After selling his titanic Santa Monica compound — prominently featured in the original “Beverly Hills Cop” film — for nearly $50 million to billionaire Canadian heiress Taylor Thomson, Shane Smith and his longtime wife Tamyka are downsizing, in a manner of speaking, to the more laid-back town of Malibu. Records reveal the Canadian media mogul, who was instrumental in the creation of digital news company Vice Media, has forked over $11.7 million for a 1.2-acre spread with lush tropical landscaping and oodles of privacy.
Set deep within the Serra Retreat guard-gated community, the walled estate features a Moorish/Mediterranean-influenced main mansion with about 7,500 square feet of living space. Built in the 1970s but expanded in 1994 and renovated since, the house was sold to the Smiths by prominent Brazilian real estate developer Victor Malzoni Jr. and his wife Susan. The Malzonis acquired the property only about three years ago for $8.5 million; before that, the place had long been owned by billionaire Public Storage heir B. Wayne Hughes Jr. and his ex-wife Wendy.
Behind the charming jungle-like landscaping, the house offers a gated courtyard with a colonnade running past a bubbling fountain. A hand-carved wooden front door offers access to the interior spaces, which are uniformly palatial and vaguely reminiscent of the Koutoubia Mosque in Marrakesh. Highlights include a baronial living room with French doors set into arched windows and a central skylight, extravagantly tall ceilings with massive beams throughout, a dining room with an antique brick ceiling, and a host of curated materials and finishes imported from Europe.
Chris Cortazzo of Compass and Laura Kalb of Hilton & Hyland held the listing; Santiago Arana of The Agency repped Smith.
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Image Credit: Redfin Per the listing, the proverbial heart of the home is the redone kitchen, which features new hardwood floors and state-of-the-art appliances. Adjoining that space is a large casual dining area opening to a broad outdoor patio.
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Image Credit: Redfin Elsewhere are a library/office with built-in shelving and a home theater; a separate “guest wing” — or maybe it’s the resort wing — packs in a mirror-walled, glass-roofed gym, a huge family room/lounge, and an infrared sauna and steam room.
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Image Credit: Redfin There are four bedrooms in the main house, including a master with its own sitting area and fireplace, plus a staff apartment above one of the dual two-car garages.
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Image Credit: Redfin Outside, broad and liberally shaded patios contain a fireplace, BBQ center with bar, pergola-style seating areas, and a sports court. Set into the middle of a tiled terrace are a party-sized pool and separate spa.
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Image Credit: Trulia Serra Retreat, a landlocked but highly exclusive gated enclave set into a verdant canyon near downtown Malibu, has long been famed for its celebrity residents. Other current homeowners include Patrick Dempsey, Larry Ellison, Linkin Park’s Brad Delson, James Cameron, and Scott Caan.
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