Advanced International Studies.The threebedroom Massachusetts Avenue Heights villa was built in 1940 and renovated in 2001.
He is a former chairman, CEO and president of Skyterra Communications, a publicly traded mobile communications firm based in Reston, Va. He sold that firm in 2010.
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VIRGINIA Tim and Kathryn Luwis sold 1870 VIRGINIA AVENUE in McLean to Brian of Long & Foster’s Wendy Banner. Dr. Midgley is and Teresa Byrne for $2,475,000 with the a retired thoracic surgeon at Children’s National help of Associate Broker David Sande Realty Medical Center. The six-bedroom Potomac 2000 L.C. Mr. Luwis is co-owner of the Falls Colonial was built in 1996 by Sandy Inns of Virginia. The six-bedroom modern Spring Builders and includes a guest house with interpretation of an English country house sits pool, pergola, stone patios and screened porch. on a lush wooded lot adjacent to parkland.The Mr. Good is the co-founder of Summerwood property, built in 1998, boasts 10-foot ceilings, Partners, an advisory and private equity firm. masonry fireplaces and a media room. Dr. Frank Midgley and his wife Sally sold 10920 CRIPPLEGATE ROAD for $3,525,000 to Camille and Alexander Good with the help
2113 Dunmore sold to a private trust for $3,310,000.
2008 for his role in dealing with the global financial crisis. He is currently a fellow at Johns Hopkins University’s Nitze School of
PROPERTY LINES HIGH-END HOUSE SWAP: The and 10-car garage. Washington big buzz in area real estate is Ted Fine Properties’ Mark McFadden and Lynn Leonsis’ home trade with represented the Leonsis family Nextel founder Chris Rogers and in both transactions and also his wife Nalini. The Rogers family represented the Rogers family purchased the Leonsis’ 33-room, in their acquisition of the Sorrel 20,000-square-foot mansion at Street property. Long & Foster’s 6827 SORREL STREET in McLean Marc Fleisher represented the in December. In turn, Ted and Rogers in the sale of “Marwood.” Lynn Leonsis bought “Marwood,” the Rogers’ historic 1926 Potomac HISTORIC “CLARENS” LISTED: chateau for a cool $20 million in Tom and Harriet Lankford early January. The 13-acre estate listed 318 QUAKER LANE for with commanding Potomac $8,950,000. Mr. Lankford is an River views was once owned by attorney with Lankford & Reed in publishing heir Seward Webb Old Town. “Clarens,” a FederalPulitzer, who rented style mansion in the (then-200-acre) Alexandria, was built property to Joseph in 1814 and is best P. Kennedy before known as the former selling it in 1939 to home of James local real estate Murray Mason – a investor H. Grady U.S. senator from Gore (kin to both Vice Virginia and grandson President Al Gore and of George Mason. writer Gore Vidal). The estate once Numerous presidents housed the Fairfax have attended parties Lynne and Ted Leonsis School whose alumni there, including Harry include George S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Washington Custis Lee. During John F. Kennedy, Richard M. the Civil War, the property was Nixon and George H.W. Bush. used as a hospital for Union Army The property, which the Rogers soldiers. Notable visitors include extensively renovated, includes Confederate President Jefferson a gatehouse, pool, pool house Davis and Confederate Army Gen.
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Robert E. Lee. The seven-bedroom Center Hall Colonial features a trellised grill area, walled orchard, potting studio, koi pond, pool and guest house. McEnearnery Associates’ Sue Goodhart is the listing agent. REAL ESTATE VIP DROPS PRICE: Jeff Neal, founder of Monument Realty and chairman of the now defunct GVA Advantis, has dropped the price of 34 KALORAMA CIRCLE NW down to $6,995,000 from his original asking price of $7,995,000. Neal initially listed the house in mid-2009. He bought the eight-bedroom Beaux Arts French Revival property in 2007 for $3.4 million and completely renovated
the home. Built in 1930, the house features a cherry wood library, a dining room that seats 20 and a st u n n i n g three-tiered garden. While at Monument Realty, Neal helped to develop over 6 million square feet of office and residential real estate in the D.C. metropolitan area. Mr. Neal is currently a senior vice president at The Lincoln Property Company. BUILDER BIDS ADIEU: Brad Bernstein of Bradbern Constriction Co, Inc. has listed his custom-built nine-bedroom home for $7,950,000. 9309 KENDALE ROAD in Potomac was built in 2007 and boasts all the luxury amenities you’d expect for this price point, but also a log cabin, circa 1928 that was fully renovated and expanded in 2004. The 3.5-acre grounds also include a vanishing-edge heated pool, a stream and an outdoor fireplace.
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