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This massive stone and glass English-style manor rising from the shores of Lake Washington almost seems out of place in the Pacific Northwest. It’s the former residence of Kenny G, American Grammy Award-winning jazz saxophonist, who grew up in Seattle, Washington. The 17,599 square foot manor is making headlines as not only one of the largest homes in the area but also as the most expensive listing in the history of the Northwest MLS. The Puget Sound Business Journal reported that the 4.3 acre estate is owned by Bruce McCaw and Jolene McCaw, who purchased the property 14 years ago from Bruce’s brother, Craig, founder of McCaw Cellular, who purchased it from original owner Kenny G. Designed by renowned architect  Richard Landry and masterfully built in 1995, the expansive 17,599 square foot manor includes a grand formal entrance, two-storey living room with wall of windows looking out to the water, a wood-panelled library and fireplaces in nearly every room including the gourmet kitchen and master ensuite! Architectural Digest covered the mansion in a 1997 issue of the magazine with Kenny G stating, “We wanted a comfortable home, but we also wanted a real sense of style.” The residence is unique for the Pacific Northwest as this particular style is not commonly seen.

Listing details: Joie de vivre on the lake. Introducing the jewel of Hunts Point. An unrivaled 4.3 acre estate with 327 ft of pristine Lake Washington shoreline. This incredible opportunity includes 4 structures comprising over 17,000 square feet of living space and an irreplaceable dock ready to moor your waterfront passions. Boats, seaplane, jet skis and a yacht of up to 150 ft are all accommodated. Designed by Richard Landry, this impressive sandstone and glass main residence rises above the lake, featuring uncompromising quality and pedigree. Dramatic window walls unveil a home ideal for everyday serenity and spectacular entertaining. Enjoy summer on the grand lawn, tennis, pool & spa. A staff house, beach house and pool cabana complete the lifestyle canvas. The property is on the market for $85 million with Anna Riley & Denise Niles of Windermere Real Estate . Photography by Andrew Webb  of  Clarity Northwest Photography .

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This $85 Million Home on Seattle’s Lake Washington Has a Marina for Your Boat and Seaplane

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This palatial, $85 million estate is currently the most expensive listing in Seattle , and it certainly features enough amenities to warrant the title. It’s also got some pedigree: The seller is Bruce McCaw, brother of cell service billionaire Craig McCaw, who purchased the home In 1999 from renowned saxophonist Kenny G.

Located in the esteemed town of Hunts Point just outside the city, the home is shrouded in privacy thanks to the towering trees and hedges on either side. And once you step foot on the 4.3-acre property, it’s like being at your own private chateau. Sprawling manicured lawns, stone patios, a large in-ground pool, water fountains and gardens await. Even better, the place is located along 327 feet of no-bank shoreline on Lake Washington , the second-largest natural freshwater lake in the state, and is ideal for boating excursions.  

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The home is located on the shores of Lake Washington.  Andrew Webb, Clarity NW Photography

You can even land your very own seaplane here and park it at your private dock. While seaplanes are common in the region, a private dock for your ride is not. McCaw, a pilot, told the Puget Sound Business Journal that he designed the dock himself. It’s actually more of a private marina , as there is also space for a 150-foot yacht, jet skis and other boats.

In front of the dock, there’s a small sandy beach to plant an Adirondack chair or two and watch lake life in action, as well as a nearby beach house for easy lunches in the summer. The property is ripe for outdoor lovers, as there’s plenty of lawn space, a tennis court surrounded by tall pines, a pool with water features and a spa. There is also a staff house and a pool cabana. 

The living room  Andrew Webb, Clarity NW Photography

The residence was designed by architect Richard Landry, who also designed homes for Gisele Bündchen and Tom Brady, Mark Wahlberg and Lisa Vanderpump. The opulent exterior is reminiscent of the mid-90s luxury home aesthetic, but is still unique compared to others in the area.

The ten-bedroom, five-bathroom home has an exterior of sandstone and glass. The interiors are decidedly ornate, with tall columns, detailed cornices, moldings, carved fireplaces and more. The home has large windows that ensure a great view of the lake, and by night, it glows a soft yellow-orange from the outside. Additional amenities include an office, gym and several seating areas to enjoy the views.

