According to the Compass real estate company, a grand, century-old property in San Francisco that was once owned by former Giants owner Robert Lurie and was shown in the 2001 Anne Hathaway film "The Princess Diaries" has just gone on the market for $8.9 million. A property in the Italian villa style adjacent to The Presidio of San Francisco park is being sold by Michael Mendes, a former CEO of Just Desserts, and his wife Wendy Berry Mendes, a professor at UC San Francisco. A Compass representative, the company that holds the listing, said the pair is relocating to the East Coast in search of new employment possibilities.
According to tax records and MLS sales data, the house was last sold in 2009 for close to $6.4 million. The house, which is about 4,500 square feet in size and features four bedrooms, three bathrooms, a powder room, and lovely views of the bay and San Francisco. According to the official property listing, the apartment is among the most aesthetically beautiful in San Francisco according to fans of neo-classical Mediterranean design. THE CHARACTER OF ANNE HATHAWAY IN FRONT OF HOME Anne Hathaway's persona in "The Princess Diaries" attends the high school depicted by the outside of the house. The people listed are Compass agents Steven Mavromihalis and Jessica Grimes.
The structure was constructed in 1923 and rebuilt during the following 20 years. The design was made by well-known architect August Headman. The three stories are connected to the main floor by elevators. The hotel has a magnificent rooftop garden with a fire pit, an outdoor kitchen, and sweeping views of the city and the port. Another striking feature of the home is a double curved staircase in the Beaux Arts style.
A second door opens into a finished chamber on the lower level that can be utilized for meditation or as a music room. The single-car garage is substantial. The building is situated at 2601 Lyon St., between the Pacific Heights and Cow Hollow districts, on the east side of the Presidio Wall. Exterior pictures of other San Francisco buildings from "The Princess Diaries" were also photographed inside the mansion. Mia Thermopolis, a gentle, eccentric high school student who transforms into royalty over night, called the historic firehouse in the Excelsior area home.
Compass asserts that Lurie was the home's prior owner. In 1992, he spent $100 million on the San Francisco Giants baseball team, which he later sold to an organization led by Peter Magowan.