Photos: ‘Megamansion’ stirs neighbors’ ire
Michael Ovitz, the former Hollywood talent agent turned successful investor, sparked a furor in Benedict Canyon when he proposed a 28,000-square-foot mansion, seen in the foreground. Now he’s leading the charge against a proposed 85,000-square-foot complex near his property.
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Bill Christopher of Urban Concepts stands in an underground garage at the Tower Lane Properties site. The anonymous owner’s floor plan so far includes a 43,000-square-foot main house, 27,000-square-foot “son’s villa,” a 4,400-square-foot guest house, a 5,300-square-foot staff quarters and a 2,700-square-foot gatehouse. The property was originally owned by movie director King Vidor, who built a 17-room, 8,010-square-foot Spanish Colonial hacienda in the late 1920s.
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Martha Karsh explains details of the proposed megamansion. She and other Benedict Canyon neighbors want the city to require an environmental review of the massive building project.
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