Jackson’s Neverland up for sale
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THE California property that once served as Michael Jackson’s home and personal fantasyland is being listed at US$100 million, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The 2,700-acre ranch in Santa Ynez Valley features such amenities as a train station, a six-bedroom house, 50-seat movie theater and two lakes, It has been in limbo since Jackson’s death in 2009.
The singer originally paid US$19.5 million for the oak- and sycamore-studded property in 1988 and rechristened it Neverland after Peter Pan’s island dwelling.
He later added a zoo and small amusement park, which have since been removed.
Real estate company Colony Capital LLC bailed out Jackson in 2008 after he defaulted on the US$24.5 million he owed on the property.
Despite rumors after Jackson’s death that the hilly property might be transformed into a Graceland-like homage to the King of Pop, Colony Capital has quietly maintained the ranch located about 150 miles north of Los Angeles.
The estate was built in 1981 by real estate developer William Bone, who called it Sycamore Valley Ranch.
Jackson distanced himself from the ranch after his 2005 acquittal on charges that he molested children at the property.
The singer opted to live elsewhere in the world until his death.
Colony Capital spokeswoman Caroline Luz declined to comment about the sale.
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