Le Palais also known as "The Crescent Palace," is a three-story
French chateau-style limestone
mega-mansion completed in 2012 by luxury real estate developer
Mohamed Hadid
Mohamed Anwar Hadid ( ar, محمد حديد; born ) Note: Source gives birthplace as "Nazareth, Palestine". is a Jordanian-American real estate developer. He is known for building luxury hotels and mansions, mainly in the Bel Air neighbourho ...
just 15 months after breaking ground. It is the
4th largest private residence by square footage in the
Greater Los Angeles Metropolitan Area.
The 48,000-square-foot, 7-bedroom, 11-bathroom home sits on a comparatively small 1.09-acre lot. The estate was listed at $58 million (USD) and was purchased by the president of
Uzbekistan
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Islam Karimov's youngest daughter
Lola Karimova-Tillyaeva
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. The lot located at 904 North Crescent Drive, was at one time the site of silent movie star
Gloria Swanson's estate. She had purchased the 22 room (5 bath) home in 1922 from its original owner, the inventor of the
double-edge safety razor,
King C. Gillette
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who had in 1901 founded the
Gillette Company
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Based in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, it was owned by The Gill ...
in
Boston
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,
. The house was a restrained
Southern California
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adaptation of the
Italian Renaissance
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style, with cream color
stucco
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walls and a red tile roof. Much like the current structure standing in its place, the former 2-story house when completed in the early 20th century was one of the largest residences in Beverly Hills. It measured 115 feet wide and 100 feet deep. The lot is located near the historic
Beverly Hills Hotel
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within the famous 90210
ZIP code.
Featuring
contemporary interiors that include formal and informal dining rooms, family room with lounge bar, library with leather panels all around, 90-foot art gallery, 7 indoor fireplaces, 3 outdoor fireplaces, 20-person spa, outdoor kitchen, professional grade screening room, ball room, 4 rose gardens, indoor pool pavilion, outdoor 60' infinity pool, and a standalone swan pond.
The third floor of the residence boasts lavish amenities that include a
chandelier-adorned balcony and his-and-her-bathrooms with a hidden stairwell leading to the 3,800-square-foot garden on top of the roof.
References
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Houses completed in 2012
2012 establishments in California
Houses in Beverly Hills, California