From The Real Deal (L.A.):
Bird Streets home flies off the market for $33M to reported Taiwanese buyer
The sale is the biggest in the Beverly Hills enclave for over a year; $42M sale could be nextA Bird Streets home flew off the market Monday for $33 million to a Taiwanese billionaire with a second mega-sale waiting in the wings.
A 17,000-square foot home at 9268 Robin Dr. in the exclusive Beverly Hills enclave has sold, according to the Multiple Listings Service, with a neighboring home at 9272 Robin Dr. expected to sell for $42 million to the same buyer, manufacturing industry titan Terry Gou, according to sources familiar with the deal.
The sales are easily the biggest in the past 12 months for a Bird Streets, where mega-listing prices have often not translated into huge sales.
Kurt Rappaport of Westside Estate Agency Inc. and Rayni Williams of Hilton & Hyland brokered the 9268 Robin Drive sale on behalf of Iranian-born businessperson Farzin Aghaipour. The pending sale at 9272 Robin Drive was done on behalf of Francesco Aquilini, owner of the Vancouver Canucks’ National Hockey League team and developer of the mansion, whose construction was completed last year....MORE