Ryan Seacrest’s Homes: Exploring His Multimillion-Dollar Real Estate Portfolio
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It’s been over 20 years since Ryan Seacrest showed up in households via American Idol. That gig became the catalyst for a career in entertainment that has only grown, continuously taking him from one high-profile gig to the next. He has hosted shows like the 59th Emmys in Los Angeles and Live! With Kelly and Ryan in New York. In between, the consummate host found time to host several radio programs and start a production company responsible for several seasons of Keeping Up With the Kardashians on the E! network. Seacrest even won an Emmy in 2010 for the production of Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution. After living in New York City for a six-season tenure on Live!, Seacrest is back in LA as the new host of the iconic game show Wheel of Fortune. Without a doubt, Seacrest is one of the hardest-working people in Hollywood. No wonder his collection of real estate over the years has typically featured resort-like amenities, creating relaxing respites from the frenetic pace of showbiz.
Below, we take a look at some of the properties Seacrest had owned over the years.
The Mediterranean-style resort with Hollywood history
Ryan Seacrest’s biggest career break came when he began hosting American Idol in 2002, its inaugural year. By 2006, the Atlanta native had become a household name, adding E! News host and radio DJ to his resume, and he had the paychecks to show for it. That year, he purchased an $11.5 million Mediterranean villa in the Hollywood Hills known as Casa di Pace, or the House of Peace. The 1974 build came with some serious Hollywood pedigree. Seacrest bought the six-bedroom, six-and-half-bathroom home from Horizon: An American Saga’s Kevin Costner, who purchased it from actor Richard Dreyfuss, a leading man in 1970s Hollywood. With expansive views of the Hollywood Hills, tons of palm trees out front, and arched doorways and windows, the estate had a major Old Hollywood feel. “I looked for the right property for years,” Seacrest told AD during a tour of the home in 2008. “In my head I was seeing the sort of villa you might see in Spain or Italy. The day I saw the house was the day I made an offer.” Wanting his home to be warm and inviting, Seacrest added his personal touches to the decades-old property, turning a rec room into a 4,500-bottle wine cellar and tasting room. There were also three guesthouses, one of which he transformed into a club room inspired by the Hôtel Costes in Paris. Other highlights included a lap pool, a screening room, a state-of-the-art gym, a tennis court where he’d host matches on Saturdays, and a patio where he’d play dinner host to friends and family. “I love to have people over,” the Emmy winner told AD. I love to share food and wine and just literally sit there until I fall asleep.” After offering the estate for $14.95 million in 2010, Seacrest finally sold it for $11 million in 2012.
The modest Beverly Hills digs
The year 2012 was also when Seacrest bought a circa 1957 home for $3 million, probably his least flashy property to date. The slate gray Beverly Hills abode sat on just over an acre of land with expansive backyard views of Los Angeles. Perched behind a large, black rolling gate, the three-story dwelling was surrounded by lush vegetation. Featured inside were five bedrooms and a gourmet kitchen. Outside, there was a hillside terrace, a small pondlike pool and spa with a stone waterfall feature and a built-in grilling station. Advertised in its listing as “an incredible opportunity to remodel or rebuild,” the home was offered for $5.79 million in 2022 and it is believed to have been sold for $3.6 million.
The audacious Beverly Hills estate
Seacrest bought another Beverly Hills property in 2012. This one came with a lot more Hollywood cachet than the last, however. The Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve host took the compound off the hands of Hollywood flip czars, Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi, who purchased it from Will & Grace cocreator Max Mutchnick. Joan Collins also lived in the home at one point. DeGeneres and de Rossi expanded the single-story main house to 9,500 square feet and snapped up surrounding land, adding a pond and several dozen carob, pear, and oak trees. There were also two guesthouses, an infinity pool, a pool house, several terraces from which to view the Los Angeles skyline, and a detached fitness center. Inside, the couple laid the floors and 22-foot ceilings with reclaimed wood, which contrasted against white walls and warmed up rooms. There were four bedrooms and six bathrooms in the main house and three bedrooms and four bathrooms on the rest of the property. The main suite’s dressing room was outfitted with floor-to-ceiling open shelving for the couple’s shoes. Other highlights included the library rotunda, a huge open-concept country kitchen, a meditation room that doubled as a spa, and the media room where the pair held their wedding ceremony. After Seacrest began cohosting Live! With Kelly and Ryan in 2017, the television personality spent less time on the West Coast and put the estate up for sale in 2020 at $85 million. It was finally sold in 2022 for $51 million, one of the most expensive celebrity real estate transactions that year.
