They say Beverly Hills is the land of the rich and famous, but Holmby Hills, its neighbor to the west, gives 90210 a run for its money. The neighborhood is no stranger to extravagantly priced properties (singer/songwriter Robbie Williams paid almost $50 million in 2022 and Eva Chow listed her 30,000-square-foot megamansion for $65 million in 2021), and this spread is no exception.
Bradley Bell, known for being the head writer and executive producer of “The Bold and the Beautiful,” divided his six-acre estate into two offerings and just sold them for a total of $86 million. Adding to the celebrity allure, Rod Stewart, who has a penchant for lavish properties, once owned a mansion within the estate.
The larger plot, a four-acre expanse, includes the main residence and was sold for roughly $57 million to film/TV/music/commercial producer David Zander. Nick Kaiser, co-founder of Marlin Equity Partners, paid roughly $29 million for the smaller parcel that includes a cabin dating back to 1911.
The main home, known as the Henry Kern residence, is Spanish Colonial Revival style and was designed by George Washington Smith in the 1920s, according to Haute Living. The grounds were originally designed by landscape architect A. E. Hanson.
The Kerns sold the residence in 1941 and “while none of the subsequent owners were architectural aficionados like the Kerns, they did not seriously damage the mansion. In the early 1990s, new owners purchased the property. They recognized its architectural significance and restored the house to its original character,” as per Haute Living. It became one of the neighborhood’s largest estates when the owners purchased the adjacent property.
With this sale, the iconic property has morphed in size again. Ben Bacall of Revel Real Estate represented the seller and Kaiser, while Drew Fenton of Carolwood Estates represented Zander.