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The custom dock for a seaplane, 150-foot yacht, jet skis and more.  Andrew Webb, Clarity NW Photography

The two-story foyer  Andrew Webb, Clarity NW Photography

A sitting area overlooking the backyard  Andrew Webb, Clarity NW Photography

There’s plenty of lawn space adjacent to the pool and outdoor patios.  Andrew Webb, Clarity NW Photography

The pool with water features  Andrew Webb, Clarity NW Photography

The tennis court  Andrew Webb, Clarity NW Photography

The window-lined gym  Andrew Webb, Clarity NW Photography

The wood-paneled library  Andrew Webb, Clarity NW Photography

An aerial view of the home  Andrew Webb, Clarity NW Photography

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Bruce McCaw’s Northwest estate hits the market at record-setting price

Bruce and Jolene McCaw are looking to cash out big on their Seattle area estate.

The telecom mogul and his wife have listed their Hunts Point property. At $85 million , the listing is the priciest in the history of the Northwest Multiple Listing Service, the Puget Sound Business Journal reported.

Windermere Brokers Anna Riley and Denise Niles have the listing.

The gated property sits on more than four acres and includes 327 feet of waterfront. The dock was designed by Bruce himself and can accommodate a 150-foot yacht, other boats, jet skis and a seaplane.

The sandstone and glass home spans 17,000 square feet and includes five bedrooms and 10 bathrooms. Despite its size, the features inside the home are relatively simple, including a library, a playroom, two offices and a gym.

The estate also has a beach house, staff house and a pool cabana.

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McGraw said that the home was ready for another family after 14 years of stewardship. He was intimately familiar with the estate’s prior owner when he purchased the property — his brother Craig. Prior to Craig McCaw, the home was owned by saxophonist Kenny G.

Bruce is the co-founder of McCaw Cellular Communications and the chairman of the Seattle Hotel Group. He has also held roles with the Museum of Flight, Horizon Airlines and Alaska Air Group.

He and Jolene are also directors of Apex Foundation.

While nothing can compare to the historic listing price of the Hunts Point estate, there have been some prominent luxury listings in the Seattle area recently. A few months back, NFL quarterback Russell Wilson and his musician wife Ciara put their 11,000-square-foot Bellevue mega-mansion on the market for $28 million. This listing followed Wilson’s trade from the Seattle Seahawks to the Denver Broncos.

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Property Watch: Kenny G's Former Estate Listed for a Record-Breaking $85 Million

By Sarah Anne Lloyd May 4, 2022

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The Seattle-area real estate market just hit a new high-price record. A Hunts Point estate built for Kenny G , aka ​​Kenneth Bruce Gorelick, has become the most expensive listing in Northwest Multiple Listing Service history at a whopping $85 million. The no-bank waterfront property has been in the ultra-wealthy McCaw family since cell service magnate Craig McCaw— net worth $2.2 billion — purchased the home from Gorelick in 1999 . For the last 14 years , it’s been the home of his brother Bruce McCaw, who cofounded McCaw Cellular, and sister-in-law Jolene McCaw. With Steve Ballmer right next door, it’s second to only Evergreen Point Road in Medina for housing the Seattle area’s ultra-wealthy.

As one would expect for an eight-figure mansion in Hunts Point, this 10-bedroom, five-bath home is audaciously opulent. While the main house is 12,000 square feet, if you add up all the structures on the property—including a staff house, a beach house, and a cabana—it’s more like 17,000. The look is a blend of rococo, English manor, and mid-'90s decadence, with a two-story foyer and columns, corbels, ornate molding, and even detailed reliefs. Floor-to-ceiling windows throughout the home, some arched, have colonial-style grids for a little bit of a vintage air. The 4.3-acre property features well-manicured lawns, a large pool with small fountains, a beachside lounge area, and a palatial sports court. In one smaller garden, a bronze sculpture of a painter, perhaps Monet, shares a bench.

There’s a reason it looks like it belongs on an episode of MTV Cribs : It was designed by Richard Landry , the architect to the stars sometimes called the King of the Megamansion. Landry is also behind Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen’s 28-bedroom palace (complete with moat and bridge ) and Lisa Vanderpump’s former 15,000-square-foot home. Mark Wahlberg’s Landry-designed 30,000-square-foot mansion with a waterfall pool, a large gym, two jacuzzis, and a putting green just hit the market with a similar price tag of $87.5 million .