The wine country manor
In 2020, Seacrest decided to add a $14 million Napa Valley property to his real estate portfolio by buying 40 acres in Northern California’s wine country. Seacrest employed Clint Nicholas and Nobili Marqués Arquitectura’s Silvia Nobili to renovate the 2004 build, designed by AD100 architect Howard Backen. “Howard Backen’s original work had character and substance, and I wanted to stay true to that but update it in the right places,” said Nicholas, who added opportunities for more natural light and introduced a modern, neutral palette to the home. Spread between the main and guesthouses are five bedrooms and six-and-a-half bathrooms, totaling 10,750 square feet of living space. The stone-walled living room in the rustic main house is distinguished by wide, vaulted wood-paneled ceilings, a huge fireplace with a ceiling-height mantel, and massive wooden pocket doors that frame views of the lush outdoors. In fact, limestone walls, reclaimed wood, and massive pocket doorways abound throughout the house, creating picturesque moments and connecting the indoors to the verdant Napa landscape at almost every turn. The outdoors are just as elegant as inside, with an infinity pool and spa, a pool house, a central courtyard that defines the u-shaped home, several terraces set up for alfresco dining, a bocce court, and a 220-tree Italian olive grove. The home is currently on the market for $22 million.
The New York City rentals
Seacrest was also a renter in New York City for some time. The bicoastal producer lived at 150 Charles Street, a swanky West Village building which celebs like Ben Stiller, Jon Bon Jovi, and Irina Shayk all called home. In 2013, when 150 Charles Street came on the scene, celebs flocked to the full-service building because luxury condominiums in the West Village were few and far between at the time. There was a private covered driveway and parking; concierge service; a doorman; a professional spa featuring a 75-foot lap pool, a plunge pool, steam room, and dry sauna; a 3,000-square-foot fitness center; a yoga studio; and 30,000 square feet of landscaping. “[Seacrest] enjoyed the building and was often hanging out in the lobby while his driver and SUV waited for him outside,” a neighbor once told the New York Post.
Seacrest moved from the luxe downtown digs to a six-story town house in the Upper East Side neighborhood of Lennox Hill after his stint in the West Village. The freshly renovated 1879 Neo-Grec came sans resort-style amenities but was equally as posh, costing the University of Georgia dropout a whopping $75,000 per month. Six bedrooms and five bathrooms, along with six wood-burning fireplaces, were spread across 11,000 square feet of living space. A high-speed elevator ushered the host between floors, and slabs of black limestone while built-in radiant heaters kept his feet warm during the winter. There was also a 30-foot living wall in the garden space right outside the kitchen. It is not known how long Seacrest stayed there.
The sexy bachelor pad
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No stranger to luxury, Seacrest snapped up one of only two penthouse apartments in New York City’s 160 Leroy Street, a condominium building developed by hotelier and cofounder of famed Studio 54, Ian Schrager. According to reports, Seacrest paid $31.5 million for the four-bedroom aerie. Located in the far West Village, right across the street from the Hudson River, the Herzog & de Meuron–designed building boasted sensuous, curved walls and unobstructed water views seen through floor-to-ceiling glass (a major feature of Seacrest’s bathrooms). Other highlights of the überglam space included a private elevator, a kitchen outfitted with marble countertops and integrated appliances covered in Scandinavian Larchwood, a separate prep kitchen, a “midnight bar” and a massive dressing room in the main suite, and a 5,000-square-foot terrace with a summer kitchen. This is in addition to building amenities like a spa, gym, and clubhouse. Once Seacrest left the Live! show, the game show host sold the spot to billionaire Michael Rubin in 2022 and permanently moved back to the West Coast.
Originally Appeared on Architectural Digest
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