After more than a year on the market, one of the Bay Area’s most opulent listings has sold. The $45.5 million deal is one of the most expensive sales ever in Atherton, one of the country’s priciest ZIP Codes.
However, the road to the sale was not a straight line. It involved dueling lawsuits, interest from multiple billionaires, and the former head of a motorcycle company who happens to love neo-soul.
The modern mansion is what tech titans’ dreams are made of, with nine bedrooms, 14 bathrooms, five kitchens, two panic rooms, and a 14-seat movie theater. There’s a glass-walled pool, a heated cabana with kitchen and bath, a fruit orchard, a one-bedroom guest house, and a sports court with the same surface used by fellow Athertonian Steph Curry.
Planning, permitting, and construction at 88 Tuscaloosa Ave., which spans nearly 17,000 square feet on a 1.4 acre lot, took nearly a decade before completion in 2024…