When Gorelick first moved to the property, it was home to a 1933 Tudor, but rather than knock it down, he floated the house and its attached garage to a lot on Bainbridge Island. According to the  Wall Street Journal , he had planned to build an even bigger house, but was foiled by local opposition. So later, still annoyed with the neighbors, he started taking off from Cozy Cove, the inlet between Hunts Point and Yarrow Point, buzzing his neighbors in his seaplane. According to the report, his flight instructor reminded him that the neighbors would just ban seaplanes if he kept it up.

The home still has seaplane parking today, along with moorage for boats, jet skis, and even a yacht up to 150 feet, although it’s a post-Gorelick addition. Bruce McCaw, also a pilot, designed the dock himself; he told the Puget Sound Business Journal ’s Patti Payne that it’s “the best dock on Lake Washington.” Listing agent Anna Riley describes it as "a private marina."

The NWMLS is an aggregating service for real estate listings in most counties in Washington, including King, Pierce, Kitsap, and Snohomish. While it catalogs the vast majority of listings in the Seattle area and beyond, it doesn’t capture private, off-market sales—so it’s hard to be absolutely sure that this is the region’s most expensive listing. But at $85 million, its chances of being an all-around recordbreaker are pretty good.

Listing Fast Facts

Undisclosed address, Hunts Point Size: 17,599 square feet/4.3 acres , 10 bedroom/5 bath List Date: 4/21/2022 List Price: $85,000,000 Listing Agents:  Anna Riley and Denise Niles, Windermere Real Estate

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Kenny G’s Former Waterfront Estate Lists for $85 Million, the Highest Price in the History of the Seattle Area

The 4.3-acre estate offers 327 feet of shoreline, four structures, a pool, a tennis court and a dock with room for a seaplane and a 150-foot yacht.

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Location : Hunts Point, Washington

Price : $85 million

This $85 million waterfront listing on 4 acres within Washington ’s ultra-exclusive Hunts Point community offers a 12,000-square-foot main house designed by celebrity architect Richard Landry, a pool, a tennis court and an expansive dock big enough for a 150-foot yacht and a seaplane.

It’s the most expensive listing in the history of the greater Seattle area, said listing agent Anna Riley, of Windermere Real Estate/Luxury Portfolio International. The previous high was two years ago, a $60 million property at the tip of Hunts Point.


“It’s the premier address we have in Washington,” she said. “Most properties in Hunts Point are 1 acre. This one is 4.3 acres on Lake Washington, a beautiful fresh-water lake. It’s a really rare, world-class property.”

The jazz saxophonist Kenny G lived in the home in the 1990s.

The sellers are Bruce McCaw and Jolene McCaw, according to published reports. Mr. McCaw’s brother Craig McCaw bought the 1995 home from jazz saxophonist Kenny G, aka Kenneth Gorelick, in 1999. The McCaw family built its fortune after founding McCaw Cellular Communications, which was later sold to AT&T, and investing in other cellular companies.

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The two-story sandstone and glass main residence has a “very European feel to the exterior,” Ms. Riley said. “It feels like a generational legacy home, and that’s the way it was built.”

Mr. Landry, who is known as the “King of the Megamansion,” has also designed homes for Gisele Bündchen and Tom Brady, Mark Wahlberg and Sylvester Stallone.

“It’s a very unique home for the Northwest,” Ms. Riley said. “It’s on truly the best waterfront property we have.”

Other structures on the estate, which has 327 feet of waterfront and a sandy beach, include a four-bedroom staff house, a pool cabana with changing rooms and showers, and a beach house that was the original home on the property, Ms. Riley said.

“It has an unrivaled dock,” she said. “It’s almost like having your own marina,” with plenty of room for a 150-foot yacht and other boats as well as a seaplane and jet skis.

The dock has plenty of room for a 150-foot yacht as well as a seaplane and jet skis.

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Interior architectural features include 20-foot ceilings with custom moldings, wide-plank solid walnut floors, sterling silver cabinet knobs and pulls, arched Palladian windows, a formal dining room and a wood-paneled office, according to the listing. The formal living room has two-story windows, 24-carat gold leaf hand-painted ceiling detail and a hand-carved fireplace mantel.

