Emily Blunt and John Krasinski cap off 2016 with Ojai home sale

Actors John Krasinski and Emily Blunt, among the most active celebrities in real estate last year, have rung in the new year with yet another deal. A sale of the couple’s Ojai home closed the week after Christmas for $2.4 million.

Sitting on what was once the site of the Ojai Foothills Hotel, the charming traditional-style home has brick steps that lead up to a red-painted front door.

The house, built in 1982, includes family and dining rooms, a breakfast room, four bedrooms and 4.5 bathrooms in just under 4,200 square feet of living space. There are four fireplaces spread across two floors. Sets of double-hung windows bring in views of the Topa Topa Mountains.

A swimming pool with a spa, a fire pit and solar panels are among the outdoor amenities. There’s also a three-car garage on 5-plus-acres of grounds.

The property last changed hands four years ago for $2.15 million, according to property records.

Patricia Waltcher of Coldwell Banker Property Shop was the listing agent. Liza Welchman of Teles Properties represented the buyer.

Blunt, 33, has film credits that include “Sicario” (2015), “Edge of Tomorrow” (2014) and “Salmon Fishing in the Yemen” (2011). Last year she starred in “The Girl on the Train,” a film adaptation of the Paula Hawkins novel.

Krasinski, 36, gained fame for his role as Jim Halpert on the long-running sitcom “The Office.” Among his film credits are “Aloha” (2015) and last year’s “13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi.”

Besides the Ojai property, the couple divested themselves of two other homes in Hollywood Hills West last year, including one purchased by “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” personality and model Kendall Jenner for $6.5 million.

No-go for J-Lo

Singer-actress Jennifer Lopez has again put her home in Hidden Hills up for sale at $12.5 million.

A sale of the three-plus-acre property in the Ashley Ridge area had been listed as pending with contingencies but recently returned to active status in the Multiple Listing Service.

Built in 1993, the sprawling traditional-style home has 17,129 square feet of living space and a range of amenities. Among features of note are a breezeway that connects to a work/entertainment wing with dance and recording studios, a 20-seat theater, a game room and a speak-easy-style bar.

Other living spaces include formal and informal living rooms, a 12-person dining room and a wood-paneled office. Including the master suite, which has a sitting area and terrace, there are nine bedrooms and 13 bathrooms.

Outdoors, there’s a resort-style swimming pool, a play area and a lounge. Garage parking can accommodate up to eight vehicles, and 15 more can be parked in the motor court.

Marc and Rory Shevin of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties are the listing agents.

Lopez, 47, has film credits that include starring roles in last year’s “The Boy Next Door” and “Lila & Eve” and the 1997 movie “Selena.” Her eight studio albums include her 1999 debut album “On the 6” and her most recent, “A.K.A.”

Earlier this year she paid $28 million for an eight-acre estate in Bel-Air formerly owned by actress Sela Ward and her husband, Howard Sherman.

Coming up short on his home court

As the Clippers continue to jockey for position in the NBA’s Western Conference, center DeAndre Jordan has executed an off-court play, selling his home in Pacific Palisades for $11.75 million — about $1 million less than he paid for it in 2015.

The Cape Cod-inspired mansion, built in 2014, has 10,500 square feet of living space, including a home theater with 130-inch screen, indoor exercise pool, elevator and gym. There’s even a secret room accessed by thumbprint entry system.

Inside the home’s double doors is a chandelier-topped foyer with a sweeping staircase that opens to the living room. The formal dining room features diamond-shaped coffered ceilings, and a wine cellar has a glass wall facing the foyer. The center-island kitchen has enough seating for an eight-man rotation.

The master retreat sports a large soaking tub and a wall of glass that opens to a private balcony. There are seven bedrooms and nine bathrooms in all.

Outdoors, multicolored LED lighting provides ambience for a tiered patio, a fire pit and an outdoor kitchen. Waterfalls crisscross over the swimming pool and spa, and a basketball half-court sits in the back corner of the roughly half-acre lot.

Jordan Cohen of RE/MAX Olson & Associates was the listing agent, according to the Multiple Listing Service. Enzo Ricciardelli of Sotheby’s International Realty repped the buyer.

Jordan, now in his ninth season with the Clippers, is a two-time All-NBA and All-Defensive Team selection. The 28-year-old is in the second year of a four-year, $87.6-million contract extension he signed last year.

Silver screen star shaped high-rise digs

The Century City condominium where Oscar-winning actor Burt Lancaster made his home for nearly two decades is for sale at $2.65 million.

The 18th-story unit is found within Century Towers, a high-rise originally built as apartments in 1964 and converted to condos in 1976. Lancaster bought two units that year and combined them into one residence of 2,800 square feet.

Designed in Spanish-style by architect Hal Levitt, the condo has white stucco walls, tiled floors and hand-painted counter tiles. Thick beams span the length of the common areas, which include a great room, a dining room and a center-island kitchen.

The master suite has his and hers bathrooms and closets for a total of two bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms. Floor-to-ceiling windows bring in city, mountain and ocean views.

Ben Bacal and Deanna Smith of Rodeo Realty hold the listing.

The condominium came up for sale in 1996, two years after Lancaster died at 80, and sold the following year. More recently, it changed hands in 2001, records show.

Lancaster appeared in more than 70 films, including “From Here to Eternity” (1953), “Judgment at Nuremberg” (1961), “The Birdman of Alcatraz” (1962) and “Field of Dreams” (1989). He won an Academy Award for “Elmer Gantry” (1960) and shared another as co-producer of the film “Marty” (1955).

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