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Mr. Burrell is president and CEO of CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield. Mrs. Burrell is the program director at the American Academy of Diplomacy. The three-bedroom Victorian row house in the heart of Georgetown’s East Village was built in 1905 and fully renovated in 2007.
MARYLAND Bill Quinn sold WILLIAMS LANE for $2 million with the help of Suzanne Blouin Terence and Kathleen Golden sold 4869 Glenbrook Road NW in and Laura McCaffrey of Evers & Company Spring Valley for $4 million. Real Estate. Quinn is currently the treasurer of Charles Schwab and former senior vice across from the historic Battery Kemble Park. Chet and Liz Burrell sold O STREET president at Fannie Mae. The six-bedroom NW for $1,875,000 to Patrick and Elizabeth Chevy Chase residence was built in 1948 and Tisdale. Listing agents were William F. X. underwent a major expansion and renovation Moody and Robert Hryniewicki of Washington in 2006. The 9,500-square-foot house sits on Fine Properties and the selling agent was one-third of an acre and includes a gourmet Kimberly Casey of Washington Fine Properties. kitchen, library and top-notch media room.
VIRGINIA Neil and Chantal Selvin sold DEERFIELD POND COURT for $2,497,000 to the new senior vice president and chief information officer of Chevy Chase-based Geico, Greg Kalinsky, and his wife Jacquelyn.The Kalinskys are relocating from Scripps Ranch, a posh San Diego suburb. Mr. Selvin, a Silicon Valley expat, hit it big in the ’90s by working for Apple and marketing the original PowerBook and subsequently heading up Global Village Communication. He’s currently an entrepreneur in residence at the the University of Maryland’s Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship at the Robert H. Smith School of Business. The 8,000-square-foot Great Falls mansion was built in 1987 and sits on five acres. Amenities include a two-story family room, gourmet kitchen with breakfast room, state-ofthe-art home theater, pool and tennis court.
PROPERTY LINES WANNA OWN THE WHITE HOUSE? For an asking price of $4,650,000, you can put up your feet in the “Oval Office.” An anonymous Vietnamese engineer has listed TOWLSTON ROAD in McLean, which he built in 1995 to be a 12,000-square-foot replica of the original White House. Rumor has it that Hollywood took an interest when the Executive Mansion doppelgänger stood in for the real one in the blockbuster film “Independence Day.” The house features six bedrooms, eight bathrooms, a “Truman Balcony,” climate-controlled wine cellar, party room for 100 and a movie theater. The property’s listing agent is Chu Nguyen of Fairfax Realty. ANNIE’S OWNER SELLS
Paul Katinas, owner of Annie’s Paramount Steak & Seafood House, has listed his Bethesda digs for $5,995,000. Annie’s, one of the District’s oldest restaurants, is a local landmark that’s been in business for more than 60 years. BURNING TREE ROAD, an eight-bedroom 12,000-square-foot
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fieldstone Colonial McEnearney Associates’s Babs built in 2008, Beckwith and Jo features dramatic Erkiletian are the embassy-sized listing agents. rooms throughout. Other amenities in FORMER INDY the Burning Tree MAYOR’S PAD ON property include Caroline and David Abshire MARKET Steve two libraries on the main level, a topGoldsmith, former notch master suite and custom bar. mayor of Indianapolis and current Long & Foster Real Estate’s Marc deputy mayor of New York City for Fleisher is the listing agent. operations, and his wife Margaret, are selling ST STREET NW REAGAN EXPERT LISTS David in Georgetown for $6.2 million. and Carolyn Abshire listed 311 Mrs. Goldsmith is the owner of SAINT ASAPH STREET SOUTH Smith Parada Art and Jewelry for $3,950,000. Mr. Abshire is Anthology. The couple bought former special counselor to the five-bedroom house in 2005 President Reagan and ambassador for $3.95 million. Washington Fine to NATO from 1983-1987. He’s Properties’ Carol Somerville is the currently presiding over the Center listing agent. for the Study of the Presidency and Congress. The historic Old COOKE’S ROW MANSION Town property dates to 1870, sits DROPS BY M Greg and Kristin on a double lot and boasts 12-foot Muhlner have dropped the price ceilings, eight fireplaces, original of Q STREET NW by $1 hardwood floors, a swimming pool million since listing it last Spring. and banquet-sized dining room The Georgetown property, where many Washington dignitaries currently on the market for $5.5 have been hosted over the decades. million, was built for Washington’s
first territorial governor, Henry D. Cooke, a Civil War profiteer who was also a Republican-minded newspaper editor, banker and railroad executive. The Muhlners bought the house in 2008 for $2.2 million. Mr. Muhlner is currently an executive at EMC and former Navy SEAL. Mrs. Muhlner is CEO of McLean-based Rollstream, Inc. Jim Bell of Washington Fine Properties is the listing agent. PMC LEADER SET TO MOVE DynCorp International CEO Steven Gaffney is selling SWINKS MILL COURT in McLean for $4,950,000. Recently, the Falls Church-based private military company has been criticized for abuses in Iraq. The executive listed his seven-bedroom Colonial which was designed by Lessard architects and built by Keswick Homes in 2002. The property sits on more than one acre and boasts a five-car garage, a courtyard with fountain, several patios and a salt water pool. The listing agents are Brandon Fields, Micah Corde and Jennifer Thornett.
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