REAL ESTATE: Side-by-side Manhattan Beach Strand homes sell for record $25.7 million
[ngg src=”galleries” ids=”155″ display=”thumbnail” thumbnail_crop=”0″ animate_images_enable=”0″ animate_images_style=”wobble” animate_images_duration=”1500″ animate_images_delay=”250″ animate_pagination_enable=”0″ animate_pagination_style=”flipInX” animate_pagination_duration=”1500″ animate_pagination_delay=”250″]by Mark McDermott People get into the real estate business for a lot of reasons, but most Realtors agree that among the most interesting facets of the profession is that no two days are alike, and every sale, especially in the South Bay market, is likewise singular. Last month, Ed Kaminsky facilitated a sale that was utterly unique in his 38 year career — side by side Strand homes in Manhattan Beach. One is a concrete modernist house with a “nod towards Brutalist” built in 2006. The other is the oldest Strand home still standing, a cozy wood-shingled cottage built in 1922. The properties, even together, are not the most valuable in the world of Manhattan Beach real estate. As Realtor Dave Fratello noted on his blog, MB Confidential, that honor still goes to the triple-lot merged home built 20 years ago at 212 Strand, which two years ago went on the market for $150 million…
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