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Stately Homes Marc and Jacqueline Leland sell in Georgetown; Ted and Lynne Leonsis swap their McLean home for the famous ‘Marwood’ estate in Potomac. By Stac e y G r a z i e r P fa r r
The District Marc and Jacqueline Leland sold 3210 R STREET NW for $11,111,111 to Connie Milstein, a lawyer, entrepreneur and the owner of the Jefferson Hotel, before relocating to London in late December. Leland, an art collector who has represented Getty family financial interests, and his fashionable wife, the mother of renowned writer Alain de Botton, purchased the late Justice Abe Fortas’ eightbedroom residence in 1997 for just $1.4 million but renovated it in 1999 to include an extensive third floor addition. The 1941 Federal in Georgetown’s East Village also boasts a dramatic salon overlooking an expansive south-facing garden with a large pool. The Embassy of the United Arab Emirates purchased 2104 DUNMORE LANE NW in Wesley Heights for $3,650,000 from Vale Properties LLC. No word on what the UAE plans to do with the posh Italianate manse in the tony Phillips Park development just yet.The newly finished six-bedroom residence features three fireplaces, a butler’s pantry, dual staircases, two-story great room, wine room, pool and elevator. Sandra Leiva of Century 21 was both the listing agent and the selling agent. Also in the sought-after Philips Park neighborhood, builder/seller Jim Gibson sold 2113 DUNMORE LANE NW with the help of selling agents William F.X. Moody and Robert Hryniewicki of Washington Fine Properties. The listing agent was Marc Fleisher of Long & Foster.The property was designed by renowned architect Ankie Barnes to have the feel of a European country villa. The house sold to a trust for $3,310,000. Ellen Cook Stough and John T. Stough sold 4343 GARFIELD STREET NW to Christopher Cahill for $1.9 million. Mr. Cahill is the principal and president of Botanical Decorators, a prominent area landscape design/
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Marc and Jacqueline Leland sold their 1941 Federal-style Georgetown residence for 11,111,111.
build firm. The five-bedroom Wesley Heights Colonial features a master suite with dressing room, a private two-tiered garden terrace and a large lower level rec room.The buyer’s agents were Mary Ehrgood and Julia Ehrgood of Washington Fine Properties. Brett and Mayuri Walter bought 2245 46TH STREET NW for $1,290,000 from Robert Holleyman II. Mrs.Walter is a nutritional consultant while Mr. Walter is a partner at the Baach Robinson & Lewis law firm. Holleyman is the president and CEO of the Business Software Alliance and former counsel to the U.S. Senate. The three-bedroom Berkley property was built in 1952 and listed by TTR Sotheby’s International Realty’s David Desantis. Jason Paterniti and Nicole Watson sold 2446 KALORAMA ROAD NW for $3 million with the help of Washington Fine Properties’ Eileen McGrath. TTR Sotheby’s International Realty’s Michael Rankin was the selling agent. Mr. Paterniti is a managing member of the private equity firm Global Risk Capital. The
fully renovated six-bedroom French Provincial nestled in the heart of Kalorama was built in 1927. The property offers tree-canopied privacy, generous public rooms, chef ’s kitchen, terraced gardens and a library. Robert Murphy and Frederick Steckler sold 1731 RIGGS PLACE NW in the Dupont Circle Historic District to SSI International Corporation for $1,699,000. Mr. Murphy is an executive at BAE Systems while Mr. Steckler is an executive adviser at Booz Allen Hamilton. The four-bedroom Victorian rowhouse was built in 1912 and is now separated into three fully renovated units including two separately metered one-bedroom apartments. Former Treasury Secretary Henry M. (Hank) Paulson Jr. and his wife Wendy sold 2750 32ND STREET NW for $3,250,000 (which they bought in 2006 for $4.3 million). Paulson served as treasury secretary under President George W. Bush and is also a former CEO of Goldman Sachs. He was named runnerup for Time magazine’s person of the year in
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