Milwaukee Brewers co-owners list 20K sf Brentwood estate for $75 million

A couple with a stake in the Milwaukee Brewers have listed a 20,000-square-foot estate on 3.5 acres in Brentwood for $75 million.

Financier Robert Beyer, former CEO of the Los Angeles-based TCW Group, and his wife Catherine are selling the Mediterranean-style villa at 11740 Crescenda Street, the Wall Street Journal reported.

The members of the Brewers’ advisory board bought a portion of the property, which included a 1940s ranch house, in 2000 for $8.75 million, according to Robert Beyer and public records.

The couple then acquired three neighboring sites, including the former home of Oscar-winning film director Frank Capra, he said, to create a swath of flat land on which to build a home for them and their then-young children. Parts of the ranch house were donated to a museum.

Their eight-bedroom mansion, named Ocho Manos (or eight hands) in honor of their four kids, was completed in 2005 after three years of painstaking work and two years of design.

The pink estate with red tile roofs, designed by the late Bob Ray Offenhauser, is made of Mallorcan stone excavated from Spain.

The home, hidden behind an Old World-style wooden gate flanked by olive trees, opens into a living room with 20-foot coffered ceilings and a two-story dining room and library, according to the listing.

It includes a gourmet kitchen, a gym, a 1,200-bottle wine cellar, a game room and a gift-wrapping room. A storage room is customized for china, silver and glassware.

A master bedroom looks out on the mansion’s lawns and includes double baths, large closets and a private office. The home contains a large guest suite, four family bedrooms with homework nooks, and two staff bedrooms.

An indoor-outdoor pavilion/bar overlooks an infinity pool and cabana, which is flanked by an olive allée, formal rose gardens, courtyards, fountains, a tennis court and a separate basketball court.

The Beyers also built a treehouse for their kids, according to the Journal. Hung between four sequoia trees, it has a swinging bridge and a fire pole. The estate includes a four-car garage and a service building with a separate entrance.

Beyer, chairman of Brentwood-based Chaparal Investments, and his wife now split their time between Los Angeles, the South of France and Sun Valley, Idaho. They’re selling, he said, because their children are grown and they’re not making the best use of the house.

“I think a large, happy home with extensive grounds is like a fast car and it deserves to be ‘driven’ often,” Beyer told the newspaper. “While the house is very livable even for the two of us, much of the time we can’t possibly enjoy the extent of it, especially the spacious grounds.”

The property is listed by Drew Fenton and the Beyers’ son, Andrew Beyer, both of Carolwood Estates.

— Dana Bartholomew