Madea’s big sale: Tyler Perry’s Atlanta mansion fetches a record $17.5 million
Who says all the big deals go down in Los Angeles? Comic actor and filmmaker Tyler Perry has sold his sprawling riverfront estate in the Paces neighborhood of Atlanta for a record $17.5 million.
The 34,688-square-foot behemoth of a house came to market last year for $25 million and closed sale in late April, property records show. The high-dollar transaction represents the most ever paid for a residential home in Atlanta, according to the Atlanta Business Chronicle.
Set behind two gated entrances on 17 acres, the estate includes a French Provincial-style mansion, an over-the-top swimming pool and waterfall and a tennis court. Elsewhere on the grounds are a hobby house, a guard house and a caretaker suite for a total of seven bedrooms, nine full bathrooms and five half-baths.
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Among features of note is a gym, a Roman-style bathhouse/spa, an 18-seat theater and an underground ballroom, complete with a catering kitchen. Grand formal areas with hand-painted and gilded details include a two-story living room, a formal dining room and a wood-paneled office.
A palatial master suite has a terrace balcony that overlooks the grounds
Formal and informal gardens, fountains, lawns and statuary fill the wooded and gated setting.
Perry bought the property for $9 million, records show.
The 46-year-old Perry is known for his recurring role as Madea, an older woman he has portrayed in such films as “Diary of a Mad Black Woman” (2002), “Madea’s Witness Protection” (2012) and “Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Neighbors From Hell” (2014).
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He created the television series “House of Payne” (2007-12) and the current series “If Loving You Is Wrong,” which he also directs. Perry also has extensive writing and producing credits.
Joshua Reeves and Chase Mizell of Atlanta Fine Homes, Sotheby’s International Realty, were the listing agents, according to the Multiple Listing Service. Mizell also repped the buyer.
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