Mark Wahlberg buys land in wealthy Summerlin community
Mark Wahlberg has paid a fortune for a plot of land in a wealthy Las Vegas enclave, records indicate, raising the possibility that the movie star will build a bigger house in America’s casino capital.
Property records indicate that the celebrity purchased 2.5 acres of land at The Summit Club for $15.6 million. The sale of former motorcycle racer Ben Bostrom closed on Friday.
Wahlberg purchased vacant residential land at a price typically reserved for megamansion, however, in an area of the Summerlin community of Las Vegas that has seen no shortage of high-priced deals.
Spanning 555 acres off Town Center Drive between Tropicana Avenue and Flamingo Road, The Summit Club features a golf course, custom-built homes and, as its website declares a “wealth” of amenities, including “round-the-clock security.”
Wahlberg, whose films include “The Fighter,” “The Departed” and “Boogie Nights,” bought two adjacent lots, records show.
Efforts to reach Wahlberg or a representative – including his family’s burger chain, Wahlburgers and his charity, The Mark Wahlberg Youth Foundation – were unsuccessful.
Bostrom did not comment at this time, said luxury real estate broker Tsar Zanganeh, who noted that the sellers are repeat customers at other properties in southern Nevada.
Zanganeh, managing partner of brokerage firm The Agency’s Las Vegas office, said the homes Wahlberg bought were not formally listed, but they were coming to market “for much more than what they sold”. were going.
He also said that Wahlberg came close to buying an existing home at The Summit Club for over $35 million, but opted to acquire two lots instead.
The most expensive home sale ever recorded in the Las Vegas Valley was in June 2021, when Anthony Hsieh, founder of mortgage firm LoanDepot, bought a newly constructed mansion in the Henderson foothills for $25 million.
The seller, luxury builder Tyler Jones of Blue Heron, previously confirmed that Hsieh had leased the home back to the developer, allowing the firm to use it as a “show” home.
The three-story, 15,000-square-foot home came with two infinity saltwater pools, a glass wine-storage wall, a Sky Lounge, a DJ booth, seven fire features, and an elevator, listing materials.
Just last month, a house at The Summit Club sold for about $19 million. Spanning 9,427 square feet, it features a main bedroom with wood-beam ceilings, a golf simulator and a “spa-like bathroom” with an outdoor shower, the listing materials stated.
Summerlin covers 22,500 acres along the western rim of the valley in total, boasts over 100,000 residents and commands some of the highest home and land prices in southern Nevada. Vacant houses have made especially big money at The Summit Club.
The sale of lots began to close in 2016 and closed for a total of 202 lots for $821.6 million, according to a security filing by Summerlin developer Howard Hughes Corp., which partnered with developer Discovery Land Company at The Summit Club.
This averages over $4 million per lot.Contact Eli Segal or . obey on Twitter.