The recreation room features a saltwater fish tank and a wet bar, and the exercise suite has three mirrored walls, another bar, and six sets of French doors that open to the patio and lawn.

The upstairs primary suite offers a marble fireplace, a private balcony overlooking the lake, a custom closet with four separate rooms for seasonal rotation, and dual bathrooms.

Outdoor features include two gated entrances, a motor court and stone patios, according to the listing.

“One of the coolest things about the property is that it has an outdoor stage and two really grand lawns,” Ms. Riley said. “You could do epic entertaining here.”

“It’s an amazing property for doing charitable events and large-scale entertaining,” she added.

The views are “beautiful, a mix of what I call man-made views—the beautiful gardens, the pools and the water features—along with the lake and mountain views.”

The estate is quite private, she said. “It terraces down to the water so you don’t see the house from the water. Most people don’t even know the property exists.”

The 12,000-square-foot main house has five bedrooms, six full bathrooms and three partial bathrooms. The 4,400-square-foot staff house has a commercial kitchen, a commercial-style laundry room and three bedrooms. There is also a 1,500-square-foot, one-bedroom beach house that was the original home on the 4.3-acre lot. 

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Amenities include a pool, a six-person spa with a waterfall feature, a tennis court, a large dock, a three-car heated garage, a sandy beach, raised garden beds, eight fireplaces, multiple bars, an outdoor stage, sprawling lawns, a gym, and a pool cabana with changing rooms, showers and a media room. The staff house has a commercial kitchen and a wine cellar.

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Neighborhood Notes 

Hunts Point, which is just across the water from Seattle, is “very exclusive, while also maintaining almost a rural feeling,” Ms. Riley said. “It’s a very tiny little town. You can’t see most of the houses from the road.”

It’s five minutes from the property to downtown Bellevue and 10 minutes to downtown Seattle, she said.

Lake Washington is the second-largest natural freshwater lake in the state, known for its good boating, according to published reports.

Agents: Anna Riley and Denise Niles, Windermere Real Estate/Luxury Portfolio International

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Hunts Point waterfront home on sale for $85 million

HUNTS POINT, Wash. — Looking for a vacation home close to Seattle? Or a waterfront getaway?

For just $85 million, a Hunts Point estate can be yours.

According to the Redfin listing , the “jewel of Hunts Point” includes a 4.3-acre estate with 327 feet of shoreline on Lake Washington.

The Eastside abode once belonged to Seattle native and jazz musician Kenny G., but the home is currently owned by Bruce McCaw, according to the Puget Sound Business Journal .

McCaw’s family founded McCaw Cellular Communications, which was sold to AT&T in 1993 for $11.5 billion, Forbes reported.

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The estate has four structures with 17,000 square feet of living space as well as a dock large enough for a 150-foot yacht, seaplane or a fleet of jet skis.

There is of course a pool, large lawn, tennis court and spa to give you fewer reasons to ever leave home.

If the grand sandstone and glass main home aren’t enough for you, there’s also a staff house, beach house and pool cabana.

Though this house may be out of your price range, another waterfront home, this one in Seattle’s Madison Park neighborhood, is currently listed for $35 million .

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According to the listing, the estate is one of only four waterfront homes within a nine-home enclave known as the Reed Estate.

The 8,000 square-foot home sits on a little more than an acre, with 120 feet of beachfront and a private dock.

Nearly every room in the single-level home has French doors that lead to a limestone terrace, which looks out on a rose garden, trees and the lawn.

There are also a secluded spa and pool that are surrounded by trees, but you can still see the garden and the lake while you relax.

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Billionaire Keith McCaw died of accidental causes early yesterday morning in the hot tub at his Lake Washington home in Seattle, a family spokesman said.

"The family would ask people to respect their privacy at this time, and will have a complete statement in due course," said spokesman Bob Ratliffe.

Mr. McCaw was the youngest of four billionaire brothers, part of a family that helped create a cellular-phone empire. He was 49.

Firefighters and police responded to a 911 call at 1:28 a.m. yesterday from the 100 block of Lake Washington Boulevard East, Mr. McCaw's 20,000-square-foot lakeside mansion.

