{"id":804589,"date":"2026-05-18T07:33:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T07:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/804589\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T07:33:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T07:33:15","slug":"richard-simmons-longtime-5-8m-hollywood-hills-compound-finds-buyer-enters-escrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/804589\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Simmons\u2019 longtime $5.8M hollywood hills compound finds buyer, enters escrow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The late fitness icon\u2019s 1937 Neo-Classical Colonial sits on a half-acre Sunset Strip lot.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Modern redevelopment potential and classic Hollywood history converge as the longtime Hollywood Hills pad of the late fitness icon Richard Simmons has gone under contract for $5.799 million, concluding an extended stint on the real estate market.<\/p>\n<p>Situated directly above the Sunset Strip, the property entered escrow weeks after a previous, higher-priced transaction collapsed. The estate was originally poised to sell for $5.889 million in December, but that initial deal fell through, forcing the trust to relist the residence at its current, slightly reduced price point.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-46-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25440\"  \/>Richard Simmons Estate, 1350 Belfast Drive, interior hallway<\/p>\n<p>Offered as a trust sale, the property sits on an elevated half-acre view lot that features terraced gardens, generous flat pads, a pool tier, and sweeping, unobstructed vistas of the Los Angeles basin.<\/p>\n<p>The existing celebrity residence, constructed in 1937, is a Neo-Classical Revival Colonial that includes a gated motor court, a formal entryway, and a signature key-shaped swimming pool. The interior features a traditional layout with formal living and dining spaces alongside a grand primary suite.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-47-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25441\"  \/>Richard Simmons Estate, 1350 Belfast Drive, interior bathroom<\/p>\n<p>Because of its premier location just moments from Sunset Plaza, listing notes emphasize that the multi-tiered parcel presents a rare development opportunity to either meticulously restore the historic structure or completely redevelop the site into a modern, world-class compound.<\/p>\n<p>Simmons, who rose to national prominence in the 1980s through his energetic fitness programs and weight-loss advocacy, utilized the private sanctuary as his primary Los Angeles home for decades before his death. Rachelle Rosten and Kelly deLaat of Douglas Elliman held the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elliman.com\/listing\/1350-belfast-dr-los-angeles-ca-90069\/30755478\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">listing<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The late fitness icon\u2019s 1937 Neo-Classical Colonial sits on a half-acre Sunset Strip lot. Modern redevelopment potential and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":804590,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,2961,224,5337],"class_list":{"0":"post-804589","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-la","11":"tag-los-angeles","12":"tag-losangeles"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116594423228072744","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=804589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804589\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/804590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=804589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=804589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=804589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}