Beverly Park

North Beverly Park as seen from a ridge overlooking it near San Ysidro Drive.

The Beverly Park gatehouse at Summitridge

Beverly Park, divided into North Beverly Park and South Beverly Park, is a private gated community located in the hills above Los Angeles, California; this wealthy neighborhood is known for its concentration of exceptionally large houses, up to 40,000 square feet (3,700 m²), and for its famous residents. The communities carry a Beverly Hills post office address (90210 ZIP Code), but are located within the city of Los Angeles. The neighborhood is located between Mulholland Drive and Sunset Boulevard and Coldwater Canyon Drive and Beverly Glen Boulevard, east of the Beverly Glen neighborhood.^[1]

North Beverly Park, with a main entrance at 13100 Mulholland Drive, is the larger 64-home section and has the largest homes; South Beverly Park consists of 16-homes.^[1]

History

Established in 1990, the 250 acre (100 ha) community was built by Los Angeles-developers Brian Adler and a partner using land that was originally intended to be a golf course named after Dean Martin. Alder used the concept of having guards and gates to distinguish the neighborhood from the other top Westside neighborhoods, Beverly Hills, Holmby Hills and Bel-Air.^[1] It originally contained 64 two-acre (0.8 ha) lots, a 4 acre (1.6 ha) landscaped park and over 100 acres (40 ha) of open space; a number of adjacent lots have been purchased and combined for larger estates. The vacant lots originally sold for US$3.5 million to $6 million each, but the prices have since increased.

The neighborhood residents abide by a 70-page homeowners' covenant that includes a minimum building size: "No dwelling shall be constructed or maintained on any residential lot which has a floor area less than 5,000 square feet (464 m²)." The price of a complete house is $15 million for the smaller houses and can exceed $50 million for the largest houses. As of August 14, 2008, there are four houses for sale publicly in Beverly Park listed at $21.5, $29, $45 and $50 Million. They are grand estates located on 2, 6, 2 and 2.1 acres (8,100, 24,000, 8,100 and 8,500 m²) respectively^{[citation needed]}. There may be other properties for sale in the community that are privately listed, also known as pocket listings in the real estate community.

In May 2008, residents of South Beverly Park sued the North Beverly Park Homeowners Association over access to the north's two gates at Mulholland Drive after access was restricted in 2007: residents of South Beverly Park could use the gate, but their contractors, nannies and gardeners were forced to use the south's gates, which, due to the remoteness of the neighborhood, could require a detour of up to seven miles (11 km). The dispute arose in March 2006, when the north's Homeowners Association sent the south's homeowners a letter demanding that they "pay their fair share of costs we [the north association] are incurring for maintenance of the roads, gates and security" for an amount specified at $121,000 a year. The south's residents rejected the demand, and a series of legal correspondence followed that resulted in the north's raising the amount it sought to $128,000. In May 2007, the north informed the south neighbors that their relatives, "staff, vendors and guests" would no longer be allowed to enter the north's gates at Summitridge and Mulholland Drives.^[1] On January 13, 2009, Judge Norman P. Tarle ruled in favor of the South Beverly Park Homeowners Association, giving them the right to regain full use of the northern gates and their friends, guests, vendors and staff would no longer have utilize the seven-mile detour.

Residents

Because of its seclusion and security, including security cameras and constant patrols by guards, the neighborhood is popular among wealthy celebrities and business executives. The residents of Beverly Park have included:

• Avi Arad
• Barry Bonds^[1]
• Jami Gertz
• Alec Gores
• Faith Hill
• Samuel L. Jackson^[1]
• Magic Johnson^[1]
• Martin Lawrence
• Adrienne Maloof-Nassif
• Reba McEntire^[1]
• Mike Medavoy^[1]
• Tim McGraw
• Eddie Murphy^[2]
• Luciana Paluzzi^[3]
• Bill Phillips
• Sumner Redstone^[1]
• Paul Reiser
• Haim Saban^[1]
• Sylvester Stallone^[1]
• Rod Stewart
• Steven Udvar-Hazy
• Denzel Washington^[1]
• Mark Wahlberg
• Russell Weiner
• Robbie Williams^[3]
• Norm Zada^[4]
• Richard Zanuck^[1]

References

• Sharon Waxman (July 2, 2006). "Paradise Bought in Los Angeles". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/02/fashion/02mansion.html. Retrieved July 5, 2006. 
• Isabella Geist (June 28, 2002). "Beverly Park Avenue". Forbes.com. http://www.forbes.com/2002/06/28/0628how.html. Retrieved July 5, 2006. 

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n} Martha Groves (November 20, 2008). "Hollywood stars sue over access to a neighborhood gate". Los Angeles Times. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-beverlypark20-2008nov20,0,1838569.story. Retrieved November 20, 2008. 
2. ^ "Eddie Murphy Meets His New Neighbors". Forbes.com. January 5, 2001. http://www.forbes.com/2001/01/05/0105movers_print.html. Retrieved July 5, 2006. 
3. ^ ^{a b} Smart, Gordon (2008-10-11). "Let Me Entertain You in my £12m pad". The Sun (London). http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/article1795914.ece. Retrieved 2008-10-11. 
4. ^ Lauren Beale, Norm Zada sells his Beverly Park compound, Los Angeles Times, December 1, 2010, accessed May 8, 2011.

External links

• Beverly Park is at coordinates 34°07′18″N 118°25′05″W / 34.121557°N 118.418079°W / 34.121557; -118.418079 (Beverly Park)Coordinates: 34°07′18″N 118°25′05″W / 34.121557°N 118.418079°W / 34.121557; -118.418079 (Beverly Park)