R E NEWS

BY MARY K. MEWBORN

THE DISTRICT

Former CIA director William Colby’s widow Sally Shelton Colby has reportedly sold her Georgetown home at 3020 Cambridge Place N.W., for $1.895 million to Jonathan Blake and Elizabeth Shriver. Mrs. Colby’s career has been nearly as illustrious as that of her late husband and has included stints as U.S. ambassador to several Caribbean nations, deputy assistant secretary of state for Inter-American Affairs, deputy secretary-general of the OECD, assistant administrator for Global Programs at USAID and university professor. Mrs. Colby is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, was a Fulbright Scholar and received a Masters’ Degree in International Relations from The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.

George Stephanopoulos, host of ABC’s Sunday morning news show This Week, and his wife, actress-comedian Alexandra Wentworth, are the new owners of 1315 31st Street﹐ N﹒W﹒ The five bedrooms/six and a half bath house was listed by Washington Fine Properties’ Bill Moody for Allison and Steven D. Lockshin, founder of Lydian Wealth Management. The Lockshins asked for and received $5.5 million for their corner compound which features a gourmet kitchen, formal living and dining rooms, beautiful vistas and an attached garage. Washington Life readers may recall that Stephanopoulos and Wentworth previously resided with their two young daughters, Harper and Elliott, at 1318 28th Street﹐ N﹒W﹒ That property was listed for sale by Sotheby’s International affiliate Tutt, Taylor & Rankin for just under $3 million.

Georgetown’s “Frey-Mockbee House” has sold for $1,605,000. The three-bedroom East Village property located at 3040 P Street﹐ N﹒W﹒ was built in 1876 and features exquisite architectural details including an ornate fireplace mantel, Jeffersonian windows and an intricately sculpted wrought iron balcony. The property also boasts an enchanting garden with a trompe-l’oeil walls and solarium access. The sellers are NewYork Times reporter Diana Jean Schemo and bio-security specialist Roger Breeze. The buyers are attorneys Kenneth and Ann Marie Peters. Mr. Peters works for Freddie Mac while his wife practices commercial real estate law with Ballard Spahr Andrews and Ingersol LLP. Jeanne Livingston and Susan Stead Daves, both with Long and Foster, listed the historic home for $1,855,000. Long and Foster’s Nancy Itteilag represented the buyers.

Dr. Stephen Linton is purchasing 207 C Street﹐ S﹒E﹒ on Capitol Hill from real estate appraiser John C. Donnelly for just under $900,000. Linton is founder and chairman of the Eugene Bell Foundation, a privately funded organization providing humanitarian aid to North Korea. Long and Foster’s Nancy Itteilag was both the listing and selling agent for the1,638 square-foot, three-level, two-bedroom Victorian built in 1870.

Thanks to Coldwell Banker’s Bobbie Brewster, David Plouffe and his wife Olivia Morgan have sold their home at 2823 28th Street﹐ N﹒W﹒ for $1.2 million. The new owners are Julia Bovey and Mark Elliott, who recently arrived from Boston where Bovey served as communications director for the Conservation Law Foundation, a non-profit striving to solve environmental problems. Elliot is the managing director of the Atlanta-based brokerage firm Hodges Ward Elliott, which has been involved with Millennium Real Estate Advisors in recent efforts to market D.C.’s 353-room Madison Hotel. Morgan and Plouffe now reside at 3612 Macomb Street﹐ N﹒W﹒, a six-bedroom home they bought for $1.4 million from Ingrid Margrave, the widow of retired Foreign Service officer Robert Nicholas Margrave. David Plouffe is an experienced Democratic strategist who served as a director with both the Democratic Congressional and Senatorial Campaign Committees. He also assisted Senators Tom Harkin and Dick Gephardt in their Presidential bids. Olivia Morgan was the national spokesperson for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and is now a principal of the Dewey Square Group which develops communications strategies to shape public policy debates.

Kathy and Cole Werble have sold their seven-bedroom home at 3414 Garfield Street﹐ N﹒W﹒ to Sandey and Thomas Goodbody for $1.8 million. The 1923 Italianesque residence with its two front parlors, Tuscan-style tile roof and spacious sun porch sits opposite St. Albans school, where Kathy works as a librarian. Her husband is editor-in-chief of the RPM Report. Bobbie Brewster with Coldwell Banker was the listing agent for the Werbles’ beautiful abode, which boasts a renovated eat-in kitchen and National Cathedral views.

MARYLAND

In Chevy Chase, Norman Graham-Yooll of Rembrandt Builders has sold the fieldstone and brick Colonial he built in 2005 at 4816 Derussey Parkway﹒ The five-bedroom home with a threecar garage sold for $1,995,000. Highlights include Brazilian hardwood floors, granite baths, media room with surround sound, an exercise room and a sunroom adjacent to the gourmet kitchen. The property, with its beautifully manicured grounds and a flagstone terrace, is located within walking distance of downtown Bethesda and Crescent Trail. Long and Foster’s Joe and Wendy Faraji were both the listing and selling agents. The new owner is Craig Ramsey.

VIRGINIA

In Great Falls, Julie and David Mastran, the son of Maximus founder David V. Mastran, have parted with their charming Colonial-style home at 10030 Windy Hollow Road﹒ The property features a wrap-around porch overlooking the Potomac River and cost the couple $1.65 million in 2001. The new owners, Thomas and Sharen Burns, paid $2.225 million.

Stephen A. Bannister of Ivy Development and his wife Carolyn sold 2432 Sunny Meadow Lane in Vienna to Ellen MacGregor and Martin Arase, chairman of the Columbia Group. The Columbia Group — which provides strategic services to the defense community — was formed last year when Computer Products, Inc., merged with Columbia Research Corporation. Arase and MacGregor paid $2.255 million for their new six-bedroom home with six and a half baths. The sellers had been asking $2.295 million.º