The Williamson Scene’s sister publication the Nashville Post tracks the 10 most expensive home sales in Nashville and the surrounding area each month. Now, we take a look at the 10 most expensive sales of the entire year (December figures are still outstanding).

The top home on the list is reportedly the most expensive home sale in state history. And, the second home, formerly owned by the Frist family, originally held that title after its January closing. All homes on the list sold for more than $9 million. The list is split evenly between Davidson and Williamson property sales. This year it’s Thomas Frist who landed on the list following William Harrison Frist Jr. in 2023 and their father Bill Frist in 2022.

See each month's Headline Homes list here.

1. Twin Rivers Farm, Franklin 37064

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Buyer: Unlisted

Sale price: $42.5 million

Seller: Larry Keele and Leiyan Keele, via a trust

Seller’s agent: Dan McEwen, McEwen Group

A Leiper’s Fork home and its surrounding land have become the most high-dollar residential real estate transaction this year with a $42.5 million sale.

The property most recently was listed for $53 million. The sellers were Larry Keele and Leiyan Keele, via a trust, and had put the property in a conservation easement, according to a release from listing agent Dan McEwen, owner and broker of the McEwen Group.

Twin Rivers Farm sits at 5845 Old Hwy 96 and offers 383 acres and a custom- built 10,000-square-foot home. Also included in the deal are a covered pool, barn, guest cottage and recreation facilities.

Larry Keele, co-founder of Los Angeles-based Oaktree Capital, is a graduate of Tennessee Technological University and a native of Lewisburg. The Keeles also own the historic Beechwood Hall property in Franklin.

The home was designed by architect Steve Giannetti, who also is from California and moved to Leiper’s Fork. Giannetti and his wife, Brooke, own architectural, design and lifestyle firm Gianetti Home and operate a store for home goods, Patina Home and Garden, on their farm Patina Meadow.

2. Chickering Road, Nashville 37215

Buyer: Christopher R. Redlich Jr. Revocable Living Trust

Sale price: $32 million

Sellers: Thomas F. Frist Jr. and Patricia Frist

Sellers’ agent: Steve Fridrich, Fridrich & Clark Realty

Buyer’s agent: Christy Reed, Fridrich & Clark Realty

HCA Founder Thomas Frist Jr. sold this home to Christopher Redlich Jr., founder and former chairman of Healing Healthcare for an absolutely impressive $32 million. Frist will buy a smaller home nearby, according to this story about the sale in Mansion Global.

The listing notes “one of the finest homes in the region,” a residence designed by New York architects Ferguson & Shamamian. The home, which offers almost 20,000 square feet, sits on an uncommonly large (even for Belle Meade) 50-acre lot. The property also comes with a nine-acre building site on a separate parcel of land on Chickering Road.

Ferguson & Shamamian book City & Country Residences notes the home “may have an impressive presence, and the body language appears to be formal. But the house that is scaled for entertaining and steeped in regional references offers a surprisingly comfortable, even relaxed, environmental reality inside.”

3. 160 2nd Ave. S., Nashville 37201

Buyer: Wqfs Holdings LLC

Sale price: $15 million

Seller: Sandra Newman, trustee of Vine Hill Trust

Seller’s agent: Erin Krueger, Compass Tennessee, LLC

Buyer’s agent: Julie Riven Dretler, Fridrich & Clark Realty

This condo home in the Four Seasons downtown skyscraper spans 4,000 square feet. The residences is located on the 40th floor and is the “grand penthouse” in the building. It was designed by Miller Hull to include three bedrooms and three and a half bathrooms. The balcony is 1,000 square feet and offers a panoramic view of many of downtown’s most prominent landmarks, including the AT&T Tower (known by locals as the “Batman Building”) the Cumberland River and Nissan Stadium. The home includes all the amenities offered alongside Four Seasons living: concierge services, fitness facilities and spa services.

4. Westview Avenue, Nashville 37205

Buyer: David Heller, trustee of 717 Westview Ave Trust

Sale price: $14.25 million

Seller: 717 Westview Ave LLC

Seller’s agent: Cathie Cato Renken, French King Fine Properties

Buyer’s agent: Caroline Parks, PARKS

What this home fails to offer in clear ownership history (a trust made the purchase, with the seller and LLC), it more than compensates in price. At an almost-stunning $14.25 million, the Westview Avenue residence offers nearly 10,000 square feet (don’t even think about the equivalent price per foot of more than $1,400) and comes with six bedrooms, five full bathrooms and two half bathrooms. Novo Design Build calls the home the “Provence,” a “French-inspired villa.” The listing notes that “words fail to capture the true essence of Provence.” The design includes hand-selected beams and flooring, and centuries-old roof tiles.

