By Lauren Beale
Katy Perry has tidied up some old business,
selling her fortress-like compound in Hollywood Hills West for $5.565
million.
The pop singer bought the property in 2011 with her
then-husband, actor Russell Brand, for $6.5 million. But the couple never moved
in and was divorced in 2012.
The double-gated Mediterranean-style house,
built in 1925, features an impressive baronial stone foyer with a sweeping
staircase. A two-story living room, stained-glass windows, a carved fireplace
mantel in the living room, a pub, a study and a media room are among other
features.
Called Park Hill, the house sits on nearly 3 acres with a
caretaker’s apartment/carriage house and a guesthouse. The 8,835 square feet of
living space includes a four-room master suite, two guest suites and staff
quarters, seven bedrooms and nine bathrooms.
Perry, 29, released the
album “Prism” last year. Among her previous albums are “One of the Boys” (2008)
and “Teenage Dream” (2010), which included five No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot
100 list.
She is slated to perform Jan. 26 at the Grammy
Awards.
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Like Father, Like
Daughter
Film producer Megan Ellison seems to be taking after
her billionaire father, Larry Ellison, chief executive of Oracle Corp., when it
comes to making shrewd real estate purchases.
He owns a string of houses
along Malibu’s exclusive Carbon Beach. She is becoming known for buying up
adjacent properties to create larger holdings.
Last year she sold her
three-house compound in Hollywood Hills West for close to $47 million, pocketing
a gain of about $14 million in the five years since she bought the first
property. Now she has spent $20 million on a striking mansion and $10 million on
adjacent land to create a 9-acre mountaintop estate in the same
community.
The contemporary house, looking like a cross between an art
museum and a modern church, was built in 1990. The city view home features
nearly 10,000 square feet of living space containing guest apartments, a bar, a
gym, a media room, a sauna, six bedrooms and eight bathrooms.
The grounds
include a grotto swimming pool with a spa, a sand volleyball court and parking
for 25 vehicles.
Ellison, 27, is the founder of Annapurna Pictures. Her
producer credits include “Lawless” (2012), “Zero Dark Thirty” (2010) and “True
Grit” (2010).
She is also a producer on the recently released “American
Hustle.”
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