Monday, January 12, 2009
Don King Selling His Beach Front Compound
Don King put his oceanfront estate in Manalapan, FL up for sale, saying that at age 77, it's time to downsize. The compound sits on 3 acres and includes a main and guest house spread out over 32,000 square feet. The property comes with an 8ft replica of the Statue of Liberty in the front yard, 11 bedrooms and 17 bathrooms, 300 feet of waterfront on both sides and two resort-style pools, each with enough space for up to 80 people. There’s a 10-foot drop to the beach with automatic stairs that let down when you’re on the sand, and lift back up when you’re at the house so that no one can come up from the ocean plus, it has a generator plant for hurricanes. There's also an outdoor grill by one of the pools big enough for 100 slabs of ribs. King paid 13 million for the two lots in 1999 and is now asking for 27 million.