Former Los Angeles Lakers Coach Mike D'Antoni Finds a Buyer for LA Home
Former Los Angeles Lakers head coach Mike D'Antoni has found a buyer for his Manhattan Beach home, a few months after putting it on the market.
The 64-year-old NBA mentor has recently closed a deal for his L.A. luxury property worth $9.5 million, according to the Los Angeles Times. Ed Kaminsky of Sports Star Relocation handled the listing for the coach while David Caskey of Shorewood Realtors represented the buyer.
Although the finalized transaction was $300,000 lower than the original $9.8 million asking price set in March, it is reportedly almost 40 percent higher than what the coach paid for it two years ago. In 2013, D'Antoni bought the property, resting on a 60 foot by 45 foot lot in Manhattan Beach, for $6.9 million, after leaving his more spacious one-acre estate in New York, reported Curbed.
The 5000-square-foot contemporary house is sitting on a corner walk-street. It offers panoramic views from the Catalina Island to Malibu. The Manhattan Beach home also includes four bedrooms and four and a half baths. Other living spaces occupying the residence are a south-facing terrace, a majestic living room, a dining room and a chef's kitchen with a breakfast station. The modern-styled property also comes with a fifth bedroom that can be converted to either a personal gym room or a study. An elevator also services all three levels of the property.
While enjoying the views outside, the next owners can sip the finest wine from the home's expansive 400-glass wine bar and a sub-basement level wine cellar that can house 2,000 bottles of wine.
Images of the home from Curbed show remarkable interior details like spanning glass panels, hardwood flooring, recess lighting and light-colored painted walls that give a bright ambiance.
D'Antoni and his wife, Laurel, have already relocated to West Virginia, the Times noted in March, citing Jenny Peters of Digs magazine.
A former NBA player turned NBA coach, D'Antoni had already mentored the Phoenix Suns, New York Knicks and more recently, the L.A. Lakers, as noted on the NBA website. In June, the Denver Post noted that he was eyeing a coaching position in the Denver Nuggets. However, the team hired former Sacramento Kings head coach Michael Malone, instead.
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