It’s one down, one to go for J Lo. After getting married last year and setting their sights on a newlywed home to share, Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez got to work offloading their separately owned properties. Most recently, the Wall Street Journal reports that Lopez found a buyer for the eight-acre Bel Air, California estate that she listed for $42.5 million in February. The French Country-style mansion ultimately sold for about $34 million—under the initial asking price, but still a very solid profit given the $28 million that the Selena star paid for the 14,000-square-foot home in 2016.
Now, Lopez just needs to sell her Manhattan penthouse, which has been off and on the market for years. That abode, located atop a 1920s Georgian-style building near New York’s Madison Square Park, was most recently listed about a month ago for a touch under $25 million. Affleck sold his East Coast-style Pacific Palisades abode for $28.5 million in October 2022 and in May, the couple spent $61 million on a contemporary Georgian-style estate in Beverly Hills. The sprawling 38,000-square-foot residence boasts a plethora of resort-like amenities, including an indoor sports complex, a hair and nail salon, a home theater, a 155-foot infinity pool, and a 12-car garage.
The buyer of the nine-bedroom Bel Air home that Lopez just sold remains unknown. “My clients fell in love with the land,” agent Lea Porter of the Beverly Hills Estates told the Journal. The plot comes complete with a sandy beach bordering a private lake, a waterfall, a putting green, a 100-seat amphitheater, a fire pit-equipped pagoda, an above-ground pool, two guest cottages, and acres of woodland laced with hiking trails.
The stone-sided dwelling houses a private theater that seats 30, a bar, a wood-paneled library, and lots of cozy spaces to lounge in with fireplaces, tall ceilings lined with exposed beams and skylights, and french doors that spill out onto numerous terraces.
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Lopez was represented by Brett Lawyer of Carolwood Estates in the sale.
