Pursuits
For Sale: An $85 Million Beverly Hills Spec House
A developer builds an over-the-top mansion and waits for a buyer
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The eight-bedroom, 15-bath Beverly Hills mansion has $5,600 toilets, a wall of caramel onyx, and an 18-seat screening room with doors clad in Italian lizard skin. Perched on a hill, it has views that sweep from downtown Los Angeles to the Pacific. Asking price: $85 million.
The property was developed by Bruce Makowsky, who made his fortune selling handbags in department stores and on the QVC cable television channel. “There was a void of homes for superwealthy people, and that’s why I did it,” he says, sitting near a curved 54-foot glass wall that slides open to an infinity pool with iPad-controlled fountains. “I don’t think there’s anybody who’s served up $85 million-to-$100 million homes at this level for somebody to step into and buy.”