TV director James Burrows’ Bel-Air home tops week’s luxe contracts

A Bel-Air villa owned by the director of some of TV’s most acclaimed comedies, including “Cheers” and “Will & Grace,” is in contract.

James Burrows is the seller of the property at 10702 Levico Way. His list of directing credits includes “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” “Frasier” and “Taxi.” He is also a co-creator of “Cheers.”

The Levico Way contract is one of 16 signed between Aug. 12 and Aug. 18, according to the Eklund Weekly Luxury Report LA. The recap from Douglas Elliman’s Eklund Gomes team counts signed contracts of properties listed above $4 million within Los Angeles County.

Carolwood Estates’ Linda May and Guy Levy have the listing on Levico Way.

Burrows first placed the estate on the market in 2022 with an asking price of $38 million, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Levy told the Journal at the time that Burrows and his wife Debbie Burrows wanted to sell the home so they could do more traveling.

Burrows’ Bel-Air home counts six beds and nine baths across 12,586 square feet. The gated property sits on over 4 acres with a “meandering private road” leading to a motor court, plus staff quarters, guest house and tennis court, according to the listing.

Elsewhere in the county, Manhattan Beach is back among the week’s top contracts. 

The home at 808 John Street is the second-largest home under contract, with an asking price of $16.9 million. It has five bedrooms and six bathrooms across 6,604 square feet.

The property boasts a lap pool, court for various sports, temperature-controlled wine cellar and hilltop location with views of Downtown Los Angeles.

Property records indicate the seller is an LLC tied to Erin Keller. Compass’ Jennifer Caskey of the Jen Caskey Group has the listing.

The home last traded in 1997 for $920,000 and hit the market in September 2023 for $19.9 million, according to Zillow.

Manhattan Beach had the top property on the Eklund Gomes report for the week of July 15 to July 21 with an asking price of $16.9 million.

Across Los Angeles County, total volume among last week’s signed contracts in the $4 million-plus sectors was $122.4 million, according to the Eklund Gomes report. That’s up from $102.8 million for the prior week. 

Single-family properties have made up the lion’s share of Los Angeles County luxury residential activity in recent months. That was the case once again last week with two condo contracts and single-family homes driving the rest of the activity.

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