Sunday, December 18, 2011

Weekend Wrap Up: Gabriel Brener Floast L.A. Mansion on the Market for Eighty-some Million Clams

Private investor and professional soccer team owner Gabriel Brener, the scion of a Mexican industrialist, has reportedly floated his leviathan limestone mansion in the hoitiest of the toitiest section of Holmby Hills in Los Angeles, CA on the market with an elephantine asking price of "more than $80,000,000."

The Wall Street Journal reported late last week that the mega-mansion has 6 bedrooms that include a main floor master suite while the Los Angeles County Tax Man shows the Neoclassical Georgian monster manse measures a stupendous (but hardly record-breaking) 22,396 square feet with 7 bedrooms and 14 bathrooms.

No listing for the gated and heavily fortified estate exist online but aerial images show the tree-ringed estate encompasses parking lot-sized front and rear motor courts, deep and wide terraces, manicured expanses of expensively-watered lawns, lengthy dark-bottomed swimming pool with semi-circular spa, lighted tennis court, and small putting green

The approximately 3.5 acre multi-parcel spread occupies the hallowed real estate grounds where Walt Disney's private residence once stood and is surrounded by grand (and grandiose) estates owned by couture queen Suzanne Saperstein, showbiz über-executive Brad Grey, soap story tycoons Bradley and Colleen Bell, big businessman Gary Wilson, art world honcho Larry Gagosian, and high-powered talent agent Bryan Lourd whose clients include (or have included) Penelope Cruz, Tom Cruise, Oprah, Drew Barrymore, George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Natalie Portman and Robert De Niro.

aerial image: Bing

14 comments:

Anonymous said...

I have had the pleasure of going to a very swanky cocktail party in this home 5 years ago. AMAZEBALLS is all I can say!

Anonymous said...

more pics @ www.finton.com > projects > completed > 7th house

Anonymous said...

This just proves how stupid Suzanne Sapperstein is. Petra Ecclestone would have bought her gaudy heap for 85 million if she didnt try and nickle and dime her on the moving costs. Sapperstein would be lucky to get 50 million now this is on the market right next door.

Anonymous said...

Anon 2:51 PM... Sapperstein has NO motivation to sell and move. As long as she is there ex-hubby foots all the bills. Why should she move? She lives in the lap of luxury, has to show the house now and then to make the ex happy. Good life for free.

Justin said...

hmm it says 35,000 sq.ft on the construction website? i'm no real estate know-it-all so there could be a reason for the discrepancy but 35,000 sq.ft might justify the enormity of the price a little more. is the extra 13,000 sq.ft basement space or something?

Doug said...

@1:35 I put in www.finton.com > projects > completed > 7th house and Bing directed me to a John Deered dealer in Zanesville, OH. I probably enjoyed looking at the tractors more than I would the house. :)

angie said...

This is likely being shopped for at least double it's worth because that's how it's done in the ego driven Platinum Triangle real estate market. A home just down the street from this one has been reduced 50% in price since it was first listed and it's still for sale.

Anonymous said...

Here are pics from the architect Richard Manion's site:

http://www.richardmanion.com/project-details.php?id=39&p=c

Anonymous said...

$80 million, really?
You could buy up half the islands in the Bahamas for that.
People in LA are on crack.
No mountains, no ocean, no ponds, nothing but a few acres of land and smog for almost $100 million. No thanks.

Anonymous said...

Petra's sister is looking for a house in L.A. If Petra got $80 mil to buy her house, her sister should get the same. Maybe this is the house for her!!!

Anonymous said...

Oh, move over Petra, there's a younger and richer girl in town (well, in the country i mean)

I just read that a 22 year old Russian girl bought that $88M Central Park West penthouse in NYC.

Anonymous said...

@anon 12.39. Tamara ecclestone was never interested in buying a house in los angeles. She just wanted the publicity that came with touring 100m dollar homes.

Anonymous said...

These prices are ridiculous. Just because some brat with 3 billion dollars in a trust at her disposal paid 85 million for candy spellings house doesnt mean that anyone else would pay that much for a house.

Anonymous said...

You do know your heading is spells FLOAST not Floats?

P.s. Big isn't always better-- this house has all the charm of a size 14 basket ball shoe in your face