Dodgers slugger Shohei Ohtani simply put down roots within the L.A. space, dropping $7.85 million on a contemporary mansion in La Cañada Flintridge.
The large buy comes about 5 months after Ohtani inked a blockbuster 10-year contract with the Dodgers price $700 million.
The Occasions confirmed the deal via actual property information. An actual property supply accustomed to the neighborhood, who declined to be named, confirmed that Ohtani is the customer.
The vendor is comic Adam Carolla, who purchased it for $7.327 million in 2018. He advised Mansion World he was promoting the place after divorcing his spouse, Lynette Paradise.
Ohtani can have a couple of 20-minute commute to Dodger Stadium, which is about 13 miles from his new residence.
At $7.85 million, it’s one of many priciest gross sales ever within the foothill group. Carolla listed the home final summer season for $8.99 million earlier than an October worth reduce introduced the tag all the way down to $8.35 million.
Shohei Ohtani does some pitching observe in Los Angeles on March 25.
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Inbuilt 2013, the three-story residence spans 7,327 sq. ft and sits on almost an acre. The trendy exterior provides method to Midcentury-inspired dwelling areas, which mix stone, glass and wooden beneath skylights and clerestory home windows.
Highlights embrace a kitchen with customized cabinetry, an indoor-outdoor lounge and facilities similar to a movie show, a sauna, a gymnasium and a basketball court docket. Unfold all through are 5 bedrooms and 6.5 loos, together with a main suite with a balcony and spa tub.
Pocketing doorways lead outdoors, the place a lounge overlooks a swimming pool, spa and garden.
Peter Owens of Douglas Elliman held the itemizing. Jeanne Valvo of Coldwell Banker Realty represented Ohtani. Neither might be instantly reached for remark.
After six years with the Angels, Ohtani turned the face of the Dodgers in October, when he signed his historic contract, believed to be the most important in sports activities historical past. In March, the Japanese famous person made headlines when his representatives accused his translator, Ippei Mizuhara, of huge theft tied to inserting bets with an unlawful bookmaker.
