Dec. 20, 2015: Luxury home sales in metro Phoenix

Sonja Haller | The Republic | azcentral.com

A majority owner of the Arizona Coyotes hockey team, a local bar and restaurant owner and some New York bakers are among the buyers in this week's priciest home sales in metro Phoenix.

$7,000,000

Andrew Barroway paid cash for a 10,635-square-foot house at DC Ranch in Scottsdale. Barroway, a Pennsylvania-based hedge fund manager, became the majority owner of the Arizona Coyotes hockey team at the end of 2014. The house, built in 2008, was purchased through the Barroway Family Limited Partnership and sits on an 8-acre hillside lot with four bedrooms in the main house. The property features a six-car garage and a guest house with full kitchen. The house was sold by Carey Williams, founder of a Valley skin-care products distributor that was purchased by DS Healthcare, a personal care company, in August. The house was sold through Villa 14 LLC.

$ 2,525,000

Michael and Jennifer Fitzgerald paid cash for a 5,703-square-foot house in the Country Club area of DC Ranch in Scottsdale. The house, built in 2002, features wood beams, hardwood floors, an outside living room and pool. Melissa LaBelle sold the home.

$2,300,000

Patrick and Kathryn Bernunzio bought a 5,829-square-foot house at Sonoran Crest in Scottsdale. The Bernunzios own Leo's Bakery and Deli in Rochester, N.Y. and they purchased Watermark Specialty Foods in 2000, where Patrick is listed as president. Watermark serves country clubs, fine dining restaurants, family restaurants, caterers, colleges, casinos, hotels, hospitals, bakeries, grocery stores and farm markets in the Northeast. Their house, built in 2006, is among boulder outcroppings between the Troon and McDowell Mountains and features a three-tiered pool and hot tub, grotto with waterfalls and streams, a barbecue lounge and dining ramadas. The house was sold by Douglas and Mary L. Bowden through a trust. Douglas Bowden is a private-equity professional in Sioux Falls, S.D.

$1,889,000

Ryan Walker purchased a 6,606-square-foot house in Arcadia in Phoenix. Walker owns and operates Dierks Bentley's Whiskey Row in Scottsdale and is co-owner at El Hefe in Scottsdale. The remodeled house was purchased through RHP Ventures LLC and features high ceilings, a double-island kitchen and restaurant-style bar with oversized bedrooms. The house was sold by Exeter Enterprises LLLP, which is managed by Brett Brimley, Sonoran West Development Inc. vice president. The company remodels houses and builds new ones in Arcadia.

$1,750,000

Eric Kaitz purchased a 5,480-square-foot house built in 2000 in Paradise Valley. Kaitz owns ITMA Inc., which provides insurance for marine companies. The six-bedroom house is in a Santa Barbara style with a French country kitchen, mountain views, a large office with separate entrance and a two-bedroom guest house. The house was sold by Robert V. and Delores J. Hicklin.