The 107-acre estate of Melvin and Bren Simon could be transformed into an exclusive neighborhood known as Asherwood. (Submitted photo)

The Carmel estate of Melvin and Bren Simon could soon be home to an exclusive new neighborhood and club.

Developers Paul Estridge, Jr. and Michael Browning have filed plans with the Carmel Plan Commission to redevelop the 107-acre site on Ditch Road between 96th and 106th streets to contain more than 100 new homes ranging from $800,… (View original article)

AUGUSTA — The Tappan-Viles Mansion that anchors a visible spot on the city’s west side turned 200 on Tuesday, and while most people now know it as Kennebec Savings Bank, it has a long history tied to well-known Augusta names.

The two-story home at 154 State St. was built in 1816 for the Rev. Benjamin Tappan, a Harvard graduate who was wooed to Augusta to serve as the pastor of the South Parish Congregational Church. State Historian Earle Shettleworth Jr. said the house would’ve looke… (View original article)

Out with the old and in with the new!

Ricky Martin is seemingly making a cross country move. Hot on the heels of news that the singer is engaged to longtime beau Jwan Yosef, the 44-year-old has picked up a new mansion on the west coast as he puts his New York City apartment up for sale.

Perhaps needing more space now that his family is getting a little bigger, Martin his listed his four-bedroom, four-and-a-half-bathroom condo in Manhattan for a whopping $8.4 million, Variet… (View original article)

Leo Messi’s soccer ball-shaped mansion is situated 22 miles outside Barcelona.
The unique mansion is worth approximately $5 million.
Messi currently resides there with his girlfriend and his two sons.   

Ever imagined there would be a huge mansion built in a shape of a football and the ground around it would be divided into two halves like a football pitch?

If you were the … (View original article)

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Located about three hours north of Manhattan, the Berkshires in Massachusetts was once a prime spot for the Gilded Age wealthy from New York and Boston to vacation – and continues to be a year-round vacation destination. The period of rapid economic growth that followed the Civil War brought tremendous wealth to many businessmen. The opulence and luxury of this era found its way to the Berkshires in the way of sumptuous estates and summer mansions. While the… (View original article)