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McLean’s former town hall, now a private residence at 6439 Georgetwon Pike, sold for $2 million to a private trust. Once the scene of many public gatherings, it was converted to private use in the 1930s.
his wife, Victoria, sold KENT ROAD their stately 1938 stone Colonial along the banks of the Potomac to Daniel and Schele Mongeon. Mr. Hogan is the former president of the Alexandria-based firm, Morgan and Cheves Inc. Daniel Mongeon is president and CEO of Agility Logistics in Alexandria. A retired Army general, he joined Agility Logistics after 34 years of military service and now oversees the defense contracting firm with 550 offices in 120 countries. Coldwell Banker’s Donnan Wintermute listed the 52,577-square-foot house in the Wellington neighborhood of Alexandria, which sold for $2,050,000. With the help of Washington Fine Properties’ Robert Hryniewicki, Victoria Kilcullen, and William F. X. Moody, BALLESTRADE COURT in McLean was sold for $3.3 million. The sellers of the 10,500square-foot Garfield Park French Country residence were Arthur and Linda Rodbell. Arthur Rodbell is the co-founder of IXI Corporation, a market analytics company in McLean. The 2006 house boasts a home theater, five fireplaces, and porte cochère connecting the house to a three-car garage.
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TOODLE-LOO, TED: Washington Capitals owner and AOL Vice Chairman Emeritus Ted Leonsis is selling SORREL STREET in McLean for $14 million. Coldwell Banker’s Mark McFadden is listing the 20,000-square-foot Colonial on seven acres that was built in 1999. The 8-bedroom, 13bath residence has a guest house, pool, wine cellar, five car garage, and tennis court... but no hockey rink. In August, Leonsis and his wife, Lynn, bought a 2,750-square-foot condominium in the former Wormley School on Prospect Street NW in Georgetown for $2.6 million. TOO MUCH SPACE: Black Entertainment Television (BET) founder Bob Johnson, is selling AUDUBON TERRACE NW in the District for $5,950,000. Perhaps he’s ready to downsize from the Georgian estate on 1.29 acres now that he’s poised to purge for the poor. In just a few weeks, Johnson is set to launch a new Web site, Clubcharity.com, an online auction allowing stars to donate valued mementos for philanthropic purposes. Rumor has it that he came up with the idea after realizing he had too much expensive clutter at home. Washington Fine Properties’ William F.X. Moody and Robert Hryniewicki are the listing agents but declined any comment about the seller. CALLING CAR BUFFS: JWM Family Enterprises CEO John Marriott is peeling out of his 19-year-old Colonial at NEW LONDON DRIVE in Potomac, now listed at $6.4 million. A 15-car garage
(complete with lube pit) is the highlight of the custom-built Natelli manse in Avenel. Long & Foster’s Wendy Banner is the listing agent. FANNIE’S FORMER 3542 Newark Stree t NW FORTRESS: Now that former Fannie Intrepid Real Estate, John Mae president and CEO B. Mason, sold his triplex Daniel Mudd has moved unit at the Ritz-Carlton in to New York City to head March so he could move into up Fortress Investment a top floor penthouse. The Group, he’s selling his 22opulent edifice boasts an room Cleveland Park estate Indiana Limestone facade, at NEWARK STREET custom-crafted Varenna NW for $8.9 million. The son kitchens imported from Italy, of legendary TV news guru 10-foot ceilings, and what Roger Mudd has lived in the may be the most sought after 1927 Georgian mansion since amenity in the West End: two 2000. Listed by Washington underground parking spaces Fine Properties’ William for each unit. F.X. Moody and Robert Hryniewicki, the property LUCKY SEVENS: In 2005, overlooking Rosedale Park WL reported that the once belonging to President Eaglecrest Compound, Grover Cleveland. BASIL ROAD in McLean, set a record when it sold ÜBER-LUXE: Not four for $9,895,000, the highest months since sales began, price ever paid at that time the new 2501 Penn boutique for non-waterfront property condominium (sitting in Northern Virginia. Now appropriately at it’s back on the market PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE for $17,777,777. All those NW) has sold half of the sevens must have some building’s 16 units. Joining significance to current a major Washington owners, Tom Phillips sports personality (chairman of and several other Eagle Publishing, unnamed well-known Inc., as well as Washingtonian power the Conservative players is Hogan and Campaign Fund) Hartson senior partner and his wife Randall. Kevin Lipson and his wife The 16,000-square-foot Jan, who paid $2 million Georgian Colonial manse was for their 3rd-floor abode. built in 1999 and features an St. Louis entrepreneur and indoor tennis court, a master Democratic party insider bath with a ballroom-sized Steve Roberts (called by chandelier, and an exercise CNN “the black Donald room with murals reproduced Trump”) bought his new from Leonardo da Vinci’s residence for $2,250,000. anatomical sketches. 2501’s developer, president and founder of D.C.-based
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