Shaquille O’Neal sold his mansion in Orlando, Florida, for just $ 16.5 million (a Shaquille O’Steal) for nearly $ 12 million below its 2018 starting price.
The 31,000-square-foot complex on a nearly four-acre site has 12 bedrooms, 11.5 bathrooms and a 6,000-square-foot indoor basketball court, perfect for a ball player.
The colorful property outside Orlando features a 17-car showroom, a smoking bar and outdoor humidifier, and a soundproofed home theater. The anonymous buyer will also enjoy home wine storage, three fireplaces, a chef’s kitchen, Crestron smart home technology and a lakefront office, according to the listing.
The property is surrounded by water, between Lake Louise and Lake Butler. Plus, it has a huge pool that is a shame for Olympic-sized pools. Close to the rock waterfall by the pool, the property has an outdoor kitchen, a tiki-style hut and a private dock with two covered boat slides, as listed. Next door is an 18-hole golf course.
The 7-foot-1 basketball player bought the property for $ 3.95 million (or about $ 7.2 million today with inflation) in 1993, just three years after its construction, according to local property records .
Worth about $ 400 million, O’Neal first listed the property for $ 28 million in 2018 and resold the property four times before selling it. As reported by Mansion Global, he sold the property because he spends more time in Atlanta as a sports analyst for TNT’s “Inside the NBA”.
It’s been a year since 48-year-old former teammate Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter crash, prompting O’Neal to promise to change his own life. O’Neal has six children and is currently dating actress Annie Ilonzeh, according to the latest reports.
Quotation agent Tiffany Pantozzi of the San Francisco-based brokerage declined to comment.