5. Bear Creek Road, Thompsons Station 37179

Buyer: Todd Glisson, Dream Catcher Trust

Sale price: $13 million

Sellers: Jennifer and Jonathan Turner

Sellers’ and buyer’s agent: Tim Thompson, Tim Thompson Premier Realtors

This home located near Leiper’s Fork was custom built by Sipple Homes and designed by Northwork Architects. The 4,000-square-foot residence sits on almost 130 acres with several outdoor features like riding trails, established trees and scenic streams. The listing notes previous owners have groomed the acreage as a “sanctuary for wildlife.”

6. Franklin Pike, Nashville 37204

Buyers: Jamie and Richard Mark Fitzpatrick

Sale price: $10.7 million

Seller: Kathryn Skye Sawrey Cornelius, trustee of the Plettenburg Trust

Seller’s agent: Sarah Michaud, Compass RE

Buyers’ agent: Erin Krueger, Compass Tennessee, LLC

Founder of high-tech polymer and composite firearms accessory company Magpul Richard Mark Fitzpatrick and wife, Jamie, purchased this six-bedroom, several bathroom home in Franklin. The residence also comes with 2.5 acres of outdoor space. Magpul moved its headquarters from Colorado to Texas about 10 years ago in response to Colorado’s gun-control legislation. Should we expect the founder to bring the business with him to Williamson County?

7. Bailey Road, Franklin 37064

Buyer: Schwing Family Opportunity Fund Vi LLC

Sale price: $10.5 million

Seller: Georgianne Levangie Trust

Seller’s and buyer’s agent: Jamie Parsons, Compass Tennessee LLC

The seller of this home is New York Times best-selling author and screenwriter Gigi Levangie. For a bit more than $10 million, the Schwing Family Opportunity Fund bought a four-bedroom, five- bathroom “luxury farm” on 40 acres. The farm is surrounded by Tennessee Land Trust properties with “views of rolling hills, two stocked ponds, acres of grazing pastures, and a vegetable garden,” along with luxury amenities such as a saltwater infinity edge pool, poolside cabana with stone fireplace and outdoor kitchen with fireplace. The property also includes a 5,300-square-foot structure the listing calls an “entertainment barn,” which was designed by architect Eric Stengel.

8. Franklin Road, Brentwood 37027

Buyers: Payman Esmaeili and Farnav Esmaeili Rad

Sale price: $10,325,000

Seller: Reel Life Music City LLC

Seller’s agent: Erin Krueger, Compass Tennessee, LLC

Buyers’ agent: Peyton Snodgrass, McEwen Group

Two folks in the energy industry, Payman Esmaeili and Farnav Esmaeili Rad, bought this house from Reel Life Music City LLC. For just over $10 million, they purchased 11,306 square feet of indoor space and five acres outside, which includes cattle fencing. Inside, there are six bedrooms, seven full bathrooms and three half bathrooms. The ample space comes with a grand foyer and floating staircase, and lighting throughout and a full scullery kitchen. The acreage includes a pickleball court and basketball court, putting green, outdoor kitchen, resort-style pool and pool house, sauna and a gym.

9. Westview Avenue, Nashville 37205

Buyer: 407 Westview Avenue Residence Trust

Sale price: $10.3 million

Seller: Jeff Mobley, trustee of Cottage House Lane East

Seller’s agent: Steve Fridrich and Beth Molteni, Fridrich & Clark Realty

Buyer’s agent: Courtney Cooper Jenrath, Fridrich & Clark Realty

The listing notes this home offers the “best of all worlds,” and that sounds about like what you should get for spending $10.3 million. The home was constructed by Cates Builders with custom cabinets from Hartert-Russell, a pewter bar, Venetian plaster walls and 11-foot ceilings. All five bedrooms offer en suite bathrooms. There are several additional living spaces throughout, such as a media room, an 890-square-foot screened-in porch and a lower-level nanny/in-law suite.

10. Moran Road, Franklin 37069

Buyer: Jsls Moran LLC

Sale price: $9.7 million

Seller: Robert S. Levine 2009 Trust

Seller’s agent: Lisa Peebles and Richard G. Courtney, Fridrich & Clark Realty

Buyer’s agent: Cassidy Andrews, PARKS

This nearly $10-million “in-town estate” grandly holds court on 46 acres with access to Old Natchez Trace. The main home features a robust 10,862 square feet, supplemented by a 1,215-square-foot ancillary house on the 1,500 feet of river frontage. Set atop a hill, the home provides sweeping views of the acreage and its pickleball court, batting cage and swimming pool. Inside, the home uses geothermal heating and cooling and comes with a hospital-grade air purification system (likely spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic) and a kitchen that overlooks the aforementioned pool.