Recently, news broke that Paula Patton and Robin Thicke have put their Bel Air home on the market, further confirming the couple’s split. According to TMZ, the 3,158 square foot home, with awesome views of Sunset Boulevard and a built-in recording studio, is on the market for $2, 985,000. While Thicke’s name is now attached to the property, the home was originally purchased by his dad, Alan Thicke, in 1990 for a mere $910,000.
But don’t think Thicke and Patton’s split has made them the only celebs looking to plant seeds in a new location. Whether opting to downsize or move on to bigger and better estates, we’ve rounded up a list of the most lavish black celebrity homes on the real estate market this year.
After breaking the Internet waves with the sale of Beats by Dre headphones to Apple for a whopping $3 billion, Dr. Dre decided that a boost in cash flow also called for a boost in his living standards. The hip-hop businessman, who Forbes has labeled to be well on his way to billionaire status, sold his lavish 9,696 square foot California pad that looks out onto downtown Los Angeles from the Hollywood Hills for $35 million. And in true entrepreneurial fashion, the Compton native sold the home above his buying price, which he dropped $15.4 million for in December 2011.
Moving on to bigger and better, Dr. Dre purchased Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen’s home, which includes a moat, terraces, and an infinity pool for $40 million.
Baseball legend Barry Bond may be retired from the MLB, but his bank account is still scoring home runs, this time in the real estate market.
The athletic superstar sold his Beverly Hills estate in March of this year for a scoring $22 million. The extravagant seven-bedroom, 13-bath mansion includes a pool, gym, home theater, game room, and even a two-story guest house. The home was originally purchased by Bond in 2002 for $8.7 million.
Former NBA star Michael Jordan may be having a tough time selling his Illinois home, but that doesn’t negate the fact that its listing price is higher than what most of us have ever seen on paper.
After originally putting his nine-bedroom, 15-bath home on the market in March 2012 for $29 million, Jordan cut the price to $21 million about a year ago with hopes of the home moving on the market a bit quicker. However, things still have not worked out in his favor, and Jordan has now lowered the price to $16 million. The 33,000 square foot crib has a cigar room, a garage big enough to hold 14 cars, a basketball court, outdoor tennis court and so much more.
It may seem like Rihanna has been lying low lately after deleting her Instagram, but trust that the Barbados beauty is still making boss moves behind closed doors.
In March of this year, the pop princess made a real estate power move when she put her Los Angeles pad on the market for $14,995,000, after purchasing it in December 2012 for $11.9 million. The seven-bedroom, nine-bathroom estate also has a 6,000 square foot garden, a sun deck, Jacuzzi and huge outdoor pool.
Now, that Miami Heat forward-center Chris Bosh has inked a new deal in the sunshine state, it makes complete sense that the NBA superstar is looking to get rid of some out-of-state property.
Listing his Pacific Palisades mansion for $14.5 million, Bosh’s 10,700 square foot California pad is decked out with six bedrooms, eight bathrooms, an ocean-facing master suite, an office with a fireplace, a home theater, and a resort-like backyard that includes an infinity pool with a swim-up bar, an outdoor kitchen, and sunken fireplace. Bosh purchased the property in December 2012 for $9.4 million.
Although Dwight Howard may have left the Orlando area a couple of years ago, he still had some unfinished real estate business that needed to be handled.
Earlier this year, the Houston Rockets star put his 11,025 square foot Florida mansion on the market for $4.9 million, a nearly $3 million loss from the $7.78 million that the NBA player dropped for the property when it was built in 2008. The lavish pad is equipped with a huge
kitchen that has a separate food prepping area, a temperature controlled wine cellar, a movie theater, an outdoor pool with water falls, water-slides, and even a lazy river. Hopefully, Howard’s real estate loss will fuel him to make up for it on the court this year.After being traded from the Minnesota Timberwolves to the Boston Celtics in 2007, Kevin Garnett purchased a $4.625 million pad in the city that he would then call home. Now, as a member of the Brooklyn Nets roster, the NBA veteran put his property on the market and sold it for $3.635 million last month, resulting in a rough million dollar loss. Sitting on 12.7 acres, the home consists of five bedrooms and five full bathrooms, floor-to-ceiling glass rooms, a wine cellar, gym and a media room lined with flat-screen televisions. Hopefully, the athlete’s real estate loss won’t be reflected in his on court game in the upcoming season.