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By BRIAN GALLAGHER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Published: 01:56 GMT, 9 January 2025 | Updated: 01:59 GMT, 9 January 2025
Music mogul David Geffen’s former Malibu mansion is one of the many beachfront homes to be decimated by the Palisades fire.The 81-year-old music mogul sold his iconic home – which sits on an estate previously owned by Doris Day – in 2017 for a whopping $85 million.He received permits to bulid the home in 1983 under the condition that he would bulit a public pathway to the beach, though he failed to do so, filing a lawsuit in 2002 to block public access altogether.Following a three-year legal battle, he conceded to build a public path in 2005 that was dubbed the ‘most famous Malibu beach battle.’He ultimately sold the home in 2017, which at the time was a record price for Malibu real estate.While the buyer wasn’t immediately identified, it was later revealed to be Mark Walter, CEO of Guggenheim Partners, which owns the MLB team Los Angeles Dodgers (via LA Curbed). Music mogul David Geffen’s former Malibu mansion is one of the many beachfront homes to be decimated by the Palisades fire The 81-year-old music mogul sold his iconic home – which sits on an estate previously owned by Doris Day – in 2017 for a whopping $85 million While the buyer wasn’t immediately identified, it was later revealed to be Mark Walter, CEO of Guggenheim Partners, which owns the MLB team Los Angeles Dodgers (via LA Curbed )Now the property has been charred and destroyed, with the garage facade seen decimated by the flames. While many of the walls appear to be still standing, they are blackened from the flames with many parts of the home still on fire.It’s currently unclear how extensive the damage truly is, though the home clearly wasn’t spared by the Palisades Fire.The Palisades Fire has spanned over a whopping 15,000 acres and has spawned mass evacuations throughout the area.Celebs such as Miles Teller, Eugene Levy, Anthony Hopkins, Adam Brody and Leighton Meester, John Goodman, Billy Crystal, Anna Faris, Paris Hilton, Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag, Mark Hamill, James Woods and many more have lost their homes in the sprawling blaze so far.The fire was spread through winds that gusted upwards of 99 miles per hour and ravaged Malibu, the Pacific Palisades and more.It is one of numerous blazes currently raging in Southern California including the Eaton Fire that has burned over 10,000 acres, the Hurst Fire (700 acres), Lidia Fire (80 acres) and Woodley Fire (30 acres).The home is situated on Carbon Beach, also known as Billionaire’s Beach that has been home to celebs such as Janet Jackson, Courteney Cox and Leonardo DiCaprio, to name a few. Now the property has been charred and destroyed, with the garage facade seen decimated by the flames While many of the walls appear to be still standing, they are blackened from the flames with many parts of the home still on fire The Palisades Fire has spanned over a whopping 15,000 acres and has spawned mass evacuations throughout the area.Geffen first bought the property in the mid-1970s which was originally five parcels that he combined into two lots that he built the home on.Despite agreeing to give public access to the beach on his property – to acede to a 1976 California law called the California Coastal Act.That law states that any member of the public access to any beach in the state, which he ultimately gave in to.He was even accused of building false garage doors where his land met the Pafific Coast Highway.
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David Geffen’s former Malibu mansion he sold for a whopping $85 million to Los Angeles Dodgers owner burns to the ground in Palisades fire