Fire-department spokeswoman Helen Fitzpatrick said medics performed CPR on a man who was not breathing when they arrived, but they were unable to resuscitate him. The medical examiner was called, she said.

The Seattle Police Department and the King County medical examiner are conducting a death investigation, but "the cause of death is unknown," said Seattle police spokesman Scott Moss, who would not release the victim's name.

Mr. McCaw made his fortune as a stockholder in McCaw Cellular Communications, a company that was bought out by AT&T in September 1994 for $11.5 billion. Mr. McCaw's brother Craig McCaw built the cellular empire.

Keith McCaw served in a variety of management capacities at the McCaw company, but executives said he was never a major player there. He ended his role as an employee in 1986 but continued as a director until 1991.

In March this year, Forbes Magazine listed Mr. McCaw as the 445th-richest man in the world, tied with his brothers Bruce McCaw and John McCaw. Brother Craig McCaw was listed as the world's 168th-wealthiest person, worth $2.4 billion.

The McCaws were known for doing deals fast. They quickly bought rights to cellular airwaves from large communications companies and small-time cellular speculators.

They paid a couple who owned a beauty school in California $1 million for their licensing rights to cellular airwaves, bought during the early days when those airwaves were being snapped up by forward-thinking — and lucky — investors. The McCaws also paid $48,000 to Bill and Hillary Clinton for the sale of a partnership in a cellular license.

Looking for more cash, the McCaw brothers went to junk-bond specialist Michael Milken.

The McCaw empire was a story of riches reborn.

The McCaws grew up wealthy in The Highlands in the old Boeing mansion, a Spanish-style house with eight fireplaces. The patriarch, Elroy McCaw, built the family fortune owning radio and later television stations.

But the family lost the fortune when Elroy McCaw died of a stroke in 1969, and dozens of claims and lawsuits piled in from creditors. The McCaw estate was declared bankrupt, and the family mansion, yacht and other assets were sold for cash.

Faced with financial ruin, Craig McCaw brought his brothers together and worked out a plan to borrow against the remains of their father's once-mighty empire. Craig pushed his bothers to pledge their assets as collateral for the purchase of companies that most people deemed worthless at the time.

Eventually, some of the McCaw investments in cellular companies rose in value by 9,800 percent.

In January, the four McCaw brothers gave $20 million to rename the Seattle Opera House after their mother, Marion Oliver McCaw Garrison.

Mr. McCaw was known for being the most private member of a private family. A lifelong yachtsman, Mr. McCaw was a strong supporter of his brother Craig's recent quest with Paul Allen for the America's Cup.

Four years ago, Mr. McCaw was part of a consortium that purchased the Schweitzer Mountain ski resort near Sandpont, Idaho. In addition to his Seattle home, Mr. McCaw owned a house in Sun Valley, Idaho.

Besides his mother and brothers, Mr. McCaw is survived by his wife and two daughters, Ratliffe said.

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Peek inside the Hunts Point mansion, famous for huge art collection, that sold for record $37.5 million

A sprawling waterfront estate that served as an art collector’s paradise has sold in Hunts Point for $37.5 million, smashing the record for the most expensive home sale in the Seattle area.

The sale of the mansion and grounds that span 3.27 acres at 4053 Hunts Point Road surpasses a $26.75 million estate that sold in Medina last year, which had been the priciest home sold and recorded by the Northwest Multiple Listing Service across Western Washington.

The 9,400-square foot Hunts Point home was put on the market for $45 million in August, and the sale closed Friday. The home was designed in 2003 by prominent local architect Jim Olson, of the Seattle firm Olson Kundig.

It was owned by art collector and cruise-line magnate Barney Ebsworth, who died a year ago. His estate, which sold the house, is controlled by his lone child, Christiane Ebsworth Ladd, of Chicago.

The identity of the buyer is a secret, as often happens in big-money real estate deals. It was listed in property records only as the Hunts Point Properties Trust, a new entity created to keep the buyer undisclosed. A Seattle-based lawyer is listed as trustee (attorneys are often the listed agent of LLCs and trusts for legal reasons — not because they are the actual homebuyer). Tere Foster, the listing agent, declined to comment.

