Another day, another real estate move for Johnny Depp.
The box-office star, who in summer reprised his role as Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, has divested himself of his fourth penthouse at the Eastern Columbia Building in downtown LA and is readying another property for auction this month.
On the sale side, Depp sold a three-bedroom, two-bathroom unit at the building in downtown’s historic core for $1.82 million (Dh6.6 million).
The 163-square-metre residence is the smallest of the five-unit collection that the actor put up for sale last year for a combined $12.78 million. The offbeat pad includes a great room that opens to a dining area and a kitchen with chrome appliances.
High ceilings, exposed brickwork and artful furniture are among the interior details. Oversized windows take in views of the downtown cityscape.
Depp purchased the penthouses, which combined to offer about 1,068 square metre of living space, in 2007, records show. The last unsold residence, a one-bedroom, two-bathroom unit, lists for $1.79 million.
Headed to the auction block on September 15 is the actor’s equestrian estate in Kentucky.
The 16-hectare property, sitting among hills outside of the Lexington area, includes a main house of 552 square metre, a guesthouse and three barns. There are more than a dozen stalls for horses, as well as 10 watered paddocks.
Previously listed for sale last year at $3.4 million, it will go to the highest bidder in an auction held by Halfhill Auction Group in collaboration with Gary Denton of Rector Hayden Realtors.
Depp, a Kentucky native, has history with the property: He purchased the farm in 1995 for $950,000, sold it in 2001 for $1 million and then bought it again four years later for $2 million.
THEIR NEW KINGDOM LIES IN LAUGHLIN PARK
Actors Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell have bought a pedigree home in LA’s Los Feliz neighbourhood for $4.3 million.
The English Revival-style home in the Laughlin Park area sits behind private gates on nearly an acre of parklike grounds.
The roughly 376-metre house, built in 1922, has four bedrooms and 4.5 bathrooms. Rooms include a formal living room, dining room, library/den, updated kitchen and a breakfast room. French doors and picture windows take in gardens and grounds, which include a swimming pool and a carriage house/garage.
The three-storey home was designed by noted architect Arthur R. Kelly, whose works include the Playboy Mansion and the Frost-Tufts House. It previously changed hands in February for $3.225 million and, before that, in 2000 for $2.1 million, records show.
Bell, 37, is known for her role on the television series The Good Place and Veronica Mars, and as the voice of Princess Anna in the Disney film Frozen (2013). More recently she appeared in the 2016 film comedy Bad Moms.
Shepard, 42, has film credits that include Without a Paddle (2004) and Employee of the Month (2006).
He wrote, directed and starred in this year’s film comedy CHiPs.
POLISHED LOFT TO COMMAND TOP DOLLAR
Tim Daly, who stars on the CBS political drama Madam Secretary, has ordered the sale of his condominium in Santa Monica.
Listed for $1.995 million, the loft-style residence features polished white floors, exposed ductwork, high ceilings and 160 square-metres of open-plan living space. There are two bedrooms and two bathrooms as well as two side-by-side parking spots in the gated underground garage.
The updated kitchen has a narrow, eat-at island and cabinetry finished in zebrawood; a dining alcove features bench seating. A sliding roll-top door leads to one of two private balconies.
Daly, 61, was a fixture on the sitcom Wings from 1990 to 1997. More recently, he has kept busy appearing in the series Private Practice and the sitcom Hot in Cleveland.” Last year, he was in the film Submerged.
He bought the property eight years ago for $1.075 million, records show.
