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*Celebrity Real‑Estate Highlights of 2025**

    - **Mark Wahlberg – $37 M**

     Purchased the 26,000‑sq‑ft “Palazzo di Lago” in Delray Beach’s Stone Creek Ranch. The Aldo Stark‑designed mansion boasts seven bedrooms, a cigar lounge, a theater, an auto gallery, and a hidden safe room. The 2.5‑acre estate features a lagoon‑style pool, tennis court, and life‑size chessboard.

    - **Jake Paul – $39 M**

     Bought the 5,700‑acre Southlands plantation in Georgia for a record recreational‑land price. The property includes 4.5 miles of Lake Seminole frontage, a stocked fishing lake, duck ponds, and an eight‑bedroom lodge. Paul financed the deal with earnings from his 2024 Tyson bout.

    - **Robbie Williams – $40 M**

     Acquired a 19,400‑sq‑ft waterfront home in Coral Gables, setting a new price record for Old Cutler Bay. The one‑acre peninsula offers 435 feet of water frontage, a private dock, a cinema, gym, massage suite, bar, wine cellar, and a chef’s kitchen with three Sub‑Zero freezers. Plans for a guest pavilion/recording studio are underway.

    - **The Weeknd – $50 M**

     Spent $50 M on a Mediterranean‑style mansion in Coral Gables, covering 19,000 sq ft on 1.24 acres with 574 feet of water frontage. The estate has eight bedrooms, nine bathrooms, and extensive indoor‑outdoor entertaining spaces.

    - **George Lucas – $52.3 M**

     Quietly purchased a property in London’s St. John’s Wood, reinforcing the city’s appeal to global wealth.

    - **Adam Levine & Behati Prinsloo – $60 M**

     Sold their Montecito estate, Oakview, for $60 M after a $52 M purchase and a full renovation. The 13,300‑sq‑ft, three‑acre property features a main house, guesthouse, pool house, La Cornue kitchen, gym, theater, wine cellar, and outdoor amenities including a pizza oven, sports court, and chicken coop.

    - **Jeff Bezos – $63 M**

     Sold his 3‑acre waterfront home on Lake Washington for $63 M, the most expensive Washington sale ever. The Olson Kundig‑designed, 9,400‑sq‑ft concrete‑glass house includes a spa‑like primary suite, rooftop terrace, and dock for boats and seaplanes.

    - **Paris Hilton – $63.1 M**

     Bought Marky Mark’s former megamansion in Beverly Park for $63.1 M. The six‑acre, 30,500‑sq‑ft compound features a limestone foyer, two‑story library, dual‑island kitchen, primary suite with balconies, and resort‑style outdoor amenities: a five‑hole golf course, grotto pool, sports court, skate park, and guesthouse.

    - **Mark Zuckerberg – $65 M**

     Expanded his Kauai holdings by acquiring an additional 1,000 acres for $65 M, bringing his total to over 2,300 acres and a $300 M valuation. The Koʻolau Ranch now includes guesthouses, pools, tennis courts, gym, spa, and a growing network of structures.

    - **Byron Allen – $82.5 M**

     Closed the year’s biggest celebrity deal by selling his full‑floor condo at 220 Central Park South for $82.5 M. The 6,600‑sq‑ft, five‑bedroom unit offers panoramic park views, a grand living room, formal dining, wine room, library, and two terraces. The buyer was an LLC linked to Huizenga Holdings.