Jaman Properties (sounds like jammin’) is a boutique real estate development company specializing in selecting, purchasing, designing, building, furnishing and marketing, one-of-a-kind residences in select areas of Los Angeles and Malibu.
Jaman principals Janus Cercone (Ja) and Michael Manheim (man) spent decades in show business, producing and writing award-winning movies, television and theatre. Now they produce and write award-winning homes.
As a result of Jaman’s unique design philosophy, its work has been featured internationally in publications such as Architectural Digest, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Fortune and Variety (among others), as well as on television– –Entertainment Weekly, Extra, The Living Room, The Insider and CBS News.
Jaman has received numerous honors including multiple awards from The Los Angeles Business Journal for “Top Women Owned Businesses (2015)” and “Fastest Growing Private Companies (2015, 2016)” as well as the International BUILD Award for “Most Inspirational Design (2021)”.
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In the same way that Cercone and Manheim approached making movies, they now imagine the hero or heroine for whom they’re developing, create a detailed biography of that fictional avatar, then produce a bespoke “set” designed to inspire their protagonist’s journey to be most fully realized.
Cercone and Manheim believe that a Jaman home must offer more than its buyer expects–not just in tangible luxury–but by providing opportunities throughout the home to create new experiences, to reflect, grow and share—food, drink and love. It’s not enough that a Jaman property has style…it must also have soul.
To this end, each Jaman property offers not just the expected luxuries for a home at its price point, but also one-of-a-kind elements designed to heighten the home’s living experience by elevating its narrative.
Past projects have included singular features such as a powder room covered in 25,000 individually applied peacock feathers; a kitchen island made from Fred Astaire’s dance floor; original antique Malibu tile fountains, a sink made from a ½ ton amethyst geode, a dining room painted in crushed pearls, a room painted with a mural of the sea—accompanied by a dedicated soundtrack of waves and gulls and the archivally preserved shower where Ronald Reagan received the news he’d been elected President of the United States. To explore Jaman’s signature design, please visit “PROPERTIES”.
