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Who’s Having a $31 Million Dollar Week?

Not only did he participate in the landmark sale of a Dallas home, the biggest, most expensive spec home ever built — and now sold — in Dallas, but Dave Perry-Miller had a few other little closings that netted him his best week ever: $31 million in closings in SEVEN DAYS.

You know all about 3500 Beverly, how it sold for a wee bit over $11 million to Scott K. Ginsburg. Yes, Scott also has a contract on the house next door to (west of) 3500 Beverly — pure Ginsburg genius to bring that property into this estate because honestly, not to be rude, but the one complaint I kept hearing from everyone who looked at this home was “the property is not significant enough for a home of this size and stature.”

And no room for a real pool. So Mr. Ginsberg fixed that issue  by doing what any normal person would do, he bought the home next door where he is going to built a pool and probably cabana. (I also hear he is doing some renovations to 3500 Beverly, in the master bath and a few other tweaks. Me? I think the home is perfection.)

So Dave and Gianna Cerullo sell 3500 Beverly; the property next door has not closed yet, that’s next week’s fun.

Dave also sold the Geoffrey Grant home at 10731 Bridge Hollow in the Creeks of Preston Hollow, which was listed at $4,950,000. Of course the final price was “Z’ed” (non-disclosed) but I am hearing the 13,000 square foot home went for just over $4 million. It was a huge bargain for the Chicagoan who bought it, he being an executive in the restaurant equipment business: the lot itself was about $2.9 million. That’s what now, three families living over there now? Beth Borman from Dave’s InTown office brought the buyer.

Then the two properties that had once belonged to Kelcy Warren, he of Energy Transfer Partners, the properties you will recall he traded for that $46.5 million Bootjack ranch in Colorado, in fact they were BOTH D Sales of the Weeks, well those are now also sold! 9122 Inwood Road , which was co-listed with Tom Rhodes, and 5323 Rockcliff.

But the whole week started with his closing of 4500 Fairfax, a deal worked with Lance Hancock, who brought in the buyer. Ironically, this was a client Dave first met in the early 1980’s when he was just starting out in the biz and certainly not selling mega-million dollar homes.

Not everyone who sells mega mansions is drinking champagne, I must say. Erin Mathews and David Nichols are moving some listings over at Allie Beth Allman, and have  had a great past few months, as had Allie Beth herself. But I peaked at MLS and searched for homes in Areas 10, 11 and 25. There are 119 homes over $3 million listed in Areas 10 (Addison), 11 (Preston Hollow), and 25 (Park Cities) over $3M. Of those, only three, yes just three, have a contract on them. Now here’s a fun bit of irony: one of those listings belongs to Scott Ginsburg, who just bought Beverly. Dave is listing the burned-down Ginsburg estate at 4707 Park Lane, 4.66 acres for $10, 250,000.