Jeff Bezos's Beverly Hills megamansion expansion put on hold
Jeff Bezos’s Beverly Hills megamansion expansion is on pause after his application to expand the property to add a ‘game court fence with lighting’ waits for approval
- Amazon founder forced to put the expansion of his $165 million Beverly Hills megamansion on hold
- Bezos – whose net worth plummeted by $57 billion last year – failed to complete an application for a game court fence on the property
- Billionaire bought the property back in 2020, setting a record for the most expensive real estate purchase ever made in LA at the time
The expansion of Jeff Bezos’s $165 million Beverly Hills megamansion has been put on hold indefinitely after he failed to complete a planning application for a new ‘game court fence.’
Aerial shots of the Amazon founder’s home show construction equipment on the ground but no workers in sight.
Bezos – whose net worth plummeted by $57 billion last year – had planned to extend the property with a new pool house, powder room and retaining walls.
An initial application was granted in 2021 but Bezos submitted a new request to add a ‘game court fence with lighting’ in January this year.
However it was denied because it was incomplete.
Bezos shelled out $165 million for this 13,600 sqft Georgian-style mansion in 2020 – setting a record in LA at the time.
Aerial shots of the megamansion show construction equipment on the ground but no workers in sight
The opulent nine-acre Beverly Hills estate is seen from the air. It was designed in the 1930s for media mogul Jack Warner
Bezos’s property portfolio is thought to be worth around $600 million. He and girlfriend Lauren Sanchez split their time between the properties
The original application asked to add around 1,000 square feet to the 28,000-square-foot mansion.
A permit obtained by the previous owner film and music industry mogul David Geffen ruled the mansion could be expanded to exceed 15,000 – but not beyond that.
Senior city council planner Judy Gutierrez told The New York Post: ‘Now he submits a new application for a different scope on that construction, and he can’t build with the scope associated with the request.
‘The Hillside R-1 Permit submitted in January 2023 has not been scheduled for a Planning Commission hearing.’
Bezos, 59, paid $165 million for the near 10-acre property – which was previously owned by former Warner Bros. President Jack Warner – back in 2020.
It is made up of three-story main house, a guest house, gym, a pergola and a security guard house.
At the time it set a real estate record in Los Angeles before it was beaten by Marc Andreessen who paid $177 million for a seven-acre Malibu estate the following year.
The record was previously held by media executive Lachlan Murdoch who paid $150 million for a Bel-Air estate known for appearing in the 1960s TV show ‘The Beverly Hillbillies.’
The same year he forked out $10 million for the house next door.
The extension will remain on hold until a hearing date is set.
The megamansion forms part of Bezos’s wide ranging real-estate profile, thought to be worth $600 million.
He splits his time between the homes with girlfriend Lauren Sanchez, 53.
In the same year Bezos shelled out a further $10 million for a house next door to the sprawling Beverly Hills mansion, pictured
2018 listing photos show the home features a large kitchen and several spacious living areas complete with original fireplaces
The property has undergone extensive renovations, which were completed by a design team that also worked on Justin Bieber’s Beverly Hills pad
Bezos also owns this $5 million mansion in the swanky Washington, D.C. suburb of Kalorama
And he owns four separate apartments inside this art-deco block on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. The units cost him a grand total of $96 million
He owns four separate apartments inside an art-deco block on Manhattan’s Upper West Side.
Three of the apartments inside the complex at 25 Central Park West were bought back in 2019 for a reported sum of $80 million.
He then shelled out $16 million this spring for a fourth unit at the height of the pandemic in 2020.
The 1912 building features a fitness center, yoga studio, treatment room, playroom, game room and screening room.
In 2016 he also dropped $23 million on a megamansion in Washington DC three years after he bought the Washington Post.
The property – which sits in the upmarket Kalorama neighborhood – was formerly the Textile Museum.
It sits in the same neighborhood where the Obamas and Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump have lived.
Bezos – the third richest man in the world – spent three years expanding the property which had 11 bedrooms and 25 bathrooms at the time of its completion.
The mogul stepped down as Amazon chairman in 2021.
Last year his net worth dropped by $57 billion, according to Forbes, fueled by a 38 percent drop in Amazon’s stock.
It means he is now worth around $119 billion according to Forbes.
Dailymail.com has reached out to representatives of Bezos for comment.
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