Fashionista’s Bel-Air Manse Listed at $43M Caps LA Contracts

A fashion designer’s 1920s Spanish-style home capped L.A. County signed contract activity during the short Thanksgiving holiday week.

That’s according to the Eklund Weekly Luxury Report Los Angeles, which counts homes listed at $4 million or more in the MLS.

The Bel-Air mansion at 212 Copa De Oro Road was last listed for $42.5 million, according to Douglas Elliman’s Eklund Gomes team’s weekly report.

Property records show the seller is Serge Azria, the designer behind fashion brands such as Joie, Equipment and Current/Elliott. He’s also the brother of BCBG Max Azria founder Max Azria.

Westside Estate Agency’s Kurt Rappaport has the listing.

Named El Mirasol, the Copa De Oro home has six beds and 10 bathrooms with amenities that include an office, media room, chef’s kitchen and pool, per the listing.

The home with more than 8,200 square feet was previously owned by filmmaker Orson Wells and actress Diane Keaton It was designed by famed architects Wallace Neff and John Byers. It recently finished a remodel and restoration.

Serge Azria turned real estate heads in 2021 with the record-setting sale of his oceanfront Malibu estate to tech billionaire Marc Andreessen for $177 million. The deal set a new record for the state, although it was unseated last year with Beyonce and Jay-Z’s $200 million Malibu purchase, which was eclipsed earlier this year with the reported $210 million trade of Oakley founder Jim Jannard’s Malibu property.

“I’m the kind of person who likes to move on and do something different,” Azria told Mansion Global in 2021 as he explained the reason for selling the Malibu property to turn his attention to plans for the Bel-Air home.

L.A. County’s second-largest home under contract last week is at 355 South Rimpau Boulevard in Hancock Park with a $12.5 million ask.

The sellers are power couple Joseph Gonzalez and Jonathan Rollo, according to property records. Gonzalez is the CEO of Barry’s Bootcamp, while Rollo is the CEO and chef of Greenleaf Kitchen & Cocktails.

Compass’ Jenna Cooper has the listing.

The Hancock Park home totals about 8,200 square feet with six beds and seven baths. The home has a sunroom, library and attached guest house. Outside is a vegetable garden, citrus and olive grove, pool and spa.

Across L.A. County, 15 contracts were inked last week for a total of $133.2 million in asking dollar volume, according to the Eklund report. This compares with 23 contracts totaling $157.4 million in asking dollar volume for the seven-day period ended Nov. 24.