{"id":128940,"date":"2020-12-08T21:59:31","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T18:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/david-geffen-hits-pay-dirt-with-34m-empty-lot-in-beverly-hills\/"},"modified":"2020-12-08T21:59:31","modified_gmt":"2020-12-08T18:59:31","slug":"david-geffen-hits-pay-dirt-with-34m-empty-lot-in-beverly-hills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/david-geffen-hits-pay-dirt-with-34m-empty-lot-in-beverly-hills\/","title":{"rendered":"#David Geffen hits pay dirt with $34M empty lot in Beverly Hills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#David Geffen hits pay dirt with $34M empty lot in Beverly Hills<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A former DreamWorks executive and entertainment industry billionaire just hit pay dirt! <\/p>\n<p>Infamously <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2019\/08\/06\/jeff-bezos-and-lauren-sanchez-live-it-up-on-david-geffens-yacht\/\">avid yachter David Geffen<\/a>, who recently incurred backlash for <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2020\/07\/30\/david-geffen-and-his-megayacht-rising-sun-are-still-at-large\/\">posting pics from his $590 million big boat<\/a> during the COVID-19 lockdown, has sold an empty lot in Beverly Hills\u2019 Billionaire\u2019s Row for close to $34 million, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.realtor.com\/realestateandhomes-detail\/1169-N-Hillcrest-Rd_Beverly-Hills_CA_90210_M14254-45186\">Realtor.com reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The one-acre development site is on a dead-end road in one of the costliest streets within the famously high-priced Trousdale Estates space of Beverly Hills, set in a cul-de-sac of nine properties. <\/p>\n<p>The neighborhood of enormous homes also includes those of billionaire \u201cMinecraft\u201d creator Markus Persson and a Regency-style home that once belonged to Elvis Presley.<\/p>\n<p>The vacant lot has changed hands on six different occasions since 2013, with none of those owners yet choosing to build anything on the empty parcel of land. That may soon change, though, as plans for a 24,500-square-foot mansion, designed by architectural firm Shubin Donaldson, have already been <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roved and were included in the sale.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" alt=\"David Geffen\" class=\"wp-image-10688778 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/01\/gettyimages-494861841.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/01\/gettyimages-494861841.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/01\/gettyimages-494861841.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/01\/gettyimages-494861841.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/01\/gettyimages-494861841.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>David Geffen<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Previous plans on the development site include seven bathrooms, 14 loos, a bowling alley, a personal nightclub, a wellness middle and sweetness salon and a 140-foot-long vanishing edge pool for the property.<\/p>\n<p>A company entity tied to East Coast-based financier Ed Parisi, tore the former home down on the land and sold the vacant lot in March 2014 to Emirati businessman Khadem Al-Qubaisi for $15 million. After a multibillion-dollar scandal involving Al-Qubaisi, billionaire Alex Soltani bought the land for 22.4 million dollars in 2016.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>After holding for just around two months, Soltani let the property go for a profit of just under $10 million, selling the lot for $32 million to Thai businessman Sumet Jiaravanon. <\/p>\n<p>Geffen, 77, subsequently bought the property from Jiaravanon for $30 million in mid-2019,\u00a0$9 million less than the original listing price when it hit the market last year for $39 million, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mansionglobal.com\/articles\/billionaire-david-geffen-buys-one-acre-lot-for-30-million-204883\">according to Mansion Global<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Billionaire property developer Randall Van Wolfswinkel bought the property from Geffen. Earlier in 2020, Geffen had sold another Beverly Hills property in a record<br \/>$165 million deal to Jeff Bezos.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"David Geffen just sold this empty dirt lot in Beverly Hills for $34M \u2013 1169 N Hillcrest Rd, Beverly Hills, CA 90210\" class=\"wp-image-16768312 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/dirt-lot-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/dirt-lot-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/dirt-lot-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/dirt-lot-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/dirt-lot-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Entertainment industry bigwig Geffen purchased the empty lot for $30 million in 2019.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Realtor.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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