The latest celebrity to join the Hollywood crowd bunking up in Encino is Jenna Dewan, who’s just plunked down an impressive $4.7 million on a nearly-new home in the foothills. The dancer and actress (“Step Up,” “World of Dance,” the anthology film “Berlin, I Love You”) is a Beverly Hills expat, having formerly lived in a $6 million 90210 estate that’s still owned by her ex-husband Channing Tatum. Following their split, she and new beau Steve Kazee — a veteran Broadway actor — bunked up in a contemporary San Fernando Valley rental home before zeroing in on the Encino acquisition.
Built new in 2018, the 7,200-square-foot mansion was first sold the following summer for $4.4 million to talent agent Brian DePersia, a longtime William Morris Endeavor employee who’s repped the likes of Willie Nelson and Josh Groban. DePersia held onto the place for barely 1.5 years before flipping it to Dewan at a $300,000 profit, an amount that shrinks considerably once upkeep, taxes, and hefty realtor fees are factored into the equation.
Located on a steep hillside street, in the same posh Encino neighborhood pocket where other homeowners include John Fogerty, Meghan Trainor, “Real Housewives” star Dorit Kemsley, and insurance mogul Veronica Gallardo, the nearly half-acre property offers a wee grassy front lawn shaded by mature olive trees and accented with carefully clipped boxwood hedges and bunches of white roses. Also out front is a driveway with space for two cars, plus an attached garage with room for two more.
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Image Credit: Realtor.com The front door opens into a breezy foyer with oak hardwood floors underfoot; immediately to the right is a living room area dominated by a fireplace set into a floor-to-ceiling black stone mantle. Immediately beyond is a soaring staircase with white risers next to a glass-enclosed, temperature-controlled wine closet.
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Image Credit: Realtor.com At the rear of the main floor is a vast open space consisting of the family room area and an eat-in kitchen with two islands, two sinks, two dishwashers, top-of-the-line Wolf and SubZero appliances, quartzite countertops, and custom cabinetry painted a sultry shade of charcoal grey. The family area boasts built-in bookshelves and a linear fireplace, while the listing touts the “vanishing glass doors” that slide open to the backyard, blurring the line between indoors and out.
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Image Credit: Realtor.com Also downstairs are a private office — that could be a fifth bedroom — a movie theater with captain’s chair seating for seven, and a luxe powder room.
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Image Credit: Realtor.com All four of the main home’s bedrooms are upstairs, all of them sporting ensuite baths. The master offers a fireplace set into a textured stone mantle, plus a disappearing wall of glass that opens to an L-shaped private balcony equipped with its own outdoor fireplace. Views take in the backyard and surrounding treetops, and there’s also a boutique-style dressing room plus a master bath slathered in marble.
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Image Credit: Realtor.com Out back, a loggia spills out to the negative-edge swimming pool. The grassy patches of lawn have ample space for Fido’s romps; at the far end of the pool is a detached poolhouse/cabana with a mini-fridge, bathroom, and room for a bed.
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Image Credit: Realtor.com Other amenities include a putting green, outdoor kitchen with bar, and Control4 smart home automation.
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Image Credit: Realtor.com Stephen Apelian and Joyce Rey of Coldwell Banker held the listing; Albert Sousa, also with Coldwell Banker, repped Dewan.
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