TopTenRealEstateDeals.com Hot Home News: Howie Mandel & the Big Apple's Biggest Price

Online, June 27, 2013 (Newswire.com) - "Howie Wants To Make a Deal"

Howie Mandel's Malibu home was designed for any Californian whose heart is still stuck on the East Coast. Howie tore down the original home on this property in 2008 after owning it for two years and rebuilt it in a style more typical of the northeastern United States. The landscaping, shingles, window boxes and the roof line are more of a New England home style. If it weren't for the craggy beachfront, it would be hard to tell the home is actually in California. Almost brand new, the home and grounds are open and sunny. Similar to many New England beach homes, the overall decor suggests that you are by the ocean without being in your face about it.

Located in the Point Dume neighborhood of Malibu and sitting on over an acre with panoramic Pacific views, the house contains everything for comfortable family living and entertaining. Consisting of 5 bedrooms and 5.5 baths, the house also has a theatre, gym and office and the great room has soaring ceilings with overviews from the floor above. Outside is a pool-guest house along with rolling lawns, attractive landscaping and more spectacular views.

On the market for over two years. "America's Got Talent" and "Deal or No Deal" celebrity is asking $7.50 million.

"The Big Apple's Biggest Price"

Any billionaire looking for a prime New York residence and can loosen up enough cash to pay outright the $125 million price tag for the Pierre Penthouse, will have acquired one of the most lavish and opulent landmark apartments in the world. It is currently the most expensive listing in New York City. It's also in a building that, if hotel walls could talk, would tell of a fabulous and intriguing past.

The Pierre Hotel was built in 1930 for $15 million through a joint venture of financiers including E. F. Hutton, Walter Chrysler, Otto Kahn and restaurateur Charles Pierre, for whom the hotel was named. The hotel went into bankruptcy in 1932 during the Depression. In 1938, J. Paul Getty purchased the building for about $2.5 million and turned a number of the hotel suites into co-op apartments. .

The Pierre has quite an interesting past as well as present. In 1972, it was the scene of one of the most famous hotel robberies in history. The crime cleverly took place after New Years Eve celebrations when jewels worn that evening were placed in the hotel's safe deposit boxes prior to being returned to the safety of their respective banks after New Year's Day. The four robbers held the hotel guards at gunpoint and it took two hours to get most of the boxes opened. The robbers netted $11 million in goods. Three of the men were eventually arrested and sent to Attica Prison. The fourth fled to Mexico and was never found.

Some of the hotel's notable residents have included Elizabeth Taylor, Yves Saint-Laurent, Harrods Department Store owner Mohamed al-Fayed, and Sumner Redstone, chairman of Viacom.

The over-the-top tri-level penthouse has been the backdrop for many scenes in both film and television such as "Scent of a Woman," "Meet Joe Black," "The Sopranos," "Mad Men," "Real Housewives of New York City," and "CSI: New York."

The penthouse occupies the top three floors under the hotel's distinctive sweeping copper roof. These top floors were modeled after Mansart's Royal Chapel at Versailles. Exceptional features include the living room which was originally the grand ballroom of the Pierre with 23' ceilings, five fireplaces throughout (including the gym) designed in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries and the only wood burning fireplaces in the building. There are four terraces with stunning views of Central Park, city skyline, Hudson River and the Atlantic Ocean. Included are 5 bedrooms, 9 bathrooms, staff room off the kitchen, Swedish sauna, private elevator, 3 kitchenettes and main kitchen, private gym, paneled library, a wine cellar and a stunning black Belgian marble staircase in the grand foyer.

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