The same thing happened with both the prior record-setting Medina home sale (whose buyer was listed only as Steel Geer LLC) and the priciest condo deal in the region’s history, a Belltown penthouse that sold last month for $12 million to a new entity called Belltown Skyline LLC.

The Ebsworth property is unusually large for the tiny, exclusive enclave that juts into Lake Washington, where homes are already hard to come by — only two other homes in town are publicly up for sale , and they’re listed for about $2 million and $3.4 million, respectively. Neighbors in Hunts Point include Steve Ballmer, Bruce McCaw, members of the Nordstrom family, Scott Oki and many others hidden behind trusts and LLCs.

Among the features of the three-bedroom, four-bath home: 300 feet of west-facing coast line to soak in glimmering sunsets. A rooftop deck with a fireplace. Walls finished with Venetian plaster. A catering kitchen separate from the main kitchen. There’s an elevator. And a glass bridge that connects to a two-story guesthouse. And a glass-enclosed shower that juts into a walled Japanese garden.

It’s surrounded by trees; parts of the grounds look like a forest.

“The house was designed to both accommodate this amazing art collection but also to fit seamlessly into a natural setting,” Olson said. “The house is both about nature and about art, and it’s a backdrop for both nature and art.”

Barney Ebsworth had amassed an epic art collection in the home. The works became the subject of much inquiry after Ebsworth in 2007 promised 65 of them to the Seattle Art Museum (SAM), including Edward Hopper’s famous “Chop Suey” painting and works by Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning and Georgia O’Keeffe. But SAM never got the vast majority of the art, and after Ebsworth died in April 2018, most of his collection was auctioned off at Christie’s in November for $317.8 million , without any explanation for what happened to the planned donation.

Ebsworth had built his fortune in the travel industry (he founded Royal Cruise Lines in 1972 and Clipper Cruise Lines in 1981) and was a significant early investor in Build-a-Bear Workshop . He called his home “An American Place.”

The excise tax alone on the house sale was $667,505, about the same as the actual cost of the median single-family home in King County.

Staff writers Brendan Kiley and David Gutman contributed to this report.

This post has been updated to clarify that SAM did not receive a vast majority of the promised art from Ebsworth.

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Jazz legend Kenny G’s former Seattle estate on sale for $70 million – the interior photos will shock you

K enny G’s former estate is on the market for $70 million, and the inside of the house is stunning. The American jazz musician is known for his smooth saxophone solos and is celebrated as one of the best-selling artists of all time. Now, the jazz legend’s former mega-mansion can be yours. 

Kenny G (a.k.a Kenneth Gorelick) built the house in 1995 with the so-called ‘King of the Mega-Mansion’ Richard Landry, who has designed properties for other household names such as Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen . 

The current owner Bruce McCaw, a pioneer in the cellular industry, bought the house from Kenny in 1995. The house was originally listed for $85 million, making it the most expensive listing ever in the history of the Seattle area, before the price dropped to $70 million last week. 

The Lake Washington waterfront listing sits on 4.3 acres of land in Seattle’s exclusive Hunt’s Point community. The artfully built estate is finely crafted of sandstone. Kenny G’s former estate commands 327 feet of shoreline with a dock large enough to accommodate a 150+ food yacht and a seaplane. The property includes a pool, a tennis court, a cabana, a guest cottage, and a staff house. And that’s just the outside. 

The interiors of the home are even more impressive. The home has a European-inspired base and an inside look feels like stepping into the French countryside. Floor-to-ceiling steel windows allow maximum natural light and a stunning view of the nearby lake for the house’s residents. 

Arching ceilings, marble columns, and intricate white molding on the cream-colored walls elevate the look of the house. Chic marble fireplaces scattered throughout the house continue the ‘old world’ feel of the space. Dark rich hardwood floors offer the finishing touch.

The space for accommodation and extensive waterfront property make it the perfect home for hosting guests and parties. The 17,599 square foot home has five bedrooms and seven bathrooms and includes a sleek in-home gym filled with light. All of the look is carefully calculated and elegantly executed, and it’s no surprise that the home was designed with the taste of jazz royalty in mind. 

If you are looking for a beautiful lakeside escape that is still close to the city and has $70 million to spare, Kenny G’s former home just might be for you.

