Max Nobel Lists Former Beverly Hills home of Kiss rocker Gene Simmons for $34M

Developer Max Nobel has chopped a third off the listing price of a Beverly Hills mansion once owned by Kiss rocker Gene Simmons. The new asking price: $34 million.

The head of Nobel Architecture and Interior Design, based in Calabasas, re-listed the 16,300-square-foot estate at 2650 Benedict Canyon Drive, Mansion Global reported.

The 1.8-acre property was first listed in October last year for $48 million, then went through a few price cuts.

Nobel bought the “modern barnhouse” from Simmons in 2021 for $16 million, who’d purchased it in 1984 for $1.35 million, then scraped off a small house and built a 13,400-square-foot mansion for another $12 million.

The developer then tore into the Kiss bassist’s home of more than 40 years, adding 3,000 square feet to create a seven-bedroom, 11-bathroom mansion.

The three-story house is sheathed in vertical gray wood panels, with sloped roofs and industrial accents.

Inside, the home features two primary bedrooms, a breakfast nook, an oversized couch pit, double-height floor-to-ceiling windows and an open-floor layout, according to Mansion Global.

Outside, there’s a 60-foot pool, a dining area with room for 30 people and numerous seating areas with sweeping views of Los Angeles.

For car buffs, there’s a detached, black metal garage for 10 vehicles, with an option to double the capacity using lifts. That’s in addition to the three-car garage attached to the house.

Nobel, also known as Max Cherniavsky, was once a star on the Russian version of “The Bachelor,” before launching a career in L.A. spec development.

For Simmons’s former home, he partnered with Emil Khodorkovsky of Forbix Capital, who provided the financing, according to property records. The remodel was finished last year.

Broker Josh Altman of Douglas Elliman holds the listing.

Simmons was one of four founding members of Kiss, a hard-rock band formed in New York in the 1970s and known for their white-and-black makeup and hits like “Rock and Roll All Nite” and “I Was Made for Lovin’ You.” The longest-lasting member of the group stayed with the band for 50 years until it broke up last year.

— Dana Bartholomew