Last week, the buyer of a $25 million mansion on Bird Streets of Hollywood Hills was identified as cryptocurrency mogul and former music manager Jeffrey “Jeff” Wong. Jeff” Huang).
Huang, a rapper-turned-NFT and blockchain mogul known on social media as Brother Mojipurchased a 14,000-square-foot mansion at 1410 Tanager Way, Reported by Dirt.com.
The seller, first reported by The Real Deal, is Hankey Capital, a Hancock Park-based firm led by billionaire Don Hankey, who made his fortune on subprime auto loans.
Hankey is the biggest creditor of The One, the ill-fated mansion in Bel-Air, which is up for auction in March 2022 for $141 million.
Hankey Capital acquired the partially built home at 1410 Tanager from foreclosure in 2019. With the help of Plus Development, Hankey built a luxury building on a hillside.
Completed early last year, the five-bedroom, eight-bathroom mansion sits on half an acre and listed for $34 million last May. In February, the price dropped to $30 million.
Designed by Mid-City’s Vantage Design Group, this contemporary three-story home features walls of glass that frame views of the Los Angeles skyline.
It includes a foyer with skylights, an elevator, a wine room with a jade marble bar, custom walnut millwork, and a gym with a yoga area overlooking the atrium. The hotel has a steam room, a dry sauna and an infinity pool.
The master suite has indoor/outdoor bedrooms and baths, each with a balcony with retractable glass doors. The house has three guest rooms and a maids quarters.
Beverly Hills Estates agents Brandon and Renee Williams and official Tyrone McKellen hosted the listing. AKGRE agent Michael Chen represented the buyer.
The mansion is a mile from 1301 Collingwood Place, another Bird Street mansion that sold this month for $37 million.
Born in Taiwan and raised in Irvine, Huang is the co-founder of the hip-hop group LA Boyz, which is popular in his native Taiwan.Later he founded Cream Finance, riding the crypto wave.he is now one of them biggest collector Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT.
Huang made global headlines last week for his file a defamation suit Against cryptocurrency sleuth ZachXBT, for allegations published in a 2022 Medium article.
— Dana Bartholomew
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