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Cruising the Moskva River: A short guide to boat trips in Russia’s capital

There’s hardly a better way to absorb Moscow’s atmosphere than on a ship sailing up and down the Moskva River. While complicated ticketing, loud music and chilling winds might dampen the anticipated fun, this checklist will help you to enjoy the scenic views and not fall into common tourist traps.

How to find the right boat?

There are plenty of boats and selecting the right one might be challenging. The size of the boat should be your main criteria.

Plenty of small boats cruise the Moskva River, and the most vivid one is this yellow Lay’s-branded boat. Everyone who has ever visited Moscow probably has seen it.

This option might leave a passenger disembarking partially deaf as the merciless Russian pop music blasts onboard. A free spirit, however, will find partying on such a vessel to be an unforgettable and authentic experience that’s almost a metaphor for life in modern Russia: too loud, and sometimes too welcoming. Tickets start at $13 (800 rubles) per person.

Bigger boats offer smoother sailing and tend to attract foreign visitors because of their distinct Soviet aura. Indeed, many of the older vessels must have seen better days. They are still afloat, however, and getting aboard is a unique ‘cultural’ experience. Sometimes the crew might offer lunch or dinner to passengers, but this option must be purchased with the ticket. Here is one such  option  offering dinner for $24 (1,490 rubles).

If you want to travel in style, consider Flotilla Radisson. These large, modern vessels are quite posh, with a cozy restaurant and an attentive crew at your service. Even though the selection of wines and food is modest, these vessels are still much better than other boats.

Surprisingly, the luxurious boats are priced rather modestly, and a single ticket goes for $17-$32 (1,100-2,000 rubles); also expect a reasonable restaurant bill on top.

How to buy tickets?

Women holding photos of ships promise huge discounts to “the young and beautiful,” and give personal invitations for river tours. They sound and look nice, but there’s a small catch: their ticket prices are usually more than those purchased online.

“We bought tickets from street hawkers for 900 rubles each, only to later discover that the other passengers bought their tickets twice as cheap!”  wrote  (in Russian) a disappointed Rostislav on a travel company website.

Nevertheless, buying from street hawkers has one considerable advantage: they personally escort you to the vessel so that you don’t waste time looking for the boat on your own.

Prices start at $13 (800 rubles) for one ride, and for an additional $6.5 (400 rubles) you can purchase an unlimited number of tours on the same boat on any given day.

Flotilla Radisson has official ticket offices at Gorky Park and Hotel Ukraine, but they’re often sold out.

Buying online is an option that might save some cash. Websites such as  this   offer considerable discounts for tickets sold online. On a busy Friday night an online purchase might be the only chance to get a ticket on a Flotilla Radisson boat.

This  website  (in Russian) offers multiple options for short river cruises in and around the city center, including offbeat options such as ‘disco cruises’ and ‘children cruises.’ This other  website  sells tickets online, but doesn’t have an English version. The interface is intuitive, however.

Buying tickets online has its bad points, however. The most common is confusing which pier you should go to and missing your river tour.

“I once bought tickets online to save with the discount that the website offered,” said Igor Shvarkin from Moscow. “The pier was initially marked as ‘Park Kultury,’ but when I arrived it wasn’t easy to find my boat because there were too many there. My guests had to walk a considerable distance before I finally found the vessel that accepted my tickets purchased online,” said the man.

There are two main boarding piers in the city center:  Hotel Ukraine  and  Park Kultury . Always take note of your particular berth when buying tickets online.

Where to sit onboard?

Even on a warm day, the headwind might be chilly for passengers on deck. Make sure you have warm clothes, or that the crew has blankets ready upon request.

The glass-encased hold makes the tour much more comfortable, but not at the expense of having an enjoyable experience.

Getting off the boat requires preparation as well. Ideally, you should be able to disembark on any pier along the way. In reality, passengers never know where the boat’s captain will make the next stop. Street hawkers often tell passengers in advance where they’ll be able to disembark. If you buy tickets online then you’ll have to research it yourself.

There’s a chance that the captain won’t make any stops at all and will take you back to where the tour began, which is the case with Flotilla Radisson. The safest option is to automatically expect that you’ll return to the pier where you started.

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