NBA Star LeBron James recently bought a Mediterranean-style compound in the Beverly Hills Post Office area for $36.75 million. James also owns two separate mansions in LA’s posh Brentwood neighborhood. The first was scooped up for $21 million in 2015 and has remained vacant. The second estate, the NBA superstar’s current main residence, is situated on a plum hilltop and was purchased for $23 million in 2017.
Built-in the 1930s, the colorful Mediterranean-esque villa was owned for years by Charles Boyer, an Oscar-nominated leading man actor of that era who starred in several black-and-white classics, among them Conquest and Algiers.
Spanning 2.5 acres, the property was sold by the estate of Lee Phillip Bell, the talk show host and “The Young and the Restless” co-creator who died earlier this year.
The lavish interiors include a sunlight-flooded living room with a vaulted ceiling and exposed ceiling beams, an ethereal dining room set beneath a huge skylight, and a carpeted library with built-in bookcases for real books.
The cozy movie theater includes a fireplace for sophisticated ambiance, one of seven in the main mansion. Dramatic skylights brighten a dining room with a fountain, and beamed ceilings top the office and indoor-outdoor living room. Outback, a flagstone courtyard with a fountain, descends to the deep blue swimming pool with a diving board. The oval swimming pool adjoins a poolhouse and is watched over by a giant gold Buddha.
Elsewhere on the property are two detached guesthouses, multiple alfresco dining and entertaining areas, and a lighted tennis court with viewing pavilion. At the far rear of the complex, soaring views of the entire LA skyline take center stage as they sweep over Benedict Canyon to the Pacific Ocean and Catalina.
Jeff Hyland and Rick Hilton of Hilton & Hyland held the listing.
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