Real Estate
The New First Family of Real Estate - -An $85 million L.A. mansion with a 500-worker renovation team. A $70 million London home with a bowling alley. The Ecclestone sisters are swiftly amassing a global property portfolio. The new generation of wealthy buyers.
Chelsea's Perennial Inspiration - -If last year was about big, manly architectural statements at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, this year is about exploring the softer, more sensual side of gardening, with smells and sounds featuring heavily in show spaces.
'Painted Lady' for $2.295 Million - -A Queen Anne Victorian, one of San Francisco's 'Painted Ladies' overlooking Alamo Square Park, is on the market for $2.295 million.

Buying & Selling
A Riverfront Jaguar Lair - -This 14,000-square-foot house on the St. Johns River is coming up for auction on May 24 with no minimum bid. The owners used to own the Jacksonville Jaguars football team, thus the painting of three jaguars that hangs over the fireplace in the living room and which comes with the house.
Living in 'Sunny' San Francisco - -This 1,947-square-foot Victorian home with three bedrooms and three bathrooms in San Francisco's sunnier Noe Valley neighborhood is asking $1.7 million.
Loft Living in Berlin - -A sprawling brick brewery, built in 1891, had been a graffiti-covered ruin before the owners helped convert it into a loft complex. This 3,300-square-foot unit with five bedrooms and three baths asks €1.6 million ($2.1 million).

Second Homes
Home Swede Home - -From the spectacular setting of a seaside estate to remote clearings in the middle of the forest, Gotland has become a prime destination for high-end second-home buyers who want to personalize their vacation homes.
Ever Stylish Sunburst Mirror - -With bleak winter days settling in, one means of brightening the corners of a home's rooms, entryways and stairwells—while adding distinction and a sense of playfulness—is with a sunburst mirror.
My Not-So-Exotic Garden - -After 10 seasons spent "futzing" with his garden, columnist Bart Ziegler feels a growing insecurity.

Home and Garden
Decorating With End Tables - -How tall? Must they match? Decorator Alexa Hampton puts an end to the confusion.
Gallerist Paul Kasmin - -Talking taste, toothpaste and Tati with the dealer and author of a new book on the Lalannes.
To Doze, to Design in Hong Kong - -In an industrial section of the city, a vast loft is a place to stretch out.

Commercial Real Estate
If Kids Can Play, Will Mom Shop? - -In their bid to keep shoppers from deserting to the Internet, more malls are adding sprawling play spaces.
Builder Is Constructing REIT for Home Rentals - -Beazer Homes has formed a REIT with KKR that will buy and then rent single-family homes, one of the largest and most talked-about asset classes in the real-estate business.
Pointed Spat Over World Trade Spire - -One World Trade Center's owners are sparring with their architects over what goes on top—a dispute that could stop the structure being recognized as America's tallest.