Michele Hall sold Wilshire Terrace’ Unit 8GH in March 2024 for $3.69m. Created by Designer Frank Parker Austin, the 4,573sf unit has Southern, Northern, and East facing views including Downtown LA, Holmby Hills, and the Los Angeles Country Club.
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H illary Clinton is having lunch somewhere upstairs in one of the 112 units. Secret service and law enforcement are buzzing around outside. A stunning European expatriate fresh from a ca- sual jog throughout Holmby Hills saunters down the lobby toward her ground-level maisonette once owned by Actor Robert Stack that was converted to a living space by Lucy Doheny Battson. For the steady stream of residents who stride past the front desk and populate the Wilshire Terrace Cooperative, the flurry of ac- tivity and provenance of the building is nothing more than an “al- so-ran.” And, that’s how they like it. The Victor Gruen Associates-designed Tishman-built structure, which was built in 1958 for single-family “California lifestyle” in-a- high-rise living, is the hands-down queen of the Westwood corri- dor. It politely eclipses newer construction like the Beverly West Residences and The Century as a specialized iconic property de- signed with privacy in mind, right down to the system of corridors and elevators to restrict personnel access as an intended tool to avoid interaction with service staff in public areas. In the world of real estate that is complicated by the formal co- operative approval process for the necessary all-cash purchas- es, net worth requirements, and rigorous background/financial screening with personal references, real estate agent Michele Hall of Coldwell Banker Global Luxury is the de facto resource for navigating the intricate process of share purchase in the building. A sense of total familiarity blossoms on any tour of the building and select units she represents. She, along with her business partner Brian Strahl, have built a rapport of trust that is essential in representing the demographic. It is apparent as she gingerly asks about a resident’s family and runs into “Huey” the pug on a walk that she guards the rich history of the building and its own- ers with great care. “Over the past 25 years, I’ve represented 37 apartments here,” noted Hall. “This itself is its own unique private club with every amenity available without having to leave the grounds.” She is correct: the building is the original to be outfitted with two private parks and many hidden treasures that include a well-suited team of concierge and doorman with remarkable discretion. “While ‘new’ tends to overshadow the old in real estate, this building has been curated in such a manner where it competes evenly with anything that’s being built today,” Hall emphasized.
Dog park, rose gardens, concealed underground parking, passageways for priva- cy and a pool are “surface-level benefits” of Wilshire Terrace. Residents of note throughout the years include many leading citizens of Los Angeles. As a special place where owners cherish the understated elegance of their footprint in the city, Wilshire Terrace continues to stand out as the actor who doesn’t need the acade- my to validate its uncompromising presence as a leading lady.
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