LOS ANGELES — A mammoth French chateau on 2.2 acres in Los Angeles’ Bel-Air neighborhood has been sold for the highest price of any U.S. residence so far this year.
Although he wouldn’t release the sale price, seller Mohamed Hadid confirmed that it was in excess of the previous record of more than $46.5 million set this spring in Colorado, falling between $50 million and the asking price of $72 million.
Designer-developer Hadid had listed the walled and gated estate 15 months ago at $85 million.
The 48,000-square-foot estate, called Le Belvedere, was bought in the name of a limited liability company, not an individual. “Even I don’t know who bought it,” said Hadid, who has built Ritz-Carlton hotels, office buildings and king-size estates nationwide during his 30-year-plus career.
The mansion, built in 2006, has 19 fireplaces, 10 bedrooms, 14 bathrooms and a three-flight elevator.
There’s a 5,000-bottle wine cellar and tasting room, a grand ballroom, a commercial kitchen, a screening room, a gym, a Turkish steam bath and a game room. The garage can hold 10 to 12 cars, and a motor court provides outdoor parking. A swan pond, fountains and rose gardens grace the manicured grounds.
The Colorado property that previously held the record was a 3,151-acre ranch near Pagosa Springs, which was purchased by Texas billionaire Kelcy Warren for $46.5 million.
