Northfield home for sale priced at $5.25 million
In 1934, Bert Getz’s forebears in the family firm donated 330 animals to the fledgling Brookfield Zoo, which until then had only five animals, all baboons. The animals came from a Michigan zoo they owned. Getz did not respond to a request for comment. John Baylor, the @properties agent representing the property, said the house was was built in 2010 by Merit Homes, a Globe subsidiary where Getz is co-CEO. The villa style, Baylor said, "is something he always wanted to build, a Mediterranean villa that could withstand the Chicago climate." Inside, Baylor said, "if you were to wander through, ...