy such a relationship with Marci and Ron Holzer. Treasures from the Garden’s Antiques & Garden Fair and A Rare Affair enhance the Holzer family’s lovely North Shore house and garden; at the same time, the Holzer family’s supportive presence is felt at the Garden.

and Ron are members of the President’s Circle and the Garden Heritage Society. As an estate planner, Ron has included the Garden in their planned giving. The couple regularly attends the Harvest Ball, A Rare Affair, and the Antiques & Garden Fair. Many “finds” from these Garden events provide focal points within the Holzer residence.

Just as Garden mementos grace the Holzer family house, the Holzer The Holzer Mondell Great Basin Lotus Garden family is honored at the Garden. The honors the memory of Marci Holzer’s father, Jeffrey Mondell.

Holzer Mondell Great Basin Lotus Garden pays tribute to the Mondell (Marci’s maiden name) and Holzer families. Her father, Jeffrey Mondell, was a larger-than-life, Seeking sources for her creativity first drew Marci to the vital presence, and when he passed away in 2001, she and Garden in the 1980s. She was captivated by the exquisite her family wanted to honor his memory in a way that house and garden accessories she found at the Antiques & captured his exuberance. “I find myself coming here, rather Garden Fair. Later, when the Holzer family moved to their than the cemetery, when I think of my dad,” said Marci. “It current address, Marci wanted to landscape in a way that fills me with joy instead of sadness.” “respected the land’s unique beauty,” so she took classes at The Chicago Botanic Garden and Holzer family paths have the Joseph Regenstein, Jr. School of the Chicago Botanic converged time and again, a close collaboration benefitGarden. Her keen and creative eye is evident in every detail of the Holzer house and garden. The need to nurture plants ting both. “We are proud to be a cherished part of the and people is Marci’s passion.

Holzer home and to honor their family at the Chicago Botanic Garden,” said Sophia The Holzers’ involvement Siskel, the Garden’s president with the Garden has flourand CEO. ished, and today both Marci The Canada goose sculpture was a selling point for Marci when she and her husband Ron first decided to buy their home. It is by the same artists, William and David Turner, as the sculpture in the Native Plant Garden at the Chicago Botanic Garden.

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A “find” from the Garden’s Antiques & Garden Fair, this teapot fountain has been the centerpiece for many Holzer family celebrations.

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HOME Sweet HOME Marci and Ron Holzer don’t have to leave their Highland Park estate for a romantic retreat to celebrate his Valentine’s Day birthday. From an English conservatory to enchanting gardens, this couple has created the ultimate setting for their lifelong love story.

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he story of how North Shore homeowners Marci and Ron Holzer fell in love is like something from a Hollywood film. Two kids from the Squirrel Hill area of Pittsburgh met at age 13. By age 15, they went on their first date (to a movie, of course). And then—in a cinematic moment to end all cinematic moments—the girl stands up to her father (once an officer in the U.S. Marines) to declare that she wants to turn down a local college dance scholarship to follow her high school sweetheart to the University of Wisconsin.

What were the chances of that working out in real life? Probably not too likely.

However, as Marci explains, the passion she and “her Ronnie” have enjoyed since they were teenagers is hard to find—and decades later, that passion comes to life with a design aesthetic that can be felt in every detail of their North Shore home.

Built in 1998 by noted Lake Forest architects Goldberg Downey, the house is grand, yet intimate, with soaring ceilings and a floor plan evocative of a luxurious sanctuary. Situated on a quiet cul de sac with elegant four-season perennial gardens visible from nearly every point of the home, Marci says their two-acre estate might be one of Highland Park’s best kept secrets.

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A romantic by heart and a designer by trade, Marci has treated the 8,600-square-foot house as a blank canvas to create the couple’s ultimate dream home.

“My personal aesthetic is to be surrounded by beauty,” she says. “I find creative inspiration that way.”

Wrought iron gates were brought in from a Palm Beach estate to serve as the dramatic entrance to a dining room suitable for hosting dinner parties of all sizes. Meanwhile, floorto-ceiling custom murals meant to depict Ruben’s famous “Garden of Love” in the main salon—along with an oversized modern painting of Adam and Eve leading to the master suite—are artistic metaphors for the couple’s lifelong romance.

That theme continues in the first floor master suite, which boasts an English conservatory off the bedroom with a spacious sitting area, a sumptuous master bath, and a first floor library/office. While the “off the charts” walkin closet (adjacent to the master suite) was the selling point for her, she says the privacy of the property was the selling point for him.

Opposites do attract, but this couple balances each other perfectly while sharing a love of nature and philanthropy. The property’s eight cascading and meandering waterfalls designed

by Mariani Landscape have been the backdrop to many civic and private events hosted at the estate—indulging both of those passions.

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Waterfall and garden

Alongside those spectacular waterfalls and gardens is a 50-foot heated pool with automatic cover and Jacuzzi, providing endless hours of summer fun with a separate pool house cabana. An extensive stone patio in the back and a dramatic circular driveway out front contribute to the property’s resort-like feel.

As “empty nesters” (a term Marci abhors and prefers “free spirits” instead), they have transformed the upstairs bedrooms to accommodate new grandchildren. Now there is “The Secret Garden” room for granddaughter, Avery, and “The Royal Nursery” for brave toddler knights Josh and Jude. The bonus room is an extra large studio/bedroom with mini kitchen perfect for home office or media/playroom.

Ron and Marci both turn 60 this year and their shared birthday wish is “an idyllic home on a lake” for summers spent away from their Chicago pied-a-terre or their Florida winter home.

As Marci says, if their story is indeed anything like a Hollywood film, she can’t think of a better movie than one of her favorites—On Golden Pond.

This modern classic home is currently on the market and priced at $3,750,000. For more information, visit 1925EmeraldWoods.com.

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