Residents fight mega-mansion in 90210 neighborhood (prob. Saudi)

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RAQUEL MARIA DILLON, Associated Press

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

(03-22) 18:24 PDT LOS ANGELES, (AP) --

In the wealthy hillside neighborhoods bordering Beverly Hills, neighbors are blase about the famous names who live next door and keep to themselves.

But the proposal to build a mega-mansion in Benedict Canyon has drawn the residents out from their gated mansions and onto the twisting streets of their stately canyon neighborhood in protest.

They complained that the project is oversized for the narrow streets, that years of construction will destroy their quality of life, that the proposal would create mudslide and fire hazards and that the unidentified owner wasn't acting neighborly.

"Just because someone has millions of dollars doesn't mean they have the right to stampede through the neighborhood," said Nickie Miner, a retired neighbor and president of the Benedict Canyon Association.

The neighborhood is home to Jay Leno, David Beckham, Bruce Springsteen, Lisa Kudrow and Michael Ovitz. Residents say the compound's size _ a 42,681-square-foot house, a 27,000-square-foot villa, a guest house, staff quarters and a gatehouse _ doesn't fit in with the neighborhood of stately mansions.



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[RB TexLa]

1. What reason is there for speculating about the nationality of the owner?

It couldn't matter.

[maddezmom]

2. it's in the article

:hi:

[spanone]

10. it's a rumor in the article

:hi: :hi:

[RB TexLa]

12. It has no bearing on anything

[EstimatedProphet]

3. The house is AN ACRE?!

1 acre=43,560 sq. ft.

Jesus Christ!

[Earth_First]

4. ...and that's just the PRIMARY living quarters! n/t

[tammywammy]

5. Here's another article on it

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-megamansion-20110322,0,3318151.story

While I think that's too much for a house, it is on 5 acres of land. If he follows all building and environmental laws/codes, I don't see how they could stop it. I would think most of the buildings won't even be seen from the street, since it's going to be gated I would assume they'd have plenty of privacy landscaping as well.

[WatsonT]

6. Too pretentious for beverly hills

that's impressive.

[Shagbark Hickory]

7. Translation... "Wahhh wahhh. But I want the biggest house on the block!"

They all need to suck it. How do they think the people that lived there before them felt when they rolled into town.

[Javaman]

8. Meh, this same type of BS flared up when Spelling build his mega mansion

back in the '90s.

Like someone else mentioned in this thread, they are just pissed that they won't be the biggest on the block anymore.

I find this whole thing really amusing. Nothing more than a rich and brainless sideshow.

[Gravel Democrat]

9. google earth: 9941 Tower Lane LA CA 90210

Ovitz @ 34 05 25.69 N 118 25 33.72 W that's quite a pad right there

pretty impressive neighborhood. Pickfair & Grayhall 1/8 mi. away

[Modern_Matthew]

11. No one needs that big of a house, anyway. I hope they're successful. nt

[Raine]

13. NObody needs a house that big

if you do than you have too much crap and need to get rid of some of it!!! :mad: