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Saudi Prince Downsizes His MegaMansion
Last week, the City of Los Angeles took a stand against over-sized homes. The so-called Hillside Mansionization Ordinance imposes restrictions based on parcel size, the steepness of slopes and other factors. Now super-agent Michael Ovitz and other residents of Beverly Hills have taken matters into their own hands.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readLast week, the City of Los Angeles took a stand against over-sized homes. The so-called Hillside Mansionization Ordinance imposes restrictions based on parcel size, the steepness of slopes and other factors. Now super-agent Michael Ovitz and other residents of Beverly Hills have taken matters into their own hands. A son of Saudi King Abdullah has agreed to reduce his residential compound from 85,000 square feet to 52,000. Martha Groves has followed the story for the LA